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ACTION COMICS #650 February 1990 [$1.50] Cover Credits: George Perez (pencils, inks; signed)

Story: "Reflections" (40 Pages)

Credits: Roger Stern (plot, script); Jerry Ordway and Curt Swan and Kerry Gammill and Dan Jurgens (pencils); George Perez (pencils, inks); Brett Breeding and Bob McLeod and Art Thibert and Dennis Janke (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Glenn Whitmore and Brett Breeding (colors); Jonathan Peterson (assistant edits); Mike Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman (last in Time Masters #2; next in flashback in Power Company: Josiah Power #1)

Guest Stars: Flash III (last in Adventures of Superman #463; next in Captain Atom #38), Fire (last in Justice League America #33; next in Justice League Europe #11), Ice (in between in Justice League Europe #8 and #11), Power Girl (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also in flashback to in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184; next in Captain Atom #38), Martian Manhunter (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29; next in Dr. Fate Vol. 2 #14), Lobo (last in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #11; next in Superman Vol. 2 #41)

Supporting Characters: Lois Lane (in between Adventures of Superman #463 and #464; also in flashback), Jimmy Olsen (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also in flashback; next in Superman Vol. 2 #41), Perry White (last in Adventures of Superman #463; also in flashback; next in Superman Vol. 2 #42), Maggie Sawyer, Dan Turpin (both last in issue #645; both next in Superman Vol. 2 #49), Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (last in ???; next in Superman Vol. 2 #49)

Villains: Maxima (first actual appearance; last behind the scenes in issue #645; not to be confused with her simulacrum that appeared in #645; next in Adventures of Superman #464), Sazu (last in issue #645; next in issue #651), Draaga (in between Superman Vol. 2 #33 and #41); Amanda McCoy (last in Adventures of Superman #454; next in issue #653); Xotar the Weapons Master (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29), Starbreaker (in flashback to Justice League of America #96-#98), Kanjar Ro (in flashback to Justice League of America #120-#121), Parademons (in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184)

Guest Appearances: Aquaman, Black Canary II, Snapper Carr (all three in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29), Flash II (in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29 and Justice League of America #120-#121, #183-184), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; in flashback to Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #29 and Justice League of America #96-#98, #183-184), Hawkman (in flashback to Justice League of America #96-#98), Adam Strange (in flashback to Justice League of America #120-#121), Firestorm, Batman, Doctor Fate, Big Barda, Mister Miracle, Oberon, Metron, Orion (latter eight in flashback to Justice League of America #183-#184; see Comment for all)

Other Characters: K'raamdyn (first appearance; an interstellar cab pilot); Macelroy, Levin; Sgt. Phil Conrad (first appearance; a police officer), Ronald Hamel (first appearance; a public defender)

Comment: The flashbacks in this issue are the first post-Crisis references to those events from Brave and the Bold and Justice League of America, with Black Canary substituting for Wonder Woman in the flashback to Brave and the Bold #29.
The post-Crisis version of Brave and the Bold #29 is told in greater detail in Superman: The Man of Steeel Annual #4.