Story: "Bad Character" (22 Pages)

Credits: Louise Simonson (plot, script); Jon Bogdanove (pencils); Dennis Janke (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Frank Pittarese (assistant edits); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Characters: Superman (last in Action Comics #692; next in Superman Vol. 2 #83)

Supporting Characters: Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent (all four last in Action Comics #692; all four next in Superman Vol. 2 #83), Perry White (last in Adventures of Superman #505; next in issue #28), John Henry Irons (last in Superman Vol. 2 #82; next in issue #28), Superboy (last in Action Comics #692; next in Adventures of Superman #506), Supergirl (last in Action Comics #692; next in Superman Vol. 2 #83), Maggie Sawyer (last in Adventures of Superman #505; next in Bloodbath #2), Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (in between Adventures of Superman #505 and #507); Franklin Stern (last in ???; next in Adventures of Superman #508), Whit (last in ???; next in Superman Vol. 2 #84), Rosie Kurtz (last in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2; next in Steel #0), Allie (last in ???; next in issue #28)

Villains: Bloodthirst (first appearance; next in issue #28), Lex Luthor II (last in Action Comics #692; next in Superman Vol. 2 #83), Paul Westfield (last in ???; next in Adventures of Superman #506)

Other Characters: Cyndi (last in Superman Vol. 2 #45); Underworlders, Timmy (first appearance; a young kid), Millie

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