Superman #662 [Direct Sales]
(May 2007)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2007-05-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200033 66211
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Matt Idelson (credited) (editor); Nachie Castro (credited) (associate editor); Dan DiDio (credited) (executive editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

This issue went on sale 7 weeks late from the solicited shipping date of this issue. The contents of this issue were originally solicited to be in issue #661. This content change was announced by DC via a press release on 2007-02-27.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carlos Pacheco (signed as Pacheco)
Inks
Jesús Merino
Colors
Dave Stewart
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Merino also signed the cover image as seen in the reprint, but on this cover it was hidden by the UPC.

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The Weight of the World (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
Carlos Pacheco (credited)
Inks
Jesús Merino (credited)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (credited as Sinclair); Lee Loughridge (credited as Loughridge)
Letters
Comicraft (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Arion [Ahri'ahn] (flashback); Bizarro (flashback) (cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L]; The Prankster (flashback) (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent]; Toyman [Winslow Schott] (cameo) (future); Perry White; Zatanna; Lor-Zod / Chris Kent (cameo); Subjekt-17; Sirocco (intro in present day); Young Gods (intro, cameo)
Synopsis
Subjekt-17 convalesces in Tibet. After listening to his friends debate the future that Arion showed, Superman enlists Zatanna's help to track down Arion, with no success. He does track down Sirocco, accidentally naming him in the process, and asks him about Khyber. Sirocco assures Superman that he destroyed Khyber a while ago. Back in Metropolis, a bunch of young New Gods appear.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued from issue #658 and continues in the next issue. In promotional materials, this is called the start of the second half of "Camelot Falls". The book that Lois is reading to Chris on page 21 is an homage to the golden age Flash's three friends, who were frequently called "The Three Dimwits", and looked like that cover illo. And the authors listed on that book are an homage to that Flash's creative team, E. E. Hibbard and Gardner Fox.

DC Nation: #58 [April 25, 2007] Marshall Rogers January 22, 1950 - March 25, 2007 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Marshall Rogers; ?
Inks
Terry Austin; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Batman; Joker

Indexer Notes

A brief appreciation of Marshall, with the cover from Detective #475 and an interior page. Ads for Superman #663, Amazons Attack #1, Blue Beetle #14, and Green Lantern #19. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 8.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

House ads for: Batman Black and White Statue, Green Lantern: Rebirth HC (1/2 page), Amazons Attack, 52thecomic.com, Batman/Spawn statue, Countdown (Look to the Skies!), All Star Superman 1 hardcover, JLA Classified #37, and Frank Miller graphic novels (Ronin, Batman Year One, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again). Appear in various places in the issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Total of 3 one-page and 1 half-page ads for: abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America, 2 different ads, full and 1/2 page), Dreamblade Chrysotic Plague (miniatures game, Wizards of the Coast), and got milk? with Vince Carter (milk). Appear in various places in the issue.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Weight of the World
    Superman
  3. 2. DC Nation: #58 [April 25, 2007] Marshall Rogers January 22, 1950 - March 25, 2007
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
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