Action Comics Vol 1 582

"The Strange Rebirth of Jor-El and Lara!": Rokk and Sorban, the two galactic gamblers, see if Superman can be tempted into committing murder by creating two simulacra of Jor-El and Lara, deceiving the Man of Steel into thinking that they are his real parents, and then turn

"The Strange Rebirth of Jor-El and Lara!"
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Action Comics Vol 1 #582
August, 1986
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Alex Saviuk Murphy Anderson
The Strange Rebirth of Jor-El and Lara!
Writers	Craig Boldman
Pencilers	Alex Saviuk
Inkers	Kurt Schaffenberger
Colourists	Gene D'Angelo
Letterers	Gaspar Saladino
Editors	Julius Schwartz E. Nelson Bridwell
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I'm confident that Superman will never be pushed to the point of committing murder!

— Sorban

Action Comics #582 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1986.

Synopsis for "The Strange Rebirth of Jor-El and Lara!"

Rokk and Sorban, the two galactic gamblers, see if Superman can be tempted into committing murder by creating two simulacra of Jor-El and Lara, deceiving the Man of Steel into thinking that they are his real parents, and then turning them against him.

Appearing in "The Strange Rebirth of Jor-El and Lara!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman (Flashback and main story) also (In dream sequence only) (as a baby)

Supporting Characters:

• House of El
  • Jor-El (In dream sequence only)
  • Lara (In dream sequence only)
• Jimmy Olsen (Cameo)
• Lois Lane (Cameo)
• Perry White (Cameo)

Antagonists:

• Rokk (Final appearance)
• Sorban (Final appearance)
• Two Free-Floating Intellects (Single appearance) (Origin)
  • (also disguised as)
    • Jordan Ellsworth
    • Jor-El
  • (also disguised as)
    • Lora Ellsworth
    • Lara

Other Characters:

• Rao (Mentioned only)
• Robot
  • Quigley (Superman's butler) (Single appearance)
• Alien Race #1 (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• Alien Race #2 (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• Daily Planet Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• Two Hot Air Balloon Passengers (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• United States Coast Guard (Mentioned only)
• Kryptonians
  • Kryptonian Science Council (Mentioned only)
  • Three Men (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
  • Phantom Zone Projector Executioner (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Phantom Zoners (Flashback and main story)
  • Criminal (on Krypton) (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
  • Two Criminals (on Earth) (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
  • General Zod (Cameo) (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Jax-Ur (Cameo) (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Professor Va-Kox (Cameo) (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Faora Hu-Ul (Cameo) (On a TV or computer screen)
• Frankenstein Monsters (Mentioned only)
• Two Prison-Asteroid Guards (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Space
  • Krypton (In dream sequence only) and (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
  • Planet (Unnamed)
  • Planet (Unnamed)
  • Ventura (Mentioned only)
  • Prison-Asteroid (Unnamed)
  • Phantom Zone (Flashback and main story)
  • Milky Way Galaxy (Mentioned only)
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Metropolis
        • 344 Clinton Street
          • Clark Kent's Apartment
        • Galaxy Communications Building
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Statue of Liberty
      • Pacific Coast (Unnamed) (unknown location)
    • Pacific Ocean
    • North Pole
      • Fortress of Solitude
    • Egypt
      • Giza
        • Pyramid of Giza
• Timestream

Items:

• Fortress of Solitude Key
• Mind-Prober Ray
• Super-Diagnostic Equipment
• Jor-El (Statue only)
• Lara (Statue only)
• Krypton (globe)
• Red-Powered Solar Contraption (Unnamed)
• Mind-Transfer Device
• Flag of Krypton
• Signal Scrambler
• Phantom Zone Projector (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)
• Phantom Zone Viewer

Vehicles:

• Kryptonian Rocket (In dream sequence only)
• Rokk and Sorban's Spacecraft
• Hot Air Balloon
  

Notes

• This issue is set in the short period where the Superman of Earth-One (and all his supporting characters and villains) existed on the post-Crisis New Earth. This period ended when the effects of the Crisis "caught up" with Superman (et al) in The Man of Steel #1.
  • This is the last issue of the series to star the Superman of Earth-One (and his supporting characters and villains). The next issue concludes a two-part imaginary tale titled Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? that began in Superman #423.
• This is the final appearance of the Silver Age Rokk and Sorban. The revised post-Flashpoint Rokk and Sorban make their first appearance in The Green Lantern #1.
• A letter to the editor from Craig Boldman of Fairfield, Ohio.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series