Comic Title: Action Comics #648
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1989
On Sale Date: November 7, 1989 Shipping Date November 7, 1989
Source: Previews, #8

Shipping Date November 7, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #173

Shipping Date November 9, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #10

Copyright Date November 7, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "Body and Mind"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: George Perez
Penciller: Kerry Gammill
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Adventures of Superman:George Perez HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #461; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #460; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #462)
• Dubbilex (last appearance in Superman #37; next appearance in Adventures of Superman Annual #2)
• Guardian (last appearance in Superman #37; next appearance in Superman #41)

Villain(s)

• Brainiac (last appearance in Action Comics #647; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #462)
• Milton Fine (last appearance in Action Comics #647; no further appearances)
• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Action Comics #647; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #462)
• Metallo (last appearance in Action Comics #647; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sydney Happersen (last appearance in Action Comics #647; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)
• Reginald Augustine (a geneticist; first appearance; next appearance in Action Comics #649)
• Cynthia (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #437; no further appearances)
• Cadmus security forces (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Emmett Vale (in flashback)
• Robotman (in flashback)

Comments:
The Brainiac Trilogy Part Two

Synopsis:
Brainiac sends Metallo to Metropolis. While an army of robotic duplicates attack Superman and Lex Corp, the real Metallo kidnaps a geneticist in an attempt to construct a new host body for Brainiac. The geneticist reveals to them the secret of Project Cadmus, so Metallo infiltrates its secret installation. Dubbilex senses Brainiac's mind and sounds the alarm. The Guardian delays Metallo until Superman arrives. Metallo is defeated, but he refuses to answer any questions.

Meanwhile, Luthor has left Metropolis. He heads for his cybernetics facility in the Rockies. When he arrives, he learns that Brainiac has taken over the building and the minds of his staff.