| Issue | #655 |
| Published | October 2006 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate) |
| Notes | This issue went on sale 2006-08-09 (on time). |
| Characters | Superman; Dr. Callie Llewellyn |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils | Carlos Pacheco (signed) |
| Inks | Jesus Merino (signed) |
| Colors | Dave Stewart ? |
| Notes | Kurt Busiek said on the DC Message Boards on 2006-12-17 that he wrote the cover copy for this issue. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: Camelot Falls (DC, 2007 series) #1 [minus all text and the UPC, and with a white background instead of dark gray]. |
| Characters | Superman; Arion [of Atlantis]; Lana Lang; Dr. Callie Llewellyn; Subjekt-17 (intro); Lowell Jeffries (intro); Gemimn (cameo); Chaon (cameo); Pete Ross (photo); Clark Ross (photo) |
| Synopsis | In Paris in 1659, Arion the immortal (known at that time as Vicomte Jean-Simon Giscard D'Arion) is sleeping in his bed with his two girls after some partying, when he has a dream/vision about Camelot falling. He takes out a crystal ball, and has it show the events in ages to come that lead to it. Clark Kent is on a plane traveling to Kazakhstan to meet with Dr. Callie Llewellyn, an old friend. He flashes back to another old friend, Lana Lang, who he interviewed in the past couple of days as she took over LexCorp. She tells him that she also completed her divorce with Pete Ross. Near Ayaguz, Kazakhstan, at an old Soviet Science Center, the area is devastated, with many people dead or injured, including Callie Llewellyn, who calls out to Clark. He hears her, and sneaks his way off the plane, flying the rest of the way himself. Superman helps retrieve the injured, but is punched by something moving very fast, and blood is drawn. Callie rushes to him, and he asks her to go over what happened here while he fights the creature. She tells him this center was abandoned when the Soviet Union collapsed, but left behind was a science experiment of some kind, a creature named Subjekt-17. Before she finishes, Superman is attacked again. Arion observes this, makes remarks about people "tampering", and journeys to his future to "fix it". |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils | Carlos Pacheco |
| Inks | Jesus Merino |
| Colors | Dave Stewart |
| Letters | Comicraft |
| Notes | Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. The cover of "Action Bulletin News" that Lowell Jefferies holds up is really the cover from Action Comics #841. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: Camelot Falls (DC, 2007 series) #1 [minus the credits and the next issue blurb]. |
| Script | Dan Didio |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Dan discusses several new series that are coming in the second half of 2006. Ads for Superman #656, Martian Manhunter #1, Nightwing #123, and Superman #655. Appears on page 34 in this issue. |
| Notes | Total of 12 one-page ads for: Captain Underpants (books, Scholastic), Let play out, Let adventure in (Verb), Wonka Laffy Taffy (candy, Nestle), Lego Batman Set #7783 and 7784 with Secret Files and Origins of The Batcave (toy, Lego), Scooby Doo Push-Up (frozen Slushy, Nestle), Superman Fruit Flavored Snacks (Kellogg's), Cars The Videogame (game, Buena Vista Games), Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of the Duelist (card game, Konami), Monster House (video game, THQ), Justice League (frozen novelties), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigley), and Brother Bear 2 (DVD, Disney). Appear in various places in this issue. |