- I have dreamed of this day. Knew you would eventually come. To be defeated ... humiliated ... left weak and helpless ... by the might and power ... of ZOD!
Action Comics #997 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 2018. It was published on February 14, 2018.
Synopsis for "Booster Shot, Part V"
Superman and Booster are forced to defend themselves from Lor, son of General Zod, and the Eradicator that serves the House of Zod. The Eradicator takes Booster prisoner, but Superman easily defeats Lor, knowing that the boy never had any real experience fighting opponents that match him in power. Unfortunately, Superman's victory proves short-lived, as Lor's father, General Zod himself, arrives at the scene and knocks Superman unconscious.
At Logamba, Lois manages to infiltrate the governmental palace and, with the help of a soldier that previously supported General Lane, reaches the detention cell. A guard tries to kill Lois before she reaches her father's cell, but she is quickly saved by Jon, who reveals he followed her all the way from Metropolis. Although Lois is shocked that Jon followed her, she knows that she must remain focused on her current mission. Mother and son break into the cell and help Sam escape. Jon introduces himself as Sam's grandson, shocking the old soldier.
Superman and Booster are chained in front of an audience, as General Zod has declared they will be executed in public. Zod, as always, denounces Superman as the son of the man that failed to save Krypton. Skeets attempts to intervene and says that Zod was a criminal to the people of Krypton, but Zod angrily destroys Skeets, horrifying Booster. Zod and his family are aware that Superman and Booster are time travelers and promise to use their time machine to destroy Superman's family as revenge for sending Zod and his family to the Phantom Zone. The villains attempt to kill Superman and Booster with their heat vision, but Booster uses his suit's force field to protect them. The protection will not last long, however, and Superman knows he only has seconds to formulate an escape plan.
Meanwhile at Logamba, Lois, Jon and Sam are pursued by the castle's security forces. Sam tells Lois and Jon that there is a U.S. extraction site nearby and they can use it to escape. Unfortunately, their escape plan fails when enemy soldiers fire on them with a machine gun, an attack that kills Lois and Sam.
Appearing in "Booster Shot, Part V"
Featured Characters:
- Booster Gold (Flashback and main story)
- Skeets (Apparent destruction)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Jon Kent (Alternate Future) (Single appearance)
- Lois Lane-Kent (Alternate Future) (Single appearance; dies)
- General Sam Lane (Alternate Future) (Single appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- House of Zod (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Logamban Army (Alternate Future) (Single appearance)
- General Zod (First full appearance)
- The Eradicator
- Lor-Zod
- Ursa (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jekuul's Natives (Alternate Future) (First full appearance)
- Jor-El (Alternate Timeline) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Mister Oz (Jor-El) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen Universe) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Mentioned only)
- Dominators (Mentioned only)
- House of El (Alternate Future) (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned only)
- Kryptonians (Alternate Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- New Gods (Mentioned only)
- Rao (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- Booster Shot Future (Unnamed)
- 2017
- Earth
- Logamba (First appearance)
- The Capital City (Unnamed)
- Logamba's Royal Palace (First appearance)
- United States of America (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- 21st Century
- 2017
- Booster Shot Timeline (Unnamed)
- 20th Century
- Krypton
- Kryptonopolis (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Krypton
- 20th Century
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
- Booster Shot Future (Unnamed)
- Multiverse
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Arctic Circle (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- Mister Oz's Lair (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Sphere of the Gods
- Apokolips (Mentioned only)
- Underworld
- Phantom Zone (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
Items:
- Cosmic Treadmill (Mentioned only)
- Green Kryptonite
Vehicles:
- Time Sphere (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Superman Villains' Revenge (Mentioned only)
- Time Travel (Mentioned only)
See Also