Superman #652 [Direct Sales]

(July 2006)

Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Five Speeding Bullet (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Kurt Busiek; Geoff Johns

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bloodsport (villain); Hellgrammite [Roderick Rose] (villain); Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy] (cameo); Lois Lane; Livewire [Leslie Willis] (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Jimmy Olsen; Puzzler [Valerie Van Haaften] (villain); Riot [Frederick von Frankenstein] (villain); Silver Banshee [Siobhan McDougal] (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Toyman (villain); Perry White

Synopsis

Clark tries leaping a building, but trips at the top and lands hard. Later at the apartment, Lois finds him with his hand on a red-hot burner, unharmed, and realizes his powers are returning. She gets his costume and tells him to "Go get 'em". Intergang sends The Puzzler to the Daily Planet to kill Clark, but Superman crashes in and defeats her. Toyman and Luthor hear the news that Superman has returned and Luthor steps up his artifact retrieval. Jimmy is covering the story of Superman's powers returning, when Bloodsport shoots at Jimmy. But Superman manages to outrace the bullet and catch it.

Reprints

• in Superman: Up, Up and Away (DC, 2006 series) ([November] 2006) [minus the title and credits]

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Action Comics (1938 series) #838 and continues in Action Comics (1938 series) #839.

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

Script

Dan DiDio

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Synopsis

Dan discusses the weekly series 52.

Indexer Notes

Ads for Action Comics #839, 52 #1, Aquaman Sword of Atlantis #42, and Checkmate #2. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

House ad for: Teen Titans Go. Appears on page 17 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 11.5 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Total of 11 one-page and 1 half-page ads for: Do The Volcano Dance (Lilo and Stitch Book Series, Disney Press), Bubble Tape Giveaway (sweepstakes, Wrigley), How Will Yellowball Move You? (Verb), Rampage: Total Destruction (video game, Midway), You Can Help CinnaMon Find His Way to the Apple Jacks (cereal, Kellogg's), Avatar Book 1 Volume 3 (DVD, Paramount, 1/2 page), Yu-Gi-Oh Online (USB Duelpass key, Konami), Batwing Lego Batman Set #7782 with Secret Files and Origins of Batman (toy, Lego), Justice League (frozen novelties), New Super Mario Bros (video game, Nintendo), Big League Chew (gum), and Push-Up (frozen Slushy, Nestle). Appear in various places in the issue.