Action Comics 712

"So, you found us! 'Course, if this automatic program's been activated, that means I'm dead -- but I can still enjoy a hearty laugh from the grave, eh, Clarkie?"

―Kenny Braverman

"The Jimmy Cage"
Action Comics
Title:	"The Jimmy Cage"
Storyline:	"The Death of Clark Kent"
Volume:	1
Number:	712
Cover price:	$1.95
Cover date:	August, 1995
Publisher:	DC Comics
Credits
Ex. Ed:	Jenette Kahn
Writers:	David Michelinie
Pencilers:	Kieron Dwyer
Inkers:	Denis Rodier
Cover artists:	Kieron Dwyer
Cover inker:	Denis Rodier
Cover colorist:	Suzanne Bourdages; Android Images
Colorists:	Glenn Whitmore
Letterers:	Bill Oakley
Assistants:	Chris Duffy; Mike McAvennie
Editors:	K.C. Carlson; Mike Carlin
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"The Jimmy Cage" is the main story from issue #712 of the American ongoing superhero fantasy comic series Action Comics, published by DC Comics. It was written by David Michelinie with artwork by Kieron Dwyer. Inks were provided by Denis Rodier with coloring by Glenn Whitmore and lettering by Bill Oakley. The cover art for this issue was illustrated by Kieron Dwyer with Suzanne Bourdages as cover colorist and Android Images doing the color separations. It was edited by Mike Carlin and K.C. Carlson with Chris Duffy and Mike McAvennie as assistant editors. This issue shipped with an August, 1995 cover date and carried a cover price of $1.95 per copy (US).

Appearances

Featured characters

• Superman, Kal-El

Supporting characters

• Jimmy Olsen
• Lois Lane
• Lucy Lane
• Perry White
• Ron Troupe

Villains

• Conduit, Kenny Braverman (as a video screen image only)
• Ramsey Murdoch

Minor characters

• Ramsey Murdoch's cellmate
• Stryker's Island prison guard
• Manny, landlord
• Tom, Daily Planet staff member

Organizations

• Daily Planet staff

Races

• Humans
• Cyborgs (as a video screen image only)
• Kryptonians

Locations

• Metropolis

• New Troy
• 344 Clinton Street
• Daily Planet
• Stryker's Island Penitentiary

• Kansas

• Smallville
• Smallville Elementary School

Items

• Ramsey Murdoch's dagger

Vehicles

• None

Powers

• Energy projection
• Flight
• Heat vision
• Super-hearing
• Super-speed
• Superhuman durability
• Superhuman strength

Notes & Trivia

• This issue is reprinted in Superman Special #3.

• UPC barcode: 6194120001.

• Suzanne Bourdages and Android Images coloring/separation cover art credits are provided on the last page of this issue.

• This issue serves as an epilogue to the "The Death of Clark Kent" storyline.

• This issue is Superman navigation number: 1995/29.

• This issue shipped during the same month as the debut of DC Comics' "fifth week" Superman title, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow.

• The cover credits to this issue erroneously credit Jackson Guice as the penciler. Guice left the series with issue #711. The artist for this issue is Kieron Dwyer.

• This issue begins Kieron Dwyer's run on Action Comics. Previously, he had worked on only one issue, Action Comics #671.

• Perry White makes a cameo appearance in this issue only.

• Ron Troupe meets Lucy Lane for the first time in this issue. The two will later be married.

• Ramsey Murdoch's prison number is 75342110.

• Superman chronologically appeared last in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1. He appears next in Superman: The Man of Steel #47.

• Clark Kent and Lois Lane also appears in a flashback to events from Superman, Volume 2 #100.

• Lois Lane chronologically appeared last in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1. He appears next in Superman: The Man of Steel #47.

• Perry White chronologically appeared last in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1. He appears next in Superman: The Man of Steel #47.

• Ron Troupe chronologically appeared last in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1. He appears next in Superman: The Man of Steel #47.

• Jimmy Olsen chronologically appears next in Superman, Volume 2 #103.

• Lucy Lane appears next in Action Comics #713.

• Ramsey Murdoch appeared last in Action Comics #711. He appears next in Superman: The Man of Steel #47.

• Conduit was killed at the end of Action Comics #711. He appears on a video screen only in this issue.

Recommended Reading

Action Comics Adventures of Superman Superman, Volume 1

Superman, Volume 2 Superman, Volume 3 Superman Unchained

See also

Media

Superman Superman films Superman programs

Superman novels Superman serials Superman comic books

The World of Superman

Superman characters Superman villains Superman organizations

Superman items Superman locations Superman storylines

Superman miscellaneous

Superman galleries Superman appearances Superman merchandise Superman disambiguations

Superman creators Superman writers Superman artists Superman miscellaneous

External Links

• Action Comics #712 at DCDP
• Action Comics #712 at Comics.org
• Action Comics #712 at Comic Vine
• Action Comics #712 at the DCU Guide

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