| Issue | #665 |
| Published | September 2007 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD |
| Pages | 44 |
| Editing | Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate) |
| Notes | Listed on the cover as "A Countdown Tie-In". This issue went on sale 2007-07-25 (3 weeks late from the solicited shipping date of this issue). |
| Characters | Superman; Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Jesus Merino (signed) |
| Inks | Jesus Merino (signed) |
| Colors | Jeromy Cox (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Superman: 3-2-1 Action! (DC, 2008 series) #nn ([April] 2008) [minus all text and the UPC]. |
| Characters | Superman (flashback); Jimmy Olsen (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback); Perry White (flashback); The 10 (predecessor to The 100) (intro, flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Barry Giardelli (flashback); Mr. Olsen (photo); Dr. Sarah Olsen (Jimmy's mother) (photo); Tess Haslip (flashback, dies); Monte McGraw (flashback); Monte's gang [including Ronson; Henny; Burford] (flashback); Rannian Xuri-cannons |
| Synopsis | Set "years ago", young Jimmy Olsen is selling extra newspapers on the street. The "10" is operating in Metropolis, and have killed Jimmy's guardian, his neighbor Tess Haslip. She had accounting books that they want. The 10 is after Jimmy thinking he may know where the books are, so he's been living in the Planet's basement to hide. They find him and kidnap him. Superman tracks them, but they trap him. Jimmy frees him, and they clean up the gang. Jimmy is hired as a copy boy at the Planet, and becomes Superman's pal. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils | Rick Leonardi |
| Inks | Ande Parks |
| Colors | Pete Pantazis |
| Letters | Comicraft |
| Notes | Subtitled "a COUNTDOWN Dossier Special". "Fort Bridwell" is an homage to former Superman writer/editor E. Nelson Bridwell. "Kurtiswana" is an homage to former Superman penciller Curt Swan. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: 3-2-1 Action! (DC, 2008 series) #nn ([April] 2008) [retitled as just "Jimmy", and minus the credits and with the next issue blurb replaced by a Superman shield]. |
| Script | Nick Napolitano |
| Notes | Nick discusses the production department, and gives a list of the top 20 things that have the ability to spoil his day. Ads for Superman #666, Amazons Attack #4, Countdown #41, and All Flash #1. Appears on page 42 in this issue. |
| Notes | House ads for: 52 Aftermath (Booster Gold, Black Adam: The Dark Age, 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen, 52 Aftermath: Crime Bible, Infinity Inc.), Metal Men, Action Comics, Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, Countdown to Adventure, Superman: Doomsday action figures. Appear in various places in the issue. |
| Script | John Caldwell (idea) |
| Pencils | Tom Richmond |
| Inks | Tom Richmond |
| Notes | This and the following named Ad sequences are an 8 page advertising insert, stapled separately but bound into the issue. It has an indicia title of "The MAD Magazine BallPark Franks Special Issue", and is done by the talent of MAD Magazine. |
| Script | Sergio Aragones |
| Pencils | Sergio Aragones |
| Inks | Sergio Aragones |
| Pencils | Tom Richmond |
| Inks | Tom Richmond |
| Pencils | Sam Viviano |
| Inks | Hermann Mejia |
| Notes | Ad for BallPark franks, which sponsored this 8-page insert. |
| Notes | Total of 4 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Comic Collector Live (collection software, Midten Media), Get The Glass (online game, California Milk Processor Board), Above the Influence (Partnership for a Drug-free America, 2 pages), Alien Syndrome (video game, Sega), and Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer (video game, Take-Two Interactive). Appear in various places in the issue. |