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Action Comics, #900 Newsstand

Published: June 2011

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Action Comics #900

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman
  • Lex Luthor
Credits
The Black Ring Finale Reign of Doomsday
Story 1 51 pages superhero
Storyline

Having combined with the Phantom Zone creature, Luthor has achieved enormous power, and draws Superman to him to break him, but can't. The creature reasserts itself, causing Luthor to grant absolute happiness to all, but he gives that up by continuing to try to destroy Superman. Meantime Doomsday has kidnapped several heroes. Superman joins them, but together they find that Doomsday himself is held captive and they've been fighting three Doomsday clones, each with different powers.

Characters
  • Superman
  • Lois Lane
  • Doomsday
  • Steel [John Henry Irons]
  • Superboy [Kon-El]
  • Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
  • Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
  • Eradicator
  • Lex Luthor
  • General Zod (flashback, cameo)
  • Ursa (flashback, cameo)
  • Non (flashback, cameo)
  • Jor-El (flashback, cameo)
  • Lara (flashback, cameo)
  • Chris Kent [Lor-Zod] (flashback, cameo)
  • Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo, death)
  • Martha Kent (flashback, cameo)
  • Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]
  • Death of the Endless (cameo)
  • Vandal Savage (cameo)
  • Red Lanterns (cameo)
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo)
  • Perry White (cameo)
  • Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
  • Steve Lombard (cameo)
  • Larfleeze (cameo)
  • Deathstroke (cameo)
  • Gorilla Grodd (cameo)
  • Brainiac (cameo)
  • Joker (cameo)
  • Phantom Zone Creature (flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and from Superboy (DC, 2010 series) #6, and continues in the next issue. "Very special thanks to Neil Gaiman." The credits for the specific pages weren't indicated in the book itself, but Pete Woods and Jamal Igle have both confirmed the pages that they did with this indexer.

A Celebration of 900 Issues of Action Comics
Story 2 1 page
Characters
  • Superman
Credits
Story Notes

This is a table of contents (with credits) for the remaining stories in this issue. The background is from the Adam Hughes variant cover for this issue.

Life Support

Featuring Jor-El

Story 3 10 pages superhero
Storyline

Jor-El asks a brilliant scientist to design a life support system for a small rocket in three days. The scientist realizes the ramifications for his own family, and asks for one night before he starts.

Characters
  • Jor-El
  • brilliant scientist
  • Kal-El (cameo)
Credits
Autobiography
Story 4 3 pages superhero
Storyline

Superman helps out a powerful space-faring creature, and records his history.

Characters
  • Superman
  • Sarva
  • I'iawa (flashback)
  • Krypto (cameo)
Credits
Friday Night in the 21st Century

Featuring Clark Kent

Story 5 4 pages superhero
Storyline

Lois thinks Clark needs some time with his friends, and invites the Legion of Super-Heroes over for dinner.

Characters
  • Clark Kent [Superman]
  • Lois Lane
  • Legion of Super-Heroes [Dawnstar
  • Wildfire
  • Blok
  • Ultra Boy
  • Lightning Lad
  • Shadow Lass
  • Cosmic Boy
  • Phantom Girl
  • Brainiac 5
  • Polar Boy
  • Night Girl
  • Saturn Girl
  • Colossal Boy
  • Lightning Lass
  • Timber Wolf]
Credits
The Incident
Story 6 9 pages superhero
Storyline

Superman meets with the President's National Security Advisor, and describes why he took the actions he did in Iran, and that he's planning on renouncing his U.S. citizenship.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Gabriel Wright
  • Darkseid (cameo)
  • Royal Flush Gang (cameo)
Credits
Story Notes

This story generated a lot of controversy, as Superman had earlier (and following this issue) stood for "Truth, Justice, and the American Way," but here Superman says that '"Truth, Justice and the American Way"-- it's not enough anymore.' The day after the issue went on sale, DC Comics co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan Didio issued a statement printed in the New York Post that said "Superman is a visitor from a distant planet who has long embraced American values. As a character and an icon, he embodies the best of the American Way." And the author chimed in on July 19th in an interview with Entertainment Weekly and said "It was also interesting to me that people thought it was a slight against America. It wasn’t meant to be that at all. He was actually trying to protect America from what he intended to do." And then in editor Matt Idelson's semi-regular question and answer session at SupermanHomePage.com in August, he was asked for his personal feelings on the story, and responded among other things that "Had I done a better job of making clear to the readers that the stories in the back may or may not fit into continuity, and are simply a celebration of the character from a diverse set of writers and artists, perhaps things wouldn't have been so loud." The notoriety probably was the cause of the issue selling out two days after it was put on sale. Camp David is captioned as being in Frederick, Maryland, when the closest town to it is really Thurmont, Maryland.

Only Human
Story 7 15 pages superhero
Storyline

Former football star Cliff Carter is now a spokesman for SuperTech, and demonstrates his company's new SuperSuit. He challenges Superman to a race. That night they meet and start the race, but the SuperSuit siphons too much energy from around it, and Superman has to shut it down.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Cliff Carter
  • Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
Credits
Story Notes

This story is told in a movie storyboard format, with black and white art on the left side, and text as if from a screenplay on the right, with alternating red and blue background colors to denote which text goes with which picture.

The Evolution of the Man of Tomorrow
Story 8 2 pages superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
Story Notes

This is an illustration that has six figures of Clark Kent changing to Superman. Each of the figures is done in a style from past artists of Superman: Joe Shuster, Curt Swan, John Byrne, Jerry Ordway, Jim Lee, and Gary Frank. The buildings in the static background also change time periods from left to right.

Featuring Action Comics

Story 9 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters from Oliver Ortiz and Christopher Kaufman. This includes a farewell to artist Pete Woods, and a promo for the next issue including the cover.

Ads (1)
Story 10 3 pages
Story Notes

Total of 3 one-page ads for: DC Super Heroes The Ultimate Pop-Up Book (book, Little, Brown and Company), Action Figures Perfected (DC Universe action figures, Mattel), and The Zombie Chasers #2: Undead Ahead (book, Harper). Appear in various places in this issue.