| Characters |
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Killer Croc (flashback, cameo); Perry White (cameo); Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; Dalton Sanders; Jenet Klyburn (cameo); Rance Howard (cameo); David Igawa (cameo); Clan MacHinery AKA The Rude Mechanicals (flashback); Signal Watch (flashback, origin) |
| Synopsis |
Jimmy's trying to figure out what to do with the powers he's discovered he now has when he's sent with Clark to Stryker's Island prison. Tests are being run on the Kryptonite Man. Jimmy remembers back to when he was still a copy boy at the Planet, and followed some rampaging robots back to their base. He was trapped in there as they set up an alarm system. He managed to scrape together a radio transmitter, and transmitted a hypersonic signal, that Superman heard, and rescued Jimmy. Since Jimmy keeps getting into trouble, Superman got the idea to miniaturize the radio Jimmy built into a watch, to signal Superman. Back in the present, the Kryptonite Man escapes, but Superman quickly stops him. Jimmy decides to use his powers to become a super-hero. |
| Genre |
Superhero |
| Script |
Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils |
Brad Walker |
| Inks |
John Livesay |
| Colors |
Tonya Horie; Richard Horie |
| Letters |
Jared K. Fletcher |
| Notes |
Story continues in Countdown (DC, 2007 series) #41 and in the next issue. |
| Reprinted |
in Superman: 3-2-1 Action! (DC, 2008 series) #nn ([April] 2008) [minus the credits, two editors' notes about Countdown, and the next issue blurb]. |