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| Superman (second series) #151 | Lex Luthor has sold back the Daily Planet for $1, in exchange for Lois's promise to kill one news story, without question -- a deal she keeps from Clark; Mongul's son lands in Metropolis; cover-dated December 1999 | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #573 | Superman helps save Mr. Odetts's house from LexCorp development; introduces Lex Luthor's bodyguards, Mercy and Hope; Steve Epting and Denis Rodier art; cover-dated December 1999 | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #95 | the Eradicator's programming begins to reassert itself in the ruins of the Fortress of Solitude; cover-dated December 1999 | |||||
| Action Comics #760 | La Encantadora sells fake Kryptonite to villains; cover-dated December 1999 | |||||
| Superman (second series) #152 | Superman trains with Mongul's son in preparation for some coming threat; Jimmy Olsen notices, in a photograph, that Superman has a wedding ring | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #574 | rumors circulate as to who is Superman's wife; Joe Phillips and Rich Faber art | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #96 | the Eradicator programming transforms Clark's appartment, recreating Krypton | |||||
| Action Comics #761 | Superman and Wonder Woman battle and live together in a mystical universe for 1000 years (ridiculously) without Superman being sexually unfaithful for Lois Lane, then return (ridiculously) without altered personalities | |||||
| Superman (second series) #153 | Superman and Mongul battle Imperiex in space; Superman tells Jimmy Olsen that he is indeed married | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman: No Limits | collects Superman (second series) #151-153, Adventures of Superman #573-574, Superman: The Man of Steel #95-96, and Action Comics #760-761
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| Adventures of Superman #575 | Lex Luthor romances and tries to impress Lois Lane; Yanick Paquette pencils; Dexter Vines, Rich Faber, and Jim Royal inks | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #97 | Superman and Steel battle the Eradicator, himself battling his original programming | |||||
| Action Comics #762 | occurs on Christmas Eve; features the Demon Etrigan and Encantadora | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman: End of the Century [hardcover] | tells the origin of the Contessa, who comes after Lex Luthor for baby Lena Luthor; concludes as 31 December 1999 becomes 1 January 2000 (though this contradicts December 1999's Superman titles, this story must occur previously because it features Lena Luthor); Stuart Immonen story and pencils; José Marzan, Jr. inks; cover-dated February 2000; published in the end of 1999
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| Superman: End of the Century [softcover] | published long after the hardcover | |||||
| Superman: Y2K #1 | "The End"; occurs on 31 December 1999, with flashbacks to earlier moments in Metropolis; concludes with the arrival of Brianiac-13, art by Butch Guice with Kevin Conrad, Mark Propst, & Richard Bonk; Butch Guice cover; 70 pages | |||||
| Superman (second series) #154 | Metallo attacks Superman, who gets help from the Metal Men | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #576 | Stuart Immonen pencils | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #98 | Superman and the Eradicator prevent the growing tech from absorbing the Fortress of Solitude; Doug Mahnke & John Dell cover | |||||
| Action Comics #763 | Lex Luthor trades his baby daughter, Lena Luthor, for control of the B13 technology; German Garcia & Jaime Mendoza cover | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman: Endgame | collects (in this order) Superman: Y2K #1, Superman (second series) #154, Adventures of Superman #576, Superman: The Man of Steel #98, and Action Comics #763; also includes a cover gallery; 176 pages; Ed McGuinness and Cam Smith cover; published in 2001
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| Superman (second series) #155 | Superman visits the Kents in Smallville and finds Superboy there | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #577 | environmental issues come to Smallville; Stuart Immonen plot & Jay Faerber dialogue; Yanick Paquette & Stuart Immonen pencils; Rich Faber & José Marzan, Jr. inks | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #99 | Superman rescues Lana Lang and Pete in Smallville, then discovers a tesseract with John Henry Irons (Steel); told in two 11-page chapters with two artistic teams, the first with Pablo Raimondi pencils and the second with Doug Mahnke pencils; Sean Parsons inks | |||||
| Action Comics #764 | Superman has a moment in Smallville; Joe Rubinstein inks; German Garcia & John Dell cover | |||||
| Superman (second series) #156 | Lana Lang shows up in Metropolis; Superman and Wonder Woman battle the Parasite | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #578 | Superman takes Lois Lane on a tour of alien planets; Terry Dodson & Mark Farmer cover | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #100 | Steel and Superman create a new Fortress of Solitude that is a tesseract; the Cyborg-Superman attacks (having last appeared in Adventures of Superman #563); 38 pages | |||||
| Action Comics #765 | The Joker and Harley Quinn come to Metropolis with a giant baby Lena Luthor robot and diplomatic immunity from Qurac (gained in Birds of Prey #16); Yvel Guichet & Danny Miki cover | |||||
| Superman (second series) #157 | Lois Lane fights Superman, revealing her super-powers, then revealing that she is (in fact) the Parasite, who then dies, leaving Lois Lane's location unknown | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman: 'Till Death do Us Part | collects Superman (second series) #155-157, Adventures of Superman #577-578, Superman: The Man of Steel #99-100, and Action Comics #764-765; also includes a cover gallery; 224 pages; Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen cover; published in 2001
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| Adventures of Superman #579 | searching for Lois, an increasingly sick Superman battles the Prankster and (in his first appearance) the Adversary | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #101 | Superman, looking for Lois, breaks into LexCorp; Steel appears; Batman appears | |||||
| Action Comics #766 | Superman and Batman find the Parasite's lair, and Lois alive amongst corpses; Cary Nord pencils; Jason Baumgartner inks | |||||
| Superman (second series) #158 | (at S.T.A.R. Labs) Steel, Supergirl and Superboy (shrunk by the Atom) enter Superman's body in an attempt to cure him; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Jaime Mendoza inks | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #580 | Supergirl, Superboy, and Steel work in Superman's body, but Steel is revealed as an imposter | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #102 | the real Steel shrinks and enters Superman's body, while Lois and Encantadora flee Deathstroke, who chases them to S.T.A.R. Labs | |||||
| Action Comics #767 | Superboy stops the nanobot killing Superman, who is revived; Deathstroke kills Lois, but Supergirl and Encantador revive her; Steel contronts the Prankster, the saboteaur | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman: Critical Condition | collects Superman (second series) #158, Action Comics #766-767, Adventures of Superman #579-580, Superman: The Man of Steel #101-102, and the main story from Superman: Metropolis Secret Files #1; published in February 2003 | ||||
| Superman (second series) #159 | Lois confronts Luthor about the Parasite; Superman and Green Lantern test Superman's renewed strength in outer space, meeting Maxima, Massacre, and Grayven (Darkseid's son) | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #581 | Luthor announces his candidacy for U.S. President; Superman battles the Adversary | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #103 | as a giant storm approaches Metropolis, Superman tries to decide what action is for the greater good; Aquaman appears and advises Superman; Supergirl struggles to understand Superman's motives | |||||
| Action Comics #768 | The Marvel kids (acting very strange) come to Metropolis for Superman's help with Captain Marvel, who is literally in pieces, his mouth repeatedly saying Superman's name; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Jaime Mendoza inks | |||||
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| Superman (second series) #160 | reality is changed, as Superman escapes from Arkham Asylum, only to be recaptured by Bizarro, Metropolis's champion; Lois Lane is President of LaneCorp | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #582 | a young religious woman has a vision of Superman before sprouting wings of fire; Superman escapes Arkham again and receives some help from Lois; Jimmy turns into a giant Turtle-boy and eats Superman | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #104 | Superman, captured again, is shackled, tested, and thrown into another prison where he stumbles across John Henry Irons; the two escape and run into Mxyzptlk; Tom Nguyen & John McCrea inks | |||||
| Action Comics #769 | features Superboy working as SuperBurger Boy and hating the monotony; Superman and Steel battle Ignition before Mxyzptlk restores Superman's memory and reveals the Joker is behind this whole mess | |||||
| Superman: Emperor Joker #1 | Mxyzptlk reveals that he gave the Joker his powers, explaining the changes the world has faced; Superman tries to convince the real JLA, Supergirl, and Superboy that they're really heroes; Joker shoots Lex Luthor; Joe Kelly & Jeph Loeb script; Duncan Rouleau, Todd Nauck, Carlo Barberi, & Scott McDaniel pencils; Marlo Alquiza, Jaime Mendoza, & Richard Bonk inks; cover-dated October 2000 | |||||
| Superman (second series) #161 | Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, Lois, and Steel attack the Joker's stronghold; Supergirl and Superboy are seemingly killed by Ignition; Superman searches for Batman and finds him dead; cover-dated October 2000 | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #583 | Batman, Supergirl, and Superboy returns to life and, with Superman, attempt to fight the Joker by teleporting into his soul; Lois turns traitor and Joker turns the heroes into Super-Pets; Armando Durruthy inks; cover-dated October 2000 | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #105 | with Lois as his Queen, the Joker tries to break Superman's will by putting him through a life where he's responsible for the death of everyone he cares for, but this only serves to strengthen Superman's resolve; cover-dated October 2000 | |||||
| Action Comics #770 | with the Joker on the verge of destroying the whole universe, Superman (with Mxyzptlk's help) uses Batman to defeat the Joker; cover-dated October 2000 | |||||
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 Larger Version Available | Superman (second series) #162 | much to Superman's dismay, Luthor announces Pete Ross as his running mate in his bid for the White House; Lori Lemaris appears; Aquaman confronts Superman over the issue of Lex Luthor | ||||
| Adventures of Superman #584 | Devouris The Conqueror comes to earth to kill Superman, but turns out to be simply a disruption to Ron Troupe's Bachelor Party; Luthor, on his Presidential campaign, meets with Collin Thornton (a.k.a. Lord Satanus); Patrick Zircher pencils | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #106 | Superman goes missing while inspecting Metropolis' dams, so Lois goes to John Henry Irons for help; using his Deep Sea Rig, John discovers Kosnor has Superman in a trance and is destroying the dams | |||||
| Action Comics #771 | Superman runs into Nightwing, in Metropolis investigating Intergang's movements in Bludhaven; the two ferret out a man named Bendelwhite and thwart Intergang's plans; Chuck Dixon script; Pascual Ferry pencils; Alvaro Lopez inks | |||||
| Superman (second series) #163 | with Young Justice, Superman stops a tidal wave (sent by Aquaman's legions) and a huge sea creature before confronting Aquaman himself; Lex is wounded by a bullet | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #585 | Lois has an out-of-body experience thanks to Kryptonian mind techniques; the Prankster gathers together the separate identities of Dr. Faulkner, Rampage, Rose Forrest, Thorn, a kid, and the Adversary for Lord Satanus | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #107 | Superman goes into the Phantom Zone to rescue Luna (the CyberMoth); Tom Nguyen & Walden Wong inks | |||||
| Action Comics #772 | Lois goes on safari, searching for the assassins who tried to kill Superman; Superman tracks down both Encantadora and Talia (who seems to be intertwined in Ra's Al Ghul) | |||||
| Superman (second series) #164 | Bizarro from the Emperor Joker reality grabs Jimmy, thinking he's Gravedigger Lad; Supergirl comes to Jimmy's rescue, and the two become romantically involved; meanwhile, Luthor gets closer to an election victory; Ed McGuinness & Carlo Barberi pencils; Cam Smith & Juan Vlasco inks; cover-dated January 2001 | |||||
| Superman: Lex 2000 #1 | Luthor wins the Presidency; WGBS does a special on his life story; Batman wants back the Kryptonite ring; The Daily Planet staff take the news hard, but not as hard as Superman; Superman visits Lana to talk about Pete Ross's involvement; Jeph Loeb and Greg Rucka script; Tony Harris, Dwayne Turner, Doug Mahnke, Ed McGuinness, and Todd Nauck pencils; Ray Snyder, Danny Miki, Dwayne Turner, Walden Wong, Cam Smith, and Klaus Janson inks; cover-dated January 2001; published in November 2000, intended to coincide with the real U.S. elections, though the outcome of those elections drug on in real life (meaning the DCU had a President-Elect before the real U.S. did) | |||||
| Adventures of Superman #586 | after a bungled confrontation with Luthor, Superman soon finds himself in heavy battle against the machinations of Satanus, who plans on stealing Metropolis's soul; Armando Durruthy & Walden Wong inks; cover-dated January 2001 (misidentified in the "S"-shield as #52 of December 2000) | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #108 | Superman reveals his secret identity to Steel; Luna escapes the Steelworks and her Lunatick is soon out of control feeding off energy from the Phantom Zone; Professor Hamilton shows up just in time to help out; Paco Medina & Doug Mahnke pencils; Juan Vlasco & Tom Nguyen inks; cover-dated January 2001 | |||||
| Action Comics #773 | planning on becoming a god, Ra's al Ghul's plan is thwarted by Superman's presence; Lois manages to escape from the League of Assassins; Encantadora vanishes; Talia becomes head of LexCorp; Kano & Aluir Amancio pencils; cover-dated January 2001 | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman (second series) #165 | the Linear Men try to stop Pluto from becoming the next WarWorld; Superman gives each JLA member their own unique Christmas present before holidaying with Lois in the Bottled City of Kandor; Ed McGuinness, Humberto Ramos, Rob Liefeld, Mike Wieringo, Art Adams, Ian Churchill, & Joe Madureira pencils; Cam Smith, Wayne Faucher, Norm Rapmund, & Tim Townsend inks | ||||
| Adventures of Superman #587 | Lucy Lane births a baby boy, naming him Sam after her father; Satanus takes Superman, Thorn, and Rampage on wild ride, until Superman offers his soul in place of that of Metropolis; J. M. DeMatteis & Joe Casey script | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #109 | Liri Lee of the Linear Men takes Supeman into the future as a warning to him to change his emotional state in relation to Luthor becoming President; Professor Hamilton tunes in to a Kryptonian broadband signal; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Jaime Mendoza & Marlo Alquiza inks | |||||
| Action Comics #774 | Lex Luthor moves into the White House; when Sam Lane gets on Clark's nerves at their New Years Eve party, Superman flies off and talks with J'onn J'onnz after a brief battle with Scorch; Sam Lane is named Secretary of Defense; Eric Canete pencils; Juan Vlasco inks | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman (second series) #166 | Superman investigates a rocket which lands outside the Kent's farm house; with the help of John Henry and Prof. Hamilton, he receives a message from Jor-el, who shows him what Krypton was really like; cover-dated March 2001 | ||||
| Superman (second series) #166 [collector's edition] | published simultaneously with the standard edition | |||||
 Larger Version Available | Adventures of Superman #588 | with Superman's soul in the possession of Satanus, Metropolis becomes a hellhole of its own; when visited by Night Owl, Lois realises she must use Torquasm-Rao to save her husband; José Marzan, Jr. and Walden Wong inks | ||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #110 | Earthquake attempts to kill Lex Luthor at his inauguration ceremony, but is thwarted by Superman, Steel, Stars, and Stripe; Earthquake escapes, vowing to return | |||||
| Superman: President Lex | collects material from Adventures of Superman #581, President Luthor Secret Files, Superman: Lex 2000, Superman (second series) #162-165, Superman: Man of Steel #108-110, and Action Comics #773; published in June 2003 | |||||
| Action Comics #775 | introduces the Elite (based on Wildstorm's Authority), including leader Manchester Black; Superman confronts the Elite, a more violent sort of heroes, facing off with them about super-hero methodologies; Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo pencils; Tom Nguyen, Dexter Vines, Jim Royal, José Marzan (Jr.), Wade Von Grawbadger, and Wayne Faucher inks; cover-dated March 2001 | |||||
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 Larger Version Available | Superman (second series) #167 | Superman and Lois arrive on Krypton via the Phantom Zone; they soon meet Krypto, Jor-El and Lara; they get along famously, but when Superman tries to move Krypton from its dangerous orbit, he is rendered unconcious | ||||
 Larger Version Available | Adventures of Superman #589 | Superman regains conciousness; he and Lois spend some time together enjoying Kryptonoplis, but their dinner plans with Jor-El and Lara are rudely interrupted by General Zod and his Eradicators who come to arrest Jor-El; Duncan Rouleau pencils; Jaime Mendoza and Marlo Alquiza inks | ||||
 Larger Version Available | Superman: The Man of Steel #111 | as Nightwing and Flamebird, Clark and Lois search out the Off-Worlders of Krypton to obtain some Xuthful Ore, a mineral that they need to get back to Earth, but Kru-El and Faora attack the pair | ||||
 Larger Version Available | Action Comics #776 | with the Eradicators in hot pursuit, Clark and Lois head for Jor-El's hideout; a battle ensues, with Jor-El taking down Zod; farewells are said before Clark and Lois head home via the Phantom Zone -- with Krypto | ||||
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 Larger Version Available | Superman (second series) #168 | Bruce Wayne is revealed to be the owner of the Daily Planet; Lois asks Batman to help retrieve the Kryptonite ring from the Luthor; they get passed the White House security, but then Superman stands in their way; continues into Detective Comics #756 | ||||
| Adventures of Superman #590 | President Luthor requests Superman's help in rescuing an American journalist held captive in the Terrorist nation of Bialya; knowing Lex, Superman plays things his own way so as not to be comprimised; Derec Aucoin pencils | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #112 | Superman takes Krypto out for a fly, since the pooch's been tearing up their apartment; two meta-human criminals escape prison with the help of their crooked Attorney, Superman recaptures them with Krypto's help; Yanick Paquette & Olivier Coipel pencils; Ray Snyder & Andy Lanning inks | |||||
| Action Comics #777 | a creature calling itself Kancer (the kryptonite poisoning recently removed from Superman) goes on a rampage killing hundreds of people, leaving a message behind for Superman each time, leading to more questions as to who is behind the whole mess | |||||
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 Larger Version Available | Superman (second series) #169 | when his planet is wiped out by an invading army called Viroxx, Korsa, and survivors from other planets in the same situation, search out Superman to join them against Viroxx and his invading armada; Juan Vlasco inks | ||||
| Adventures of Superman #591 | the war against Viroxx rages on, and (to Superman's dismay) many die from both sides; Viroxx is finally destroyed, but it proves only a ruse; when Superman leaves his new friends, Viroxx's soldiers note his path and attack him on Earth, converting Lois to their cause | |||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel #113 | trying to bring back Lois, Superman rages in battle against Viroxx in his own style, much to the disappointment of Korsa; when Superman saves Korsa from being killed, he berates Superman and his methods, while as Viroxx heads for Earth, thanks to Lois | |||||
| Action Comics #778 | Superman teams up with a race of weapons builders called the Vorx to capture Lois and to defeat Viroxx; Korsa misinterprets Superman's plans and almost ruins everything, but Superman prevails and is reunited with Lois, who remembers nothing of her ordeal | |||||
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| Superman Annual (second series) #12 | participates in the DC's 2000 "Planet DC" themed annuals; Superman and 3 Mexican superheroes look into a series of explosions in Mexico City; cover-dated 2000 | |||||
| Superman: Mann and Superman | Michael T. Gilbert story and art; Marty Mann, down on his luck, envies Superman's apparent easy life until a gem grants him Superman's powers; cover-dated December 2000 | |||||
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| Supermen for the Animals #1 | Superman responds to a letter from a young buy who has a new classmate who likes to torture and kill animals; Mark Millar script; Tom Grummett pencils; Dick Giordano inks; packaged free with certain March issues; cover-dated March 2000 | |||||
| Supermen of America #1 | with mysterious quakes shaking up Suicide Slum, the Supermen of America must save lives and discover what or who is causing them; a new member called Maximum joins the team; cover-dated March 2000 | |||||
| Supermen of America #2 | something strange is going on in Hob's Bay, and when the Supermen of America investigate they find LexCorp, S.T.A.R. Labs, and goons from Apokolips fighting for possession of a containment vessel called Lockdown 6 | |||||
| Supermen of America #3 | Brahma tries to contain his powers chemically; when Kalibak comes to town, Brahma has to stand between him and Lockdown 6; the Warlords of Okaara come to earth for Lockdown 6 | |||||
| Supermen of America #4 | White Lotus gets on board the ship of the Warlords of Okaara and tries to reason with them as a member; they insist Earth hands over Lockdown 6 but Luthor orders the chamber opened | |||||
| Supermen of America #5 | the Loser and an Okaaran are the only two people left unaffected by the opening of Lockdown 6; released, the unimaginable entity within tries to find a vessel, and the Loser makes it choose Maximum | |||||
| Supermen of America #6 | Maximum, with godlike power, goes about changing Metropolis the way he sees fit, even if it means fighting his own team to do so; the Loser steps in and nullifies Max's powers to try and talk him down; cover-dated August 2000 | |||||
| Superman Metropolis Secret Files #1 | focuses on secondary characters, including Mercy & Hope, Strange Visitor, Steel & Natasha, the Eradicator, the S.C.U., Encantadora, Prankster, Rose & Thorn, S.T.A.R. Labs, the Daily Planet, Brainiac 13, and Imperiex; no data entered; cover-dated July 2000 | |||||
| Superman 80-Page Giant #3 | tells a single, unified story; Jay Faerber script; many unknown artists; cover-dated November 2000 | |||||
| President Luthor: Secret Files and Origins #1 | after a bad "Superman" day, Lex Luthor gets the idea to turn the tables by running for President; tells the story of how Talia was persuaded to become C.E.O. of LexCorp; Lex Luthor organises the death of the Contessa; quick stories feature an encounter of Lex Luthor with Circe, and Lex's new personal assistant, Nathaniel Mackelvany; no creative data entered; cover-dated March 2001 | |||||
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