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Issue Details

Issue #593
Published August 2001
Cover Price 2.25 USD
Pages 40
Editing Eddie Berganza; Tom Palmer Jr. (Assistant Editor)
Notes Our Worlds at War: Prelude to War!

Cover Details - "Suicide Mission"

Characters Superman; Shrapnel; Plasmus
Genre Super-hero
Script Joe Casey
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Wildstorm FX
Letters Bill Oakley
Notes Our Worlds at War: Prelude to War!
Reprinted in Superman: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Superman: Our Worlds at War - The Complete Edition (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]

1 page Magic: The Gathering advertisement "3,000 Years in the Making"

Notes Ad for Magic: The Gathering novel: Apocalypse.

23 page Superman story "Suicide Mission"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman; Shrapnel; Plasmus; Samuel Lane; Manchester Black; Chemo; Amanda Waller; Lex Luthor
Synopsis Superman is accosted by Manchester Black & a crew of his cronies who are 'trying out' their abilties for the US Gov't, presumably to fight whatever is coming. They are also digging up Mongul for part of their operation and the Secretary of Defense isn't telling Lois (his daughter) all she needs to know.
Genre Super-hero
Script Joe Casey
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Wildstorm FX
Letters Bill Oakley
Notes Story continues from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #171, and continues in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #115.
Reprinted in Superman: Our Worlds at War (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Superman: Our Worlds at War - The Complete Edition (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]

14 page advertisement

Notes Various advertisements.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes Promo for Bizarro Comics hardcover, Our Worlds at War (all), and Superman #171.