| Issue | #196 |
| Published | October 2003 |
| Cover Price | $2.25 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Eddie Berganza; Tom Palmer Jr. (Associate Editor) |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Scott McDaniel |
| Inks | Andy Owens |
| Colors | Tanya Horie; Richard Horie |
| Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Metropolis (first appearance) |
| Synopsis | Clark begins to work in the crime unit of Metropolis, just in time for a bomb call. Superman arrives too late to stop the bomb and a surgeon who is trying to take the bomb as far out of harm's way as possible is caught in the blast. As a result from the explosion, the surgeon obtains strange powers and thinks that Superman is responsible for the accident. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Steven T. Seagle |
| Pencils | Scott McDaniel |
| Inks | Andy Owens |
| Colors | Tanya Horie; Richard Horie |
| Letters | Comicraft |