Dates
- Cover date
- February 2011
- On sale
- December 2, 2010
- In stores
- December 2, 2010
- Pages
- 60
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Editions and covers
Story arc: The Black Ring
This is part 7 of 12. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Father Box · Young Lex Luthor · 32 pages
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."
- A Father's Box · Young Lex Luthor · 14 pages
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.
Publisher’s description
While present-day Lex Luthor is busy fighting an array of the DCU's most vile foes over in ACTION COMICS, this annual takes a look back at two formative encounters Luthor had before he became the bald mad genius we know and love (to hate) today! Marco Rudy illustrates a story of young Lex and Darkseid, while Ed Benes tackles a tale starring Luthor and Batman foe Ra's al Ghul!
Reprinted in
Superman: The Black Ring (2011), Superman: The Black Ring (2012)