Superman: New Krypton Special #1

(December 2008)

New Krypton (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns; James Robinson; Sterling Gates

Pencils

Gary Frank (pages 1-9); Pete Woods (pages 10-14, 17-25, 29-34, 39-40); Renato Guedes (pages 15-16, 26-28, 35-38)

Inks

Jon Sibal (pages 1-9); Pete Woods (pages 10-14, 17-25, 29-34, 39-40); Jose W. Magalhaes (pages 15-16, 26-28, 35-38)

Colors

Hi-Fi

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White (cameo); Lana Lang (cameo); Pete Ross (cameo); John Henry Irons (cameo), Natasha Irons (cameo); Batman [as Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Brainiac; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Sam Lane; Codename: Assassin; Zor-El; Alura; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lucy Lane; Lex Luthor (cameo)

Synopsis

Everyone attends Jonathan Kent's funeral. Clark daydreams about beating Brainiac to a pulp, but is reminded by Lois to just never forget his father. A general and Codename: Assassin have Brainiac, and are running tests on him, trying to extract information. Superman goes to the newly-enlarged Kandor and meets with his uncle and aunt, Supergirl's parents. Lois pays her respects to her father at his grave, and meets up with Lucy there. Luthor is in his prison cell designing a rocket, when the general appears, recruiting Luthor. The general is revealed as Sam Lane, Lois and Lucy's father.

Reprints

• in Superman: Brainiac (DC, 2009 series) ([May] 2009) [pp. 1-9 only]
which is reprinted
• in Superman: Brainiac (DC, 2010 series) (2009 [May 2010])
• in Superman: New Krypton (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([July] 2009)
• in Superman: New Krypton (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2009 [July 2010])
• in Superman de Geoff Johns (Planeta DeAgostini, 2011 series) #3 - Brainiac (Octubre 2011) [Págs. 1-9]
• in Superman: Last Son of Krypton (DC, 2013 series) ([March] 2013) [pp. 1-9 only]
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #28 - Superman - Brainiac

Keywords

Kandor

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #870 and from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special (DC, 2008 series) #1, and continues in Superman (DC, 2006 series) #681.

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