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Issue Details

Issue #608
Published November 2002
Cover Price 2.25 USD
Pages 44
Editing Tom Palmer, Jr. (Associate); Eddie Berganza

Cover Details - "Ending Battle, Part 2 of 8: The Achilles Agenda!"

Characters Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Atomic Skull
Genre superhero
Pencils Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Inks Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Reprinted in Superman: Ending Battle (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

22 page Superman story "Ending Battle, Part 2: Dawn's Early Light"

Characters Superman; Calvin Kale; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy [Kon-El]; Atomic Skull; Walt Andrews; Riot; Harold Carver; Quakemaster; Hellgrammite; Professor Clowes; Firefist; Miss Dolenz; Ratcatcher; Dr. Davis; Bug-Eyed Bandit; Amanda Waller; Dr. Kimmel; Hi-Tech; Mrs. Christian; Jimmy Olsen; Gary; Tony; King Shark; Captain Carrot (on a cereal box); Pig Iron (on a cereal box); Fastback (on a cereal box); Atom (comic book)
Synopsis Superman has to stop a rash of two-bit villains from killing everyday people connected to Clark Kent, but when he stops King Shark from offing Jimmy Olsen, Superman learns that the villains are being directed by a voice in their heads. This revelation is interrupted by news that smoke is pouring out of the Daily Planet building.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Casey
Pencils Derec Aucoin
Inks Derec Aucoin
Colors Rob Ro; Alex Bleyaert
Letters Comicraft
Notes Story continues from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #186; story continues in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #130. Superman tells a kid in the library to put down the comic he is reading and try "The Grapes of Wrath."
Reprinted in Superman: Ending Battle (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]