Story: "Damage" (23 Pages)

Credits:

Tom Joyner (plot, script)
Bill Marimon (pencils)
Tom McWeeney (inks)
John Constanza (letters)
Buzz Setzer (colors)
Jim Spivey (edits)
Archie Goodwin (group edits)

Feature Character:

Grant Emerson (first appearance; first assumes the name Damage in issue #6)

Supporting Characters:

John Emerson (Grant's foster father)
Kate Emerson (Grant's foster mother; first appearance of both; both last in flashback in issue #6)
Mandra Darrow
Megan Darrow (Mandra's sister; a computer science major; first appearance of both)

Villains:

Metallo (between Action Comics #678 and #710)
Flak (Clete Jenkins)
Megafire (first appearance of both)
Najia Wahrman
Dr. Dathan Wahrman (both behind the scenes; both last in flashback in issue #2)

Other Characters:

Elliot Tipton (next in issue #8)
Brad Fetter
Mr. Beacham (Grant's history teacher; first appearance of all)

Synopsis:

16-year-old Grant Emerson suddenly finds that he can total a car with one punch. However before he can come to terms with his discovery he is attacked by Superman's old adversary, the giant cyborg Mentallo, who wants to cut this new hero's career short... even before it's begun.