Cover: Renato Guedes

Action Comics #847

Apr 2007 · DC · 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD

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“Intermezzo”

In "Intermezzo," Jonathan Kent finds himself wide awake at midnight, secretly nursing a cup of coffee—against his better judgment—while Martha watches with quiet concern. As they worry over Clark’s disappearance during the Last Son arc, Jonathan recalls a quiet, forgotten moment from the past: a secret flight in a homemade spaceship to the Fortress of Solitude, where Superman once faced a Sun-Eater with nothing but courage and a borrowed bomb, and Jonathan was there to catch him when he faltered. Written by Dwayne McDuffie and illustrated by Renato Guedes—with full art and inks by Guedes and lettering by Travis Lanham—this heartfelt flashback underscores the unshakable bond between father and son. The cover, also by Renato Guedes, captures that quiet, intimate moment of vigilance and love.

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writer Dwayne McDuffie · artist, inker, colorist Renato Guedes · letterer Travis Lanham · cover Renato Guedes

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writer Dwayne McDuffie

artist, inker, colorist Renato Guedes

letterer Travis Lanham

cover pencils, inks Renato Guedes

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Jonathan Kent is up in the middle of the night, trying to make coffee, even though he's not supposed to be having caffeine. Martha catches him, and together they worry about Clark, who has gone missing in the Last Son storyline. Jonathan remembers back to a time that he and Clark snuck away, and went to the fortress. Superman made a spaceship, and they took off to do some sightseeing. They received a distress signal; a star system was being threatened by a Sun-Eater. Superman found an alien fighter, trying to take a bomb to the Sun-Eater, but it got disabled. He took the bomb, and despite being bombarded with red sun radiation, carried it into the Sun-Eater, and detonated it. Exhausted, Superman couldn't out fly the explosion, but Jonathan caught up to him in the spaceship, and they escaped. They then returned to Earth, caught some fish as a cover story, and returned home. Jonathan tells Martha that they must never underestimate their son, no matter what the odds, and they go back to bed.

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