Story: "Metropolica" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Joe Kelly (plot, script)
Pacual Ferry (pencils)
Alvara Lopez (inks)
Comicraft (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (separations)
Eddie Berganza & Maureen McTigue (edits)

Feature Characters: Hope
Mercy

Supporting Characters: Lex Luthor
Jimmy Olsen
Bibbo Bibbowksi
Superman

Other Characters: Mr Wilkins (Lexcorp employee, dies)

Synopsis:

Lex Luthor has Hope and Mercy scour Metropolis for clues as to the wherabouts of Lois Lane, to no avail.

Feature: "Fortress of Solitude" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Schultz (text)
Chuck Wojtkiewicz (pencils, inks)
Gelnn Whitmore (colors)
Digital Chameleon (separations)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Comment: A look at the new tesseract version of the Fortress of Solitude

Second Story: "Municipal Bonds" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Mark Schultz (plot, script)
Cully Hammer (pencils, inks)
Comicraft (letters)
Glenn Whitmore (colors)
Digital Chameleon (separations)
Tony Bedard & Maureen McTigue (edits)

Feature Characters: William Henderson
Maggie Sawyer
Dan Turpin
Farrar (administrator of Metropolis' correctional facilities)

Supporting Characters: Steel III
Kelex
Natasha Irons

Other Characters: Mr Spitzer (Lexcorp representative)
Shrewface & Bloat

Synopsis:

Lexcorp wants the city of Metropolis to allow them to supply all their technological needs and stop dealing with Steelworks, a problem which John Henry Irons is made aware of by Commissioner Henderson and others who don't want Lexcorp to control the entire city.

Feature: "The City of Tomorrow" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Pat Garrahy (computer renderings)
Stuart Immonen
Doug Mahnke
Ed McGuinness
German Garcia & Kano (conceptual art)

Comment: The new look of Metropolis, including designs for Lexcorp Towers, Metropolis Union Station, the Rail Whale, the Daily Planet, Lois and Clark's home, Suicide Slum, and more.

Third Story: "Unbearable Brightness of Being" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Jeph Loeb (plot, script)
Jeff Matsuda (pencils)
Sean Parsons (inks)
Clem Robins (letters)
Glenn Whitmore (colors)
Digital Chameleon (separations)
Maureen McTigue & Tony Bedard (edits)

Feature Character: Strange Visitor

Villain: Grodd

Synopsis:

Stragne Visitor finds herself completely misunderstood and wonders where her life is going.

Feature: "Fifth Dimension Fun" (1 Page)

Comment: A page of puzzles provided by Mr Mxyzptlk, which make absolutely no sense in this dimension

Feature: "Profile Pages" (xx Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (text)
Ed McGuinness (pencils - Superman and Lois; character design - Brainiac-13)
Cam Smith (inks - Superman and Lois)
Doug Mahnke (pencils, inks - Steel and Natasha)
Howard Porter (pencils - Eradicator)
José Marzan Jr. (inks - Eradicator)
Coy Turnbull (pencils - Special Crimes Unit)
Rob Stull (inks - Special Crimes Unit, Daily Planet)
Stuart Immonen (pencils - Hope & Mercy)
Wade Von Grawbadger (inks - Hope & Mercy)
Kano (pencils - Encantadora)
Marlo Alquiza (inks - Encantadora, S.T.A.R. Labs)
Pablo Raimondi (pencils - Rose & Thorn, Imperiex)
Walden Wong (inks - Rose & Thorn, Imperiex)
Duncan Rouleau (pencils - S.T.A.R. Labs)
Louis Small Jr. (pencils - Daily Planet)
Steve Kim (CG Modelling - Brainiac 13)
Tommy Yune (CG Textures and Rendering - Brainiac 13)
Glenn Whitmore (colors)
Digital Chameleon (separations)
Tony Bedard & Maureen McTigue (edits)

Comment: Profile pages on Superman and those characters who are of note in the new Metropolis, including old friends and allies, villains and new faces on the scene