Superman Giant #2 [Direct Market Edition]

(2020)

Against the Odds (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Venditti (credited)

Pencils

Paul Pelletier (credited)

Inks

Andrew Hennessy (credited as Drew Hennessy)

Colors

Adriano Lucas (credited)

Letters

Clayton Cowles

Editing

Andrew Marino (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

People really turned out to oppose the new law.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Andrew Davidson (city council president); The Gambler [Mr. Sharpe]; Elise Ellery

Synopsis

An underworld figure sets up an illegal gambling ring where people can bet on Superman's next feat, but then sets up crimes that Superman will react to in a way that causes all bettors to lose and the Gambler keeps the winnings.

Fakeouts (Table of Contents: 2)

Supergirl / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Sterling Gates (credited)

Pencils

Jamal Igle (credited)

Inks

John Dell (credited); Marc Deering (credited); Richard Friend (credited)

Colors

Jamie Grant (credited); Jim Devlin (credited)

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

Editing

Wil Moss (credited) (assistant editor); Matt Nelson (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lang]; Flash [Wally West] (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Cat Grant; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Dr. Light [Kimiyo Hoshi]; Bizarro Lois Lane; Bizarro Jimmy Olsen; Bizarrogirl (villain); Bizarro (villain)

Synopsis

Bizarrogirl fights Supergirl until she is taken down by Dr. Light, but Supergirl objects to Light's plan to subject Bizarrogirl to indefinite experimentation and decides to take the creature back to Bizarro World herself.

Reprints

• from Supergirl (DC, 2005 series) #55 (October 2010)

Brainiac Part 2 Hide and Seek (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

Editing

Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (credited) (associate editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac; Brainiac Probe; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Brainiac [Milton Fine] (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent (cameo); Lois Lane; Steve Lombard; Ron Troupe (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); General Zod (flashback, cameo); Ursa (flashback, cameo); Non (flashback, cameo)

Synopsis

Superman takes the Brainiac probe to the fortress, and analyzes it with Supergirl. They review some of the Brainiacs Superman has met, but Supergirl tells him they all were probes, and that he's never met the real Brainiac. Supergirl is so spooked she destroys the probe with her heat vision. Superman then eats a meal with his foster parents, and tells them he is going to track down Brainiac. He uses a ship to travel to Brainiac's current location: the planet Larroo. He stops the probes from attacking the citizens there, but the city there is surrounded by a bottle, and taken into Brainiac's ship. The ship then fires a weapon into the sun of Larroo, and it then explodes, destroying the planet. Superman, unconscious but alive, is taken into Brainiac's ship.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #867 (September 2008)

Keywords

Headship; Kandor (flashback)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The planet Larroo was the home of the aliens responsible for Ultra the Multi-Alien.

Escape from Dinosaur Island Part Two (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Peter J. Tomasi (credited); Patrick Gleason (credited) (story)

Pencils

Doug Mahnke (credited)

Inks

Jaime Mendoza (credited); Trevor Scott (credited)

Colors

Wil Quintana (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

Editing

Eddie Berganza; Andrew Marino (credited) (assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Smith]; Superboy [Jon Smith]; Krypto; Captain Storm

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 2016 series) #9 (December 2016)