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Issue: Superman: The Black Ring #2
Publication Date: November 2011
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [peel]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/19/2012
Volume: 2
Pages: 228
ISBN: 9781401234447
UPC/EAN: 978140123444751699
Price: $19.99 CAD
$16.99 USD
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Content Items: 31 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #900 [Direct Sales] published June 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Superman: The Black Ring, Volume Two

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Frontispiece. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29.
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Superman: The Black Ring, Volume Two

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title page. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #898.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Publishing data. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29.
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Story So Far

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lex Luthor
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The background image is of power rings.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]]
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #896 [Direct Sales] published February 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Part Seven

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Part Seven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Scandal Savage; Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]; Black Alice [Lori Zechlin]]; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Monique; Mister Mind; Joker (cameo)
Synopsis: Vandal Savage has confronted Luthor in his boardroom after sabotaging the building, but Luthor has worked out a deal with the Secret Six, summoning them to rescue him. Monique, one of Luthor's employees, reactivates RoboLois, reveals that she is being controlled by Mr. Mind, and asks her what happened when they met earlier. But RoboLois has her own agenda, separate from the person controlling Mr. Mind and from Luthor. She and the Six fight with Savage over a detonator, which results in RoboLois being cleaved in half, Savage's daughter Scandal injured, and the detonator triggered.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #896 [Direct Sales] published February 2011
was The Black Ring Part Seven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Secret Six [Bane; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]]; Scandal Savage
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From Content Item: FlagSecret Six #29 published March 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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What Luthor Has Wrought

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vandal Savage; Bane
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What Luthor Has Wrought

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Secret Six [Bane; Black Alice [Lori Zechlin]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]]; Scandal Savage; Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Lois Lane (robot); Sebastian; Scandal Savage's mother (flashback, death)
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From Content Item: FlagSecret Six #29 published March 2011
was What Luthor Has Wrought [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Young Lex Luthor
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Darkseid
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics Annual #13 published February 2011
was Lex Luthor's New Boss: Darkseid! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Young Lex Luthor in Father Box / A Father's Box

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ra's Al Ghul
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Disclose Notes: Story title page with illustration taken from the second story following.
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Father Box

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Young Lex Luthor
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Perry White; Ty; Bruno Mannheim; Darkseid; Desaad; Mokkari; Simyan; Kalibak; Laura (cameo); Granny Goodness (cameo); Female Furies [Stompa; Lashina; Big Barda; Mad Harriet; Bernadeth] (cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (cameo); Apokolips; Scientwister; Father Box
Synopsis: Newly arrived in Metropolis, Luthor starts working with Bruno Mannheim at his club with an undercover Perry White. He discovers a portal to Apokolips, works for Darkseid for six weeks, but then tries to kill him and rule himself. Darkseid lets him escape back to Earth, seeing him as a tool there in Metropolis, but foreshadows a bigger future taking a "bait set by a god."
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics Annual #13 published February 2011
was Father Box [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: The story is set "many years ago," with the last page being set in the present.
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A Father's Box

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Young Lex Luthor
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul (cameo)
Synopsis: Young Luthor becomes an apprentice for six months to Ra's Al Ghul, but betrays him. He is killed for that, but resurrected in a Lazarus Pit.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics Annual #13 published February 2011
was A Father's Box [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The story is set "not so many years ago."
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #897 [Direct Sales] published March 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Part Eight

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Character(s): The Joker
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The Black Ring, Part Eight

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Mr. Spalding; Joker; Agent Orange [Larfleeze] (cameo)
Synopsis: Spalding discovers information that the original articles on the black spheres were planted, but can't yet tell Luthor that as Luthor is about to interview Joker. At the interview they banter back and forth a while, but Joker reveals he has one of the spheres, and that it's a keyhole. Spalding activates it, enlarging it. Luthor leaves the room, and RoboLois pushes Spalding into the sphere, and it shrinks back to small size. When Luthor asks what happened, RoboLois blames Joker.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #897 [Direct Sales] published March 2011
was The Black Ring Part Eight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Agent Orange [Larfleeze]; Glomulus
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #898 [Direct Sales] published April 2011
was It's the Luthor vs. Larfleeze Rematch! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Part Nine

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Agent Orange [Larfleeze]
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Disclose Notes: Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.
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The Black Ring, Part Nine

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Michael Finch (death); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Ms. Jessup [Ms. Jessop]; Agent Orange [Larfleeze]; Glomulus; Brainiac (cameo)
Synopsis: The space-located black spheres have all moved together. Luthor is going up there to gain their power, when Larfleeze interrupts. He reveals that Glomulus has the last Earth-located sphere, and he wants to know how to use their power, threatening Luthor and his people. Luthor shows he doesn't care about that by shooting Finch dead. They fight, until Luthor is able to push Larfleeze into the sphere he got from Joker. After gaining the sphere Glomulus had, Luthor and RoboLois launch into space. Larfleeze comes out of another sphere, saying what’s in there he doesn't want (for the first time).
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #898 [Direct Sales] published April 2011
was The Black Ring Part Nine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Brainiac
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #899 [Direct Sales] published May 2011
was At Last... the Truth Behind the Black Ring [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Part Ten

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Character(s): Brainiac
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The Black Ring, Part Ten

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (destroyed); Brainiac; Mister Mind; Phantom Zone Creature; Headship
Synopsis: As Luthor and RoboLois approach the black spheres in orbit, Brainiac's ship arrives. Luthor acts surprised, but then reveals that he knew that Brainiac was behind many of the recent events, including RoboLois' betrayal. They fight, trying to outthink each other, but Luthor finally gets the upper hand, and breaks Brainiac's neck. While drones carry Brainiac off, Luthor activates the spheres, and the Earth-bound ones join them to form a portal. A powerful creature comes out. But Luthor was ready for it, and uses nanites from RoboLois to combine with it.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #899 [Direct Sales] published May 2011
was The Black Ring Part Ten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #900 [Direct Sales] published June 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Finale

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Lex Luthor; Superman
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring, Finale

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Doomsday; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lex Luthor; General Zod (flashback, cameo); Ursa (flashback, cameo); Non (flashback, cameo); Jor-El (flashback, cameo); Lara (flashback, cameo); Chris Kent [Lor-Zod] (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo, death); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Death of the Endless (cameo); Vandal Savage (cameo); Red Lanterns (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Steve Lombard (cameo); Larfleeze (cameo); Deathstroke (cameo); Gorilla Grodd (cameo); Brainiac (cameo); Joker (cameo); Phantom Zone Creature (flashback)
Synopsis: Having combined with the Phantom Zone creature, Luthor has achieved enormous power, and draws Superman to him to break him, but can't. The creature reasserts itself, causing Luthor to grant absolute happiness to all, but he gives that up by continuing to try to destroy Superman.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #900 [Direct Sales] published June 2011
was The Black Ring Finale Reign of Doomsday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 36
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Action Comics 900 Variant by Adam Hughes

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #900 [Adam Hughes Cover] published June 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Action Comics 900 Variant by Alex Ross

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #900 [Alex Ross Cover] published June 2011
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Sketches by Pete Woods

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Subject Matter
Character(s): RoboLois; Zone Child; Superman; Brainiac
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor
First Line: Defeating supervillains? Saving the universe?...
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Disclose Notes: On the back cover. Illustration taken from the story from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #898.

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