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Superman: Back in Action #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis 2007 collection reprints the storyline that brought Superman back to the main DC Universe following the events of Infinite Crisis and the 'One Year Later' jump. Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art by Pete Woods and others, the volume shows the Man of Steel re-establishing himself in Metropolis while dealing with new threats and old allies. It collects issues of the Superman titles from the post-Infinite Crisis era, focusing on his return to action after a year-long absence.
In "Back In Action," Superman faces a new threat when the Auctioneer, intrigued by the presence of Kryptonians on Earth, shifts his focus from stealing houses of worship to capturing all metahumans—including Superman, Supergirl, and a mysterious third Kryptonian. With Nightwing and Firestorm racing to uncover the truth, Superman and a group of powerless heroes must break free from a hidden prison aboard a massive spacecraft, all while navigating internal conflict and a deadly time-sensitive mission to disable the ship’s power-dampening core. Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art by Pete Woods and a striking cover by Dave Gibbons, this 2007 DC tale blends high-stakes action with the quiet tension of a team forced to rely on each other in the dark.
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Superman confronts the Auctioneer, who finds it interesting that there is a Kryptonian on the Earth. He scans for others, finds Supergirl too, but then also finds a mysterious third Kryptonian. With that discovery, he decides to cease stealing houses of worship, and instead start taking all metahumans (good and evil), starting with Superman. The Joint Chiefs continue to monitor the situation, and discuss whether the disappearance of the metahumans is a good thing or not. Mister Terrific notes the disappearance, and sends out a general alert. Nightwing picks it up, and decides to hitch a ride on one of the robots with Firestorm to find out what happened. Superman finds himself trapped with hundreds of other metahumans. Nightwing and Firestorm arrive, and Firestorm loses his powers, but they search for the missing people. Superman, Skyrocket, and Livewire are able to talk to each other, and manage to break out, just as Nightwing and Firestorm find them. They team with the others who were in the same "cell"; Veteran, Blue Jay, and Aquaman; all have lost their (non-mechanical) powers except Livewire. The robots sense the escape, and try to stop it, but the team defeats them. Arguments are made over who should be leader, but Superman and Nightwing are busy trying to get information from a data terminal. Nightwing hacks in, and Superman goads Livewire into setting up a link with the outside world to Mr. Terrific; she achieves not only that, but also to the whole world. Mr. Terrific figures out the schematics to the space ship, and directs them to the power bay. He determines that the power damping equipment is on the other side of the power core below them, but the only way to get to it is through the core, which is unsafe. The core can be disrupted, but only for 7 seconds before the backup kicks in. While the "leaders" argue about what to do, Superman tells them he will jump in, and to disrupt the core 13 seconds after he jumps, so he can destroy the damping equipment.
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