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Synopsis

A trading ship in space tracks another ship heading for Earth. In Baltimore, Superman is fighting Carapax when Firestorm arrives to help, and they defeat him, but Firestorm is unsure if it is really Superman. The trading ship sends appraisers to Earth to see what might be of interest to them, and they start taking structures like places of worship. Nightwing witnesses one theft in Manhattan, and tries to stop it with Superman's help. The Joint Chiefs at the White House try to coordinate actions with the National Guard. Superman overhears them, as they also have doubts about who he is. Meanwhile, Alcatraz is being taken, and the Teen Titans try to intervene. Superman zooms to their aid, and takes out the robot stealing the prison. The trading ship retaliates, and the leader of the ship (the Auctioneer) transports down to investigate.

Reprinted from

• DC Comics Presents #4
• DC Comics Presents #17
• DC Comics Presents #24
• Action Comics #841— minus the issue number, date, CCA stamp, and the UPC
• Action Comics #842— minus the credits and next issue blurb
• Action Comics #843— minus the credits and with the next issue blurb replaced with a "THE END...?"

Credits

Script

Kurt Busiek, Len Wein, Gerry Conway

Plot

Fabian Nicieza

Pencils

Dave Gibbons, Pete Woods, José Luis García-López

Inks

Dave Gibbons, Pete Woods, José Luis García-López, Steve Mitchell

Colours

Moose Baumann, Brad Anderson, Tatjana Wood

Letters

Pete Woods, Rob Leigh, Nick Napolitano, Ben Oda

Editing

Matt Idelson, Julius Schwartz

Editor

Julius Schwartz

Associate editor

E. Nelson Bridwell

Associate

Nachie Castro

Collected edition

Bob Harras

Managing editor

Joe Orlando

Original

Glynis Oliver, Jerry Serpe

Recolored

Dave Tanguay

Recoloring

Dave Tanguay

Script, plot

Kurt Busiek