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Issue Details

Issue #846
Published February 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate)
Notes This issue went on sale 2007-02-28 (two months late from the solicited shipping date).

Cover Details

Characters Superman; General Zod; Ursa; Non
Genre Superhero
Pencils Adam Kubert (signed)
Inks Adam Kubert (signed)
Colors Adam Kubert (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes This issue went on sale 2007-02-28 (two months late from the solicited shipping date).
Reprinted in Superman: Last Son (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] [minus all text and the UPC and cropped on the left and right]; in Superman: Last Son (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] [minus all text and the UPC and cropped on the left and right]

23 page Superman story "Last Son Part Three"

Characters Superman; Jor-El [simulation]; General Zod; Ursa; Non; Chris Kent [Lor-Zod]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jax-Ur (cameo); Quex-Ul (flashback, cameo); Tor-An (flashback, cameo); Nadira Va-Dim (flashback, cameo); Az-Rel (flashback, cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Lombard (cameo); Ron Troupe (cameo); Fortress of Solitude; Phantom Zone; signal watch
Synopsis General Zod, Ursa, and Non enter the Fortress, and start the Jor-El simulation. They ask it to tell about General Zod. The simulation gives a brief history of the Phantom Zone, the criminals in it, and then describes why Zod and his cohorts were sent there. They then explore the Fortress, and take the phantom zone projector. Lois and Clark take Chris to the Daily Planet to introduce their new foster son, and meet Jimmy. But heat beams coming from outside interrupt, and Clark rushes off to change. In mid change, he's attacked by Non, and confronted by Zod. Superman recognizes them, calling them criminals. Meanwhile, Ursa finds Lois and Chris, and tells Lois to give the boy to her, calling him Lor-Zod and her son. Superman and Zod continue the fight, with Zod saying that they will take over the Earth. Superman says "You and what army?", and Zod replies "This one", as dozens more ships crash down into Metropolis. They open, and Jax-Ur and other Kryptonians emerge. Zod retrieves the phantom zone projector, and projects Superman into the zone.
Genre Superhero
Script Geoff Johns; Richard Donner
Pencils Adam Kubert
Inks Adam Kubert
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes Story continued from the previous issue and continues in #851. The first two pages parallel the first two pages of Action Comics #844, but with Zod in place of Superman. The Kryptonese text on the ships on pages 16 and 17 is translated as: "OPEN".
Reprinted in Superman: Last Son (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] [minus the title, credits, and "To Be Continued"]; in Superman: Last Son (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] [minus the title, credits, and "To Be Continued"]

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation #50 [February 28, 2007]"

Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset
Notes Dan introduces the new weekly series called Countdown. Ads for Action Comics Annual #10, Blue Beetle #12, Green Lantern #17, and Firestorm #33. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisement"

Notes House ad for: Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #50. Appears on page 26 in this issue.

10 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 6 one-page and 2 two-page ads for: Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (video game, Konami), Children of Mana/Magical Starsign (video game, Nintendo, 2 pages), Magic the Gathering (card game, Wizards of the Coast), Death Jr. (video game, Konami), Final Fantasy V Advance (video game, Square Enix, 2 pages), Killzone Liberation (video game, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), Destroy All Humans 2 (video game, THQ), and abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America). Appear in various places in this issue.