Issue | #662 |
Published | May 2007 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate) |
Notes | This issue went on sale 2007-05-02 (7 weeks late from the solicited shipping date of this issue). The contents of this issue were originally solicited to be in issue #661. This content change was announced by DC via a press release on 2007-02-27. |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Carlos Pacheco (signed) |
Inks | Jesus Merino |
Colors | Dave Stewart |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Merino also signed the cover image as seen in the reprint, but on this cover it was hidden by the UPC. |
Reprinted | in Superman: Camelot Falls (DC, 2007 series) #2 [minus all text and the UPC]. |
Characters | Superman; Subjekt-17; Power Girl; Bizarro (flashback, cameo); Prankster (flashback, cameo); Toyman (future, cameo); Arion [of Atlantis] (flashback); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Zatanna Zatara; Sirocco (intro in present day); Chris Kent (cameo); Young Gods (intro, cameo) |
Synopsis | Subjekt-17 convalesces in Tibet. After listening to his friends debate the future that Arion showed, Superman enlists Zatanna's help to track down Arion, with no success. He does track down Sirocco, accidentally naming him in the process, and asks him about Khyber. Sirocco assures Superman that he destroyed Khyber a while ago. Back in Metropolis, a bunch of young New Gods appear. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Kurt Busiek |
Pencils | Carlos Pacheco |
Inks | Jesus Merino |
Colors | Alex Sinclair; Lee Loughridge |
Letters | Comicraft |
Notes | Story continued from issue #658 and continues in the next issue. In promotional materials, this is called the start of the second half of "Camelot Falls". The book that Lois is reading to Chris on page 21 is an homage to the golden age Flash's three friends, who were frequently called "The Three Dimwits", and looked like that cover illo. And the authors listed on that book are an homage to that Flash's creative team, E. E. Hibbard and Gardner Fox. |
Reprinted | in Superman: Camelot Falls (DC, 2007 series) #2 [minus the credits and the next issue blurb]. |
Characters | Batman; Joker |
Pencils | Marshall Rogers; ? |
Inks | Terry Austin; ? |
Notes | A brief appreciation of Marshall, with the cover from Detective #475 and an interior page. Ads for Superman #663, Amazons Attack #1, Blue Beetle #14, and Green Lantern #19. Appears on page 34 in this issue. |
Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #475 (February 1978)[cover] |
Notes | House ads for: Batman Black and White Statue, Green Lantern: Rebirth HC (1/2 page), Amazons Attack, 52thecomic.com, Batman/Spawn statue, Countdown (Look to the Skies!), All Star Superman 1 hardcover, JLA Classified #37, and Frank Miller graphic novels (Ronin, Batman Year One, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again). Appear in various places in the issue. |
Notes | Total of 3 one-page and 1 half-page ads for: abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America, 2 different ads, full and 1/2 page), Dreamblade Chrysotic Plague (miniatures game, Wizards of the Coast), and got milk? with Vince Carter (milk). Appear in various places in the issue. |