(2008 [November 2009])
DC,
2009 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 14.99 USD; 18.99 CAD
- Pages
- 164
- On-sale Date
- 2009-09-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-2240-6
- Barcode
- 9781401222406 51499
- Editing
- Bob Harras (collected edition editor); Mark Chiarello (original editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (original associate editor); John Roshell of Comicraft (as John Roshell of Comicraft) (publication design)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover
- Binding
- softcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Collects Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #1-5 and #11.
The book has no publication date listed. The copyright date is 2008. The date used is the date of release.
The book has no publication date listed. The copyright date is 2008. The date used is the date of release.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lex Luthor; Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Bridgewater
- Reprints
- from Superman: Kryptonite (DC, 2008 series) ([November] 2008)
-
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Darwyn Cooke
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Superman: Kryptonite (DC, 2008 series) ([November] 2008)
-
Chapter One
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #1 [Direct Sales] (January 2007) [original lettering removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter header.
[Superman Confidential #1 Cover Sketch]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Kryptonite Book One
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Royal Flush Gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- After Superman has a run-in with the Royal Flush Gang, Clark, Lois and Jimmy are asked by Perry to investigate Metropolis' latest casino owner, Tony Gallo.
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #1 (January 2007)
-
Chapter Two
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #2 [Direct Sales] (February 2007) [with original lettering removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter header.
Kryptonite Book Two
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
- Synopsis
- While Superman attempts to save some islanders from an exploding volcano, Lois makes a date with Tony Gallo.
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #2 (February 2007)
-
Chapter Three
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #3 [Direct Sales] (March 2007) [with original lettering removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter header.
[Superman Confidential #3 Cover Sketch]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]
Kryptonite Book Three
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- After Superman and Lois discuss their relationship, Superman and Tony Gallo show up Lex Luthor at an event at Shuster Memorial Hospital, while Gallo pursues a secret agenda of his own.
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #3 (March 2007)
-
Chapter Four
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #4 [Direct Sales] (April 2007) [with original lettering removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter header.
[Superman Confidential #4 Cover Sketch]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor
Kryptonite Book Four
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ogilvy
- Synopsis
- Superman takes a beating at the hands of Luthor's thugs while Gallo exposes himself to his kryptonite meteor. But when Gallo shuts it up again, Superman recovers, and with the aid of Jimmy Olsen gets help from...Clark Kent?
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #4 (April 2007)
-
Chapter Five
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bridgewater
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #5 [Direct Sales] (June 2007) [with original lettering removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter header.
[Superman Confidential #5 Cover Sketch]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bridgewater
Kryptonite Book Five
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Fieldstone; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen; a Clark Kent robot; Perry White; Lois Lane; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Bridgewater
- Synopsis
- While Jimmy takes Superman to Clark Kent's apartment to recuperate, Lex Luthor connects Superman's weakness with Gallo's casino. After discussing his vulnerability with his parents, Superman meets with Gallo and learns that Gallo actually is possessed by an entity who accompanied Superman on his escape from Krypton. While the entity and Superman expose themselves to Kryptonite so that Superman may learn his origins, Luthor arrives.
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #5 (June 2007)
-
Chapter Six
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bridgewater
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #11 [Direct Sales] (March 2008) [with original lettering removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Chapter header.
[Superman Confidential #11 Cover Sketch]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bridgewater
Kryptonite Book Six
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Bridgewater; Anthony Gallo [Tony Gallo]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lex Luthor; Jor-El; Lara; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
- Synopsis
- The alien historian whose physical form is trapped in Anthony Gallo's kryptonite reveals to Superman for the first time the story of how Superman's parents sent him from dying Krypton in a rocketship. Meanwhile, Anthony Gallo comes to an unfortunate end, but Jimmy Olsen turns the tables on Luthor and protects Superman. Superman frees the alien, called Bridgewater, from the kryptonite and returns to his parents and his life on Earth with a newfound appreciation of it all.
- Reprints
- from Superman Confidential (DC, 2007 series) #11 (March 2008)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
[Title Pages]
-
2.
Introduction
-
3.
Chapter One
Superman -
4.
[Superman Confidential #1 Cover Sketch]
Superman -
5.
Kryptonite Book One
Superman -
6.
Chapter Two
Superman -
7.
[Superman Confidential #2 Cover Sketch]
Superman -
8.
Kryptonite Book Two
Superman -
9.
Chapter Three
Superman -
10.
[Superman Confidential #3 Cover Sketch]
Superman -
11.
Kryptonite Book Three
Superman -
12.
Chapter Four
Superman -
13.
[Superman Confidential #4 Cover Sketch]
Superman -
14.
Kryptonite Book Four
Superman -
15.
Chapter Five
Superman -
16.
[Superman Confidential #5 Cover Sketch]
Superman -
17.
Kryptonite Book Five
Superman -
18.
Chapter Six
Superman -
19.
[Superman Confidential #11 Cover Sketch]
Superman -
20.
Kryptonite Book Six
Superman -
21.
Superman: Exposed Sketchbook
Superman
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