Story: "Junk" (22 Pages)

Credits: John Byrne and Jerry Ordway (plot); John Byrne (script); Jerry Ordway (pencils); John Beatty (inks); Albert De Guzman (letters); Anthony Tollin (colors); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman (last in Superman Vol. 2 #13; next in Action Comics #596)

Supporting Characters: Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent (both last in Superman Vol. 2 #12; both next in Action Comics #596)

Villains: Lana Lang (last in Superman Vol. 2 #13; next in Action Comics #596), Peter "Pete" Ross (first post-Crisis appearance; childhood friend of Clark Kent; revealed as a Manhunter agent; next in Action Comics #596), Doctor G. I. Whitney's Manhunter replacement (last in Millennium #1; destroyed in this story; next, as a spirit-simulacrum, in Action Comics #596), Mrs. Whitney's Manhunter replacement (first appearance; destroyed, behind the scenes, in flashback), Manhunters (in flashback in between Secret Origins Vol. 2 #22, pages 26 and 27)

Guest Appearances: Guardians of the Universe (in flashback following flashback in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2), Five unnamed Green Lanterns (first appearance of all five; all five die)

Other Characters: Doctor G. I. Whitney (a Smallville pediatrician) and Mrs. Whitney (his wife; first appearance of both; both die in flashback), Elsie (first appearance; a pregnant woman of Smallville; in flashback)

Comment: A "Millennium Week 3" crossover issue.