Action Comics #650 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1990.
Contents
Appearing in "Reflections"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Amanda McCoy
- Dan Turpin
- Dubbilex (Flashback only)
- Emil Hamilton (Flashback only)
- Jimmy Olsen (Flashback and main story)
- Lois Lane (Flashback and main story)
- Maggie Sawyer
- Perry White (Flashback and main story)
- Walter Johnson (Flashback only)
- K'Raamdyn (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Darkseid (Flashback only)
- Draaga
- Kanjar Ro (Flashback only)
- Lex Luthor (Flashback only)
- Maxima (Flashback and main story)
- Sazu (Flashback and main story)
- Starbreaker (Flashback only)
- Trigon (Flashback only)
- Xotar (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Adam Strange
- Justice League International
- Justice League of America (Flashback only)
- Justice Society of America (Flashback only)
- Lobo
- New Gods (Flashback only)
- Oberon
Locations:
- Apokolips (Flashback only)
- Kansas (Flashback only)
- Metropolis (Flashback and main story)
- Daily Planet (Flashback and main story)
- Secret Sanctuary (Flashback and main story)
- Rann (Flashback only)
Items:
- Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch (Flashback and main story)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Reflections"
Draaga goes to a bar in space, looking for someone to take him to Earth to fight Superman. Draaga finds K'Raamdyn, who tells him how everyone saw his first fight with Superman, and that he thinks Dragga got a raw deal. K'Raamdyn agrees to take Dragga to Earth, and the two begin their journey in K'Raamdyn's ship. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Superman's friends reminisce about him. Meanwhile, again, Maxima makes plans to return to Earth to try and claim Superman as her mate again. Elsewhere, Lobo enters the bar that Draaga just left, preparing to start a fight.
Notes
Continuity Notes
- Lois Lane remembers how Clark once told her that Superman was his foster brother (Unknown to Lois, it was a ruse).[1]
- This issue includes some flashbacks that are retcons of Pre-Crisis stories:
- JLA fights Xotar in The Brave and the Bold #29.
- JLA versus Kanjar Ro in The Brave and the Bold #30.
- The original tale where the JLA and JSA fought Darkseid occurred in Justice League of America #183-185; however, the original story-arc included the participation of Earth-Two Wonder Woman and Huntress (Helena Wayne), whose existence was eliminated in Post-Crisis. The Pre-Crisis final is different: Darkseid was killed by his own weapon, sabotaged by Metron; in the retcon, he was not defeated by the heroes.
- Justice League of America #96 shows the first battle between Starbreaker and JLA.
- All these retcons in this issue retroactively indicates that Superman was not a JLA official member, but only a friend. It wasn't until Infinite Crisis restored Superman's status as a JLA founding member.
Trivia
- No trivia.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
