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ACTION COMICS #780

Cover Date: August 2001
Cover Price: $2.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Kano
Inks: Marlo Alquiza
Colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie

Story: "The End of the Beginning" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Kelly
Pencils	Kano
Inks	Jaime Mendoza
Lettering	Comicraft
Colors	Rob Schwager
Editing	Eddie Berganza, Tom Palmer, Jr.

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #115; next in Superman Vol. 2 #172)

Guest Star(s):

JLA:

Aquaman (last in Batman: Gotham Knights #18; next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Flash III (next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; last in Orion #13; next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Plastic Man (last in Orion #13; next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Martian Manhunter (last in Orion #13; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #171)

Darkseid (in between Superman: The Man of Steel #115 and #116)

Supporting Character(s):

Lex Luthor (last in Adventures of Superman #593; next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Hope Taya (last in Batman: Our Worlds at War #1; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175)

Mercy Graves (last in Batman: Our Worlds at War #1; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175)

Lena Luthor II (last in Superman Vol. 2 #171; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #116)

Pete Ross (next in Superman Vol. 2 #174)

Villain(s):

General Zod II (next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Ignition (next in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1)

Faora (next in Superman: The Man of Steel #116)

Kancer (next in Superman: The Man of Steel #117)

Synopsis:

Superman, backed up by some of his JLA colleagues, confronts Darkseid, whose forces have taken over Metropolis. Darkseid claims to have come in peace, to aid the Earth in its stand against Imperiex. Lex Luthor arrives on the scene, revealing that as President he is well aware of Darkseid's arrival. He asks the League to help him make preparations, while he sends Superman to deal with 'the General' in Pokolistan, a small nation which has been hostile to the United States recently.

In Pokolistan, Superman faces off against the General. High above the Earth, as the two are locked in combat, the General reveals that his name is Zod, a name which means much to the Man of Steel. Hostilities between them are brought to an abrupt end, however, when a missile streaks past them and impacts on the Earth. For the time being they must call a truce while they defend their planet. In Washington, Luthor is interrupted from a discussion with his daughter by the news that something catastrophic has happened in Kansas...

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