Action Comics #894 [Newsstand]

(December 2010)

The Black Ring Part Five (Table of Contents: 1)

Lex Luthor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell; Neil Gaiman (Death's dialog)

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Death of the Endless; Superman (flashback, cameo); Joker (flashback, cameo); Dr. Light [Arthur Light] (flashback, cameo); Superboy [Conner Kent] (flashback, cameo); Lena Luthor (flashback, cameo); Lori Luthor (flashback, cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (cameo); Mr. Spalding (cameo); Spearhavoc (flashback, cameo); Vandal Savage (flashback, cameo)

Synopsis

Lex finds himself with Death, gazing on his own body (after it was shot in the last issue). She gives him a life review. Lex tries arguing for his life, tries to bribe her, tries to gain her sympathy; but she's heard it all before. She gets his views on the afterlife, and Lex refuses to accept his fate. But he doesn't have to; Death reveals to him that he's not dead, and indeed, he awakens back in his jet, quite alive.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
• in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2011 [April 2012])
• in Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2015 series) (2015 [February 2016])

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

In interviews with Paul Cornell, Paul says that Neil wrote "quite a lot of Death's dialog", and hoped DC would credit Neil as co-writer (which they didn't; he's credited as "very special thanks to neil gaiman").

Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Two (Table of Contents: 2)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Nick Spencer

Pencils

R. B. Silva

Inks

Denis Freitas

Colors

Dave McCaig

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Durvella Cwion; Chloe Sullivan; Sebastien Mallory; Mayor Fleming; Durvella's brother; Zack Howard (TV)

Synopsis

The leader of the alien fleet announces that her people want to hold their annual celebration on Earth this year. Jimmy and Sebastien are assigned to escort them around the city, while Chloe researches more about the aliens. The leader takes a liking to Jimmy, and they go for a joyride in her spaceship, crashing into the Daily Planet globe. Chloe finds out that the planets hosting the alien celebrations don't survive the event.

Reprints

• in Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)

Keywords

Project Cadmus

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue.

This Is Happening Right Now! [October 27, 2010] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 7 pages (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)