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ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #630
Cover Date: September 2004
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Gene Ha (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Greg Rucka |
| Pencils | Matthew Clark |
| Inks | Nelson DeCastro |
| Lettering | Nick J. Napolitano |
| Colors | Tanya Horie, Richard Horie |
| Associate editing | Tom Palmer, Jr. |
| Editing | Eddie Berganza |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
Other Character(s):
- Barton (with the Special Crimes Unit)
- Beau Wright
- PFC Damon Carter (first appearance; a soldier from Keystone City)
- Alex Allston (first appearance)
- Alexandra Allston (first appearance; Alex's twin sister)
- Miss Colby (first appearance; their teacher)
Comment(s):
- Story continues directly in the next issue.
Synopsis: - The Special Crimes Unit are called to a hostage situation at S.T.A.R. Labs, where Xlim and someone called Ruin are holding numerous youngsters - Ruin promises to kill them unless Superman arrives on the scene. Of course, Superman is soon there, and is able to rescue most of the children, with the exception of a few of them who are in the same lab as Xlim and Ruin. Suddenly, everyone bar Superman freezes and Mxyzptlk appears, dragging the Man of Steel into a Matrix-style world, warning him of a great crisis to come, a dark time which Superman will need great strength to survive. As part of this, he shows Lois Lane in Umec, in the midst of the fighting, having transferred to a more front-line unit. He returns Superman to the lab, and time is kick-started again - Superman is hit by a green beam, causing Ruin's device to overload. Ruin does not want to fail, so orders Xlim to kill the hero.