Comic Title: Superman:Dark Knight Over Metropolis TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2013
On Sale Date: October 16, 2013 Direct Market Date October 16, 2013
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Direct Market Date October 16, 2013
Source: Previews, #298

Cover Price: $14.99
Page Count: 168
Editor: Rowena Yow

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Limits of Power"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Dick Giordano
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted From:
Adventures of Superman #466 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #43; next appearance in Action Comics #653)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #43; next appearance in Action Comics #653)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #43; next appearance in Action Comics #655)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Superman #43; next appearance in Action Comics #653)
• Catherine Grant (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #465; next appearance in Action Comics #653)
• Alice White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #462; next appearance in Action Comics #656)
• Adam Morgan (last appearance in Superman #42; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Hank Henshaw (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #465; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #468)
• Lucy Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #468)

Villain(s)

• Intergang (last appearance in Mister Miracle #17; next appearance in Action Comics #653)
• Mannheim (last appearance in Superman #42; next appearance in Action Comics #653)
• Morgan Edge (last appearance in Superman #42; next appearance in Superman #44)

Other Character(s)

• Terri Henshaw (first name revealed; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #465; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #468)
• Jim Garrison (first name revealed; dies in this story; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #465; no further appearances)
• Steven (first name revealed; dies in this story; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #465; no further appearances)
• Several LexCorp guards (no further appearances)

Comments:
The crew of the Excalibur are based on the Fantastic Four. Hank and Terri Henshaw take the roles of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Jim Garrison and Steven (no last name given) are dopplegangers of Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm. Although Hank appears to die in this story, he later returns as the Cyborg-Superman.

Synopsis:
The crew of the space shuttle Excalibur crash on Earth and find themselves transformed by radiation. Seeking to help themselves they travel to a LexCorp facility in Metropolis. Their appearance sparks a battle with LexCorp guards. Superman arrives on the scene to help. He leads Hank Henshaw and the others inside, but Steven has been transformed completely in radiation and blasts off into space. He perishes in the sun. Jim Garrison is in immense pain and covered with Earth and metal. He kills himself using a magnetic resonance machine. Hank succumbs to radiation, leaving only a skeleton behind. With Superman's help, Terri Henshaw is saved. She is the only apparent survivor of the group.

After getting Terri to a hospital, Superman resumes his role as Clark Kent. He then makes a move on Lois Lane, sharing a kiss with her.