Story: "The Outcast" (22 Pages)

Credits: Dan Jurgens (plot; script; pencils); Art Thibert (inks); Albert DeGuzman (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Jonathan Peterson (assistant edits); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman

Supporting Characters: Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent (both last in Superman Vol. 2 #45; both next in Action Comics #655/2), Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Jerry White (all three last in Superman Vol. 2 #45; all three next in Action Comics #655), Lucy Lane (last in issue #466; next in Action Comics #655), Whit (last in Action Comics #653; next in Superman Vol. 2 #50)

Villains: Hank Henshaw (last in issue #466; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 2 #81)

Other Characters: Terri Henshaw (last in issue #466), Roberts, Clint, Ray (first appearance of all three; employees at a NASA tracking facility), Doctor Dorsey (first appearance; Terri Henshaw's psychiatrist)

Second Story: "The Man of Steel's Journal" (8 Pages)

Credits: Dan Jurgens (plot; script; pencils); [Typography] (letters); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman

Comment: This story is a recap of previously told events as being told by Superman to his personal journal.