Comic Title: Action Comics #653
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1990
On Sale Date: April 3, 1990 Shipping Date April 3, 1990
Source: Previews, #13

Shipping Date April 3, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #178

Shipping Date April 5, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #15

Copyright Date April 3, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "Love & Death"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Bob McLeod
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Superman:Dark Knight Over Metropolis TPB (2013)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #466; next appearance in Superman #44)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #466; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Catherine Grant (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #466; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #466; next appearance in Superman #44)

Villain(s)

• Intergang (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #466; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Mannheim (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #466; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Gillespie (Mannheim's lieutenant; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Leilani (Mannheim's assistant; no further appearances)
• Skag (an Intergang informant; no further appearances)
• A hold-up man (no further appearances)
• Two street thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Amanda McCoy (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #467)
• Bashir and Aida (store owners; no further appearances)
• A cemetary groundskeeper (no further appearances)
• Mary Powers (the Daily Planet feature editor; no further appearances)
• Whit (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #462; no further appearances)
• Alice (last appearance in Superman #40; next appearance in Action Comics #658)
• A girl flying a kite (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Martha Kent (as a voice on an answering machine)
• Bill Henderson (as a voice on an answering machine)
• Matt Stockton (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Clark Kent returns to work at the Daily Planet only to discover that his recent date with Lois is big news. He leaves for the day to help with a storm on the coast. Intergang holds a meeting to discuss the upcoming Edge trial. Then plan to discredit Cat Grant. When Clark returns home, he gets a message from Amanda McCoy. She is anxious to prove that he is Superman. She is in possession of Luthor's Kryptonite ring. She uses it on Clark, and he admits the truth. She believes she has killed him and flees. On her way home, she is attacked on the street. The ring is dropped as she is dragged into an alley.