Comic Title: Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 5 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: November 15, 2006 Direct Market Date November 15, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #8 (#212)

Direct Market Date November 15, 2006
Source: ComicList, New Releases List for Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 208
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "A Tragedy in Five Acts"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Jerry Ordway
Inker: Robert Allen Smith
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Anthony Tollin

Reprinted From:
Adventures of Superman #433 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Superman #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Superman #11)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #1)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #432; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)
• Lucy Lane (last appearance in Superman #4; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Jerry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #432; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)
• A gang of armed robbers (Harry named; no further appearances)
• A gang boss and his men (no further appearances)
• Several prison convicts (no further appearances)
• Two of Luthor's security guards (no further appearances)
• Sapperstein (the head of Project Synapse; not named in this story; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)

Other Character(s)

• Mayor Walters (no further appearances)
• Two teenage subjects of Project Synapse (one dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Sam Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #424; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #472)
• Elinore Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #424; next appearance in Superman #50)

Comments:
Part 2 of "Gangwar"

This story is continued in part from Adventures of Superman #432 and continues in part in Adventures of Superman #434.

Synopsis:
Jimmy Olsen breaks up an armed robbery at a grocery store. He catches one of the crooks and discovers that it is Jerry White. He chooses to let Jerry go, so that Perry does not find out. When Lois finds out, she visits Jose Delgado who is fostering Jerry. Lois gains evidence of Jerry's involvement with gangs and wants to run the story, but Perry is conflicted.

Meanwhile Jerry is arrested and sent to jail. He refuses to cooperate with police, and the other prisoners beat him to remind him not to talk. Jose visits Jerry and is told that Luthor is behind the gang war. Jose speaks out against Luthor and is nearly killed. Luthor then returns to his office for a report on Project Synapse in which gang members were given adrenal stimuli to cause anti-social behavior. Two subjects obtained super-strength for a limited time. Luthor is displeased with the result, because he wanted a higher success rate.