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Issue Details

Issue #660
Published March 2007
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate)
Notes This issue went on sale 2007-03-14 (two months late from the original shipping date of this issue). This issue was originally supposed to contain the content that ended up in #659, so instead this issue contains a fill-in. This content change was announced by DC via a press release on 2007-02-27.

Cover Details - "Me!"

Characters Superman; Prankster
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek ?
Pencils James Fry (signed)
Inks Rodney Ramos (signed)

22 page Superman story "The Art of the Prank"

Characters Superman; Prankster; Prankster's gang [Marjorie; Elisabeta; Annabella; Kazumi; Saskia; Martine]; Nitro G [Jeremy Van Wijk] (intro); The Sticky Squad [Bob; Myron; Ray; Pete]; Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Uncle Oley's Joke Shop
Synopsis The Prankster starts his day with a new client, Nitro G, who wants to hire him. The Prankster now is in business of creating distractions so other criminals can commit crimes undisturbed. He is especially fond of pranking Superman, and gives a discount if Superman is involved. Nitro G successfully pulls a bank job, but wants to do more. He wants Prankster's sticky guns, and threatens Prankster until he agrees. Prankster doesn't want people hurt, he's really in it for the artistry. He sets up Nitro G, getting him covered in nitro and dynamite. He arranges for Superman to be there in time to rescue Nitro G, but by pulling Nitro G's fuse, Superman triggers the bomb, and has to fly him off to disarm it. When Superman returns, the gang has been captured, and Nitro G stripped down to his underwear, suitably embarrassed. The Prankster has left, proving his point to not mess with him.
Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Mike Manley
Inks Bret Blevins
Colors Lee Loughridge
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes Bessolo Boulevard is an homage to George Reeve's real last name; the Binder Street MetroBank Branch is an homage to Otto Binder, a former Superman writer.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation: #52 [March 14, 2007]"

Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset
Notes Dan discusses convention season, and the Countdown-related buttons that DC is handing out this year (WWMMD, Jimmy Olsen Must Die, Darkseid Rules, Look to the Skies, I Found Ray Palmer). Ads for Superman #661, 52 #45, Martian Manhunter #8, and Wonder Woman #5. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

6 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

Notes House ads for: Batman: Year One deluxe softcover (1/2 page), Batman: Year 100 (1/2 page), Countdown (Jimmy Olsen Must Die!), Countdown (The Search for Ray Palmer), Countdown (The Seduction of the Innocent), Amazons Attack, and All Star Superman 1 hardcover. Appear in various places in the issue.

6 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 5 one-page and 2 half-page ads for: Killzone Liberation (video game, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America, 2 different 1/2 page ads), Magic the Gathering (card game, Wizards of the Coast), Destroy All Humans 2 (video game, THQ), International Fight League (live mixed martial arts sports league), and got milk? with Vince Carter (milk). Appear in various places in the issue.