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Action Comics #650

February 1990 [$1.50]


Cover Credits: George Pérez (art; signed)



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Story: "Reflections" (40 Pages)


Credits:

Roger Stern (writer)
George Pérez and Jerry Ordway and Curt Swan and Kerry Gammill and Dan Jurgens (pencillers)
George Pérez and Brett Breeding and Bob McLeod and Art Thibert and Dennis Janke (inkers)
Bill Oakley (letterer)
Glenn Whitmore and Brett Breeding (colorists)
Jonathan Peterson (assistant editor)
Mike Carlin (editor)

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Time Masters #2; next in flashback in Power Company: Josiah Power #1)

Guest Star(s):

Flash III (last in Adventures of Superman #463; next in Captain Atom #38)
Fire (last in Justice League America #33; next in Justice League Europe #11)
Ice (in between Justice League Europe #8 and #11)
Power Girl (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also in flashback to in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184; next in Captain Atom #38)
Martian Manhunter (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29; next in Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #14)
Lobo (last in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #11; next in Superman Vol. 2 #41)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between Adventures of Superman #463 and #464; also in flashback)
Jimmy Olsen (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also in flashback; next in Superman Vol. 2 #41)
Perry White (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also in flashback; next in Superman Vol. 2 #42)
Maggie Sawyer (last in issue #645; next in Superman Vol. 2 #49)
Dan Turpin (last in issue #645; next in Superman Vol. 2 #49)
Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (last in ???; next in Superman Vol. 2 #49)

Villain(s):

Maxima (first actual appearance; last behind the scenes in issue #645; not to be confused with her simulacrum that appeared in #645; next in Adventures of Superman #464)
Sazu (last in issue #645; next in issue #651)
Draaga (in between Superman Vol. 2 #33 and #41)
Amanda McCoy (last in Adventures of Superman #454; next in issue #653)
Xotar the Weapons Master (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29)
Starbreaker (in flashback to Justice League of America #96-#98)
Kanjar Ro (in flashback to Justice League of America #120-#121)
Parademons (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)

Guest Appearance(s):

Aquaman (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29)
Black Canary II (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29)
Snapper Carr (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29)
Flash II (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29 and Justice League of America #120-#121, #183-184)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29 and Justice League of America #96-#98, #183-184)
Hawkman I (in flashback to Justice League of America #96-#98)
Adam Strange (in flashback to Justice League of America #120-#121)
Firestorm (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Batman (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Doctor Fate (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Big Barda (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Mister Miracle II (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Oberon (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Metron (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)
Orion (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184; see Comment for all)

Other Character(s):

K'raamdyn (first appearance; an interstellar cab pilot)
Macelroy
Levin
Sgt. Phil Conrad (first appearance; a police officer)
Ronald Hamel (first appearance; a public defender)

Comment(s):

The flashbacks in this issue are the first post-Crisis references to those events from Brave and the Bold and Justice League of America, with Black Canary substituting for Wonder Woman in the flashback to Brave and the Bold #29.

The post-Crisis version of Brave and the Bold #29 is told in greater detail in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4.


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