Comic Title: Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 4 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: September 4, 2008 Direct Market Date August 27, 2008
Source: Previews, #236

Direct Market Date September 4, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Thursday, September 4, 2008

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 512
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Superman #157 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Justice League of America #15; next appearance in Superman #157)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #293; next appearance in Superman #157)

Villain(s)

• Jax-Ur (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #62; next appearance in Superman #158)
• Rog-Ar (appears in flashback; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Supergirl (last appearance in Action Comics #293; next appearance in Superman #157)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Superman #156; next appearance in Action Comics #297)
• Jor-El (appears in flashback to Quex-Ul’s banishment; last appearance in Superman #154; next appearance in Superboy #104)

Other Character(s)

• Quex-Ul (a paroled Phantom Zone inmate; no further appearances)
• An unnamed construction worker (no further appearances)

Comments:
First official use of Gold Kryptonite, which permanently removes a Kryptonian’s super-powers. It had been used once before in the imaginary story starring Superboy in the first story of Adventure Comics #299.

Synopsis:
Phantom Zone criminal Quex-Ul is released from the Zone by Superman having completed his sentence. Quex-Ul swears revenge against Superman, whose father Jor-El sentenced him on Krypton. While Quex-Ul creates a magnet to gather Gold Kryptonite, Superman visits Krypton’s past to learn that Quex-Ul is innocent of his convicted crime.

When Superman returns, Quex-Ul tries to use the Gold Kryptonite against him. Supergirl informs Quex-Ul that he has been cleared of his previous crimes. This revelation causes the former Zone resident to save Superman, sacrificing his own powers to the Gold Kryptonite. The accident gives him amnesia, so Superman gets him a job at the Daily Planet.