Action Comics #982 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2017. It was published on June 28, 2017.
Synopsis for "Revenge, Part 4"
Cyborg Superman has marshaled his angry, impatient and rebellious troops. He debriefs them on the Fortress of Solitude and talks them into raiding the place.
Although blinded, Superman has taken his wife and son to the Fortress. As Kelex runs several tests on Superman, Lois and John walk around. They're shocked to see someone has knocked down Pa and Ma Kent's statues. John also comes upon Kryptonian battle armor. An unfamiliar voice talks to him, but he can't find its owner.
Kelex can't restore Superman's sight or determined the nature of his blindness. Since it was caused by the Black Vault, a barrier of Kryptonian nature that surrounded Belle Reve, Superman reckons it messed up his biology somehow.
Anyway, Superman decides he has no time for finding a cure. He has to find and defeat the group of villains. Scared, Lois suggests him to wear the Kryptonian battle armor, but Kelex warns it's unusable for the present time. Lois is talking Superman into calling the League, but it's too late. A quake signals the arrival of the Superman's Revenge Squad.
Superman commands Kelex to signal the Omnihedron he gave his cousin[1], tells Jon get himself and his mother to safety, and heads off.
On National City, Kelex's call gets through to Kara Danvers. Supergirl swiftly changes clothes and takes off for the Arctic.
Superman battles fiercely, using his still-working super-senses to locate and hit each villain, but they manage to overcome him. The six villains are pummeling him into the ground, Zod demanding Superman kneels before him, when Supergirl swiftly dives in and takes him away from them.
And she isn't alone. The rest of the Superman Family -Steel, Superwoman, Super-Man- and Lex Luthor have also arrived. Lex declares the Superman Revenge Squad will get Superman over their dead bodies.
Appearing in "Revenge, Part 4"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Jonathan Kent (Statue only)
- Jor-El (Statue only)
- Lara Lor-Van (Statue only)
- Martha Kent (Statue only)
- Doomsday (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Mentioned only)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
- Diana of Themyscira (Mentioned only)
- Phantom Zoners (Mentioned only)
- Rao (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Arctic Circle
- Fortress of Solitude (Also as an hologram)
- United States of America
- California
- Louisiana
- Belle Reve (Mentioned only)
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan (Mentioned only)
- New York City
- Himalayas (Mentioned only)
- The Fortress (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Arctic Circle
- The Moon
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Warworld (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- Sphere of the Gods
- Phantom Zone (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Crystal Font (Cameo)
- Insect Queen Armor (Cameo)
- Kara's Glasses
- Kinetic Hammer (Cameo)
- Kryptonian Battle Armor
- Kryptonite Heart
- Kryptonite-Suit (Cameo)
- Lex Luthor's Superman Suit (Cameo)
- Oblivion Stone
- Omnihedron
- Phantom Zone Projector (Mentioned only)
- Steel's Armor (Cameo)
- Sunstone (Cameo)
- Super-Computer
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Flier (Cameo)
- Kryptonian Rocket
Concepts:
- Death of Superman (Mentioned only)
Notes
- Superman uses a communicator device called Omnihedron to reach Supergirl; he gave it to her in Supergirl (Volume 7) #8.
Trivia
- Zod uses his famous catchphrase "Kneel before Zod!" when fighting Superman.
- Cyborg Superman tells the Squad about Batman builds data files in case he has to fight his own allies which is a reference to the JLA: Tower of Babel storyline.
- Jon Kent references Superman using a Kryptonian battle suit during the Reign of the Supermen storyline in order to recover after fighting Doomsday.