Subject Matter
Genres:
superhero
Character(s):
Ghostwolves; Sirocco (future, intro); Khyber (future, intro); Mad-Eye (future, cameo); Shado (future, cameo); Scrap; Green Lantern [Helen Jordan] (future)
Synopsis:
Arion shows Superman and his friends the world of 2014, introducing Khyber, who worked behind the scenes eventually causing world war. Superman confronted Khyber, who threw him deep into the Earth, causing a disastrous electromagnetic pulse and global upheaval killing billions. Luthor, Jimmy, Lois, Sirocco, Parasite, and others allied in opposition to Khyber but are barely surviving, scavenging from a destroyed Metropolis. Another volcano erupts,spewing out Superman, years after being entombed in the crust. Back in the present, Arion warns Jimmy that this Superman will make things much worse.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
22
Notes:
Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. The publicity for this issue hit some controversy when an interview with Kurt Busiek on Newsarama on 2007-10-03 included some penciled pages from this issue as a preview, and page 10 included some topless servant girls with Khyber. This was unnoticed by DC until Kurt asked the associate editor about it, who then provided Newsarama with a replacement updated page the same day, the one that was eventually published (with no nudity).