Action Comics #844 [Andy Kubert / Jesse Delperdang Cover]

(December 2006)

Last Son Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Pencils

Adam Kubert

Inks

Adam Kubert

Colors

Dave Stewart

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Jor-El (simulation); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Chris Kent [Lor-Zod] (intro, not yet named); Sarge Steel; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)

Synopsis

Superman sees a ship landing and stops it from crashing. Opening it, he finds a boy. He takes the boy to the Department of Metahuman Affairs and its director, Sarge Steel, where the boy shows super-strength and speaks Kryptonese. The two talk and then Superman tells him he'll be back. In the morning, Superman finds the building empty. He goes to the Pentagon, and breaks in to confront Sarge Steel. Steel admits the boy is being transferred. Superman uses human means to stop the convoy, and spirits the boy away, taking him to his adoptive parents for advice on how to raise a boy from Krypton.

Reprints

• in Superman: Last Son (DC, 2008 series) ([September] 2008)
• in Superman: Last Son (DC, 2009 series) (2008 [August 2009]) [minus the title, credits, and "To Be Continued"]
• in Superman de Geoff Johns (Planeta DeAgostini, 2011 series) #1 - Último Hijo (Abril 2011)
• in Geoff Johns présente Superman (Urban Comics, 2013 series) #1 (février 2013)
• in Superman: Last Son of Krypton (DC, 2013 series) ([March] 2013)
• in Superman: The Last Son of Krypton FCBD Special Edition (DC, 2013 series) #1 (July 2013)
• in Superman: Último Hijo (ECC Ediciones, 2014 series) (Marzo 2014)
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #3 - Superman - Kryptons letzter Sohn
• in Superman: The Last Son: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2021 series) ([May] 2021)

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the next issue. The Kryptonese dialog on page 11 is translated as follows: "I'M HUNGRY." The Kryptonese dialog on the next two pages matches the subtitles.

Richard Donner was the director of "Superman: The Movie" and a lot of "Superman II", which much of this story's elements are derived from. This is Donner's first comic book work.

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