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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details

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].

22 page Superman story "The Weight of the World"

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].

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation: #58 [April 25, 2007] Marshall Rogers January 22, 1950 - March 25, 2007"

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]

8 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

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.

3 page advertisement "Ads"

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.