| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Tony Harris | Superman; Lex Luthor; Bizarro; Mercy |
| 1 | President Lex | illustration | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Superman: President Lex | credits, title page | 3 | pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Tony Harris | Superman; Lex Luthor; Bizarro; Mercy |
| 3 | Cast of Characters | character profile | 2 | letters: typeset | Superman; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Batman; Steel; Supergirl; Aquaman; Talia Head; Prof. Emil Hamilton; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore] |
| 4 | The Why | comic story | 6 | script: Greg Rucka; pencils: Matthew Clark; inks: Ray Snyder; colors: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon; letters: Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Mercy; Superman |
| 5 | Adversaries! | comic story | 2 | script: J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Mike Miller; inks: Walden Wong, José Marzán Jr.; colors: Wildstorm FX; letters: Bill Oakley | Lex Luthor; Hope; Mercy; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Collin Thornton; Gail |
| 6 | The Most Suitable Person | comic story | 16 | script: Greg Rucka; pencils: Dale Eaglesham; inks: Ray Kryssing; colors: Tom McCraw; letters: Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Talia; Hope; Mercy; League of Assassins (fake); Ra's Al Ghul (in photo) |
| 7 | The American Dream | comic story | 22 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie; letters: Richard Starkings | Superman; Aquaman; Tempest; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Cat Grant; Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang Ross; Pete Ross; Hope; Mercy; Lex Luthor |
| 8 | Where Monsters Lurk! | comic story | 22 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Ed McGuinness, Paul Pelletier; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie; letters: Richard Starkings | Superman; Aquaman; Tempest; Mera; Vulko; Young Justice [Robin [Tim Drake]; Superboy [Kon-El]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Impulse [Bart Allen]; Red Tornado]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Hope; Mercy; Lex Luthor; Jenny Hubbard |
| 9 | Soul of the City! | comic story | 4 | script: J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Mike Miller; inks: Armando Durruthy, Walden Wong; colors: Wildstorm FX; letters: Bill Oakley | Superman; Lex Luthor |
| 10 | Metropolis Is Burning | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Doug Mahnke, Paco Medina; inks: Tom Nguyen, Juan Vlasco; colors: Wildstorm FX; letters: Ken Lopez | Superman; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lex Luthor; Hope; Mercy; Lois Lane; Luna; Lunatick; Overmind; Io; Cyber-Moths [Sphinx 44]; Natasha Irons; Prof. Emil Hamilton; Talia Head (hologram) |
| 11 | Kith and Kin, Part 2 | comic story | 2 | script: Joe Kelly; pencils: Aluir Amâncio, Kano; inks: Marlo Alquiza; colors: Moose Baumann; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Talia Head |
| 12 | Tales from the Bizarro World | comic story | 20 | script: Jeph Loeb, Joe Casey; pencils: Ed McGuinness, Carlo Barberi; inks: Cam Smith, Juan Vlasco; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie; letters: Richard Starkings | Superman; Supergirl; Batman; Martian Manhunter; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Bizarro; Lex Luthor; Tony; Gary |
| 13 | Triumph Over Tragedy | comic story | 12 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Ray Snyder; colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie; letters: Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Cat Grant; Superman; Perry White; Edna Luthor; Wallace Luthor; Brainiac 13 |
| 14 | One or the Other | comic story | 10 | script: Greg Rucka; pencils: Dwayne Turner; inks: Danny Miki, Dwayne Turner; colors: Rob Schwager; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Batman; Hope; Mercy |
| 15 | Where Were You? | comic story | 5 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Walden Wong; colors: Rob Schwager; letters: Comicraft | Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White |
| 16 | He's Heard the News | comic story | 4 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie; letters: Comicraft | Superman; Lex Luthor; Green Lantern; Martian Manhunter; Mercy |
| 17 | Lana's Story | comic story | 2 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Todd Nauck; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Rob Schwager; letters: Comicraft | Superman; Lana Lang |
| 18 | Help! | comic story | 22 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Ed McGuinness, Humberto Ramos, Rob Liefeld, Mike Wieringo, Art Adams, Ian Churchill; inks: Cam Smith, Wayne Faucher, Norm Rapmund, Art Adams, Tim Townsend; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie; letters: Richard Starkings | Superman; Lois Lane; Linear Men [Matt Ryder; Waverider; Hunter; Liri Lee]; Justice League of America [Martian Manhunter; Plastic Man; Aquaman; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Woman; Batman] |
| 25 | World Without Superman | comic story | 21 | script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Duncan Rouleau; inks: Jaime Mendoza, Marlo Alquiza; colors: Wildstorm FX; letters: Ken Lopez | Superman; John Henry Irons; Prof. Emil Hamilton; Lex Luthor; Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Plastic Man; Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman]; Liri Lee; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Natasha Irons [Iron Maiden]; Booster Gold; Huntress; Ignition; Mr. Blotz |
| 26 | Saints | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Tom Nguyen; colors: Wildstorm FX; letters: Ken Lopez | Superman; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lex Luthor; Hope; Mercy; Natasha Irons; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; S.T.R.I.P.E.; Earthquake; Pete Ross |
| 27 | Rockets' Red Glare... | comic story | 3 | script: Karl Kesel; pencils: Paul Pelletier; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon; letters: Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Hope; Mercy; Senator Compton; Contessa Erica del Portenza |
| 28 | Fathers | comic story | 2 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie; letters: Richard Starkings | Lex Luthor; Frank Rock; Sam Lane; Amanda Waller; Jefferson Pierce; Cat Grant; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen |
| 29 | He's Coming, Mr. Lew-Thor! | comic story | 2 | script: Jeph Loeb; pencils: Mike Wieringo; inks: Marlo Alquiza; colors: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon; letters: Comicraft | Lex Luthor; Nathaniel Mackelvany; Mercy |
| 30 | Secret Files President Luthor #1 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Ray Snyder | Superman; Lex Luthor (on newspaper) |
| 31 | Superman #162 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie | Superman; Aquaman |
| 32 | Superman #163 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie | Superman |
| 33 | Superman #164 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie | Superman (cape only); Lex Luthor (on pin) |
| 34 | Superman #165 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie | Superman; Lois Lane; Justice League of America [Batman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman; Wonder Woman] |
| 35 | Superman: The Man of Steel #108 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Tom Nguyen; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie | Superman; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lex Luthor; Hope; Mercy; Lunatick |
| 36 | Superman: The Man of Steel #109 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Duncan Rouleau; inks: Jaime Mendoza; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie | Superman; Lois Lane; Liri Lee; Jimmy Olsen; Lex Luthor; Plastic Man; Huntress; Ignition |
| 37 | Superman: The Man of Steel #110 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Tom Nguyen; colors: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie | Superman; Star-Spangled Kid [Courtney Whitmore]; S.T.R.I.P.E.; Lex Luthor; Earthquake |
| 38 | Superman: Lex 2000 #1 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Glen Orbik, Laurel Blechman; inks: Glen Orbik, Laurel Blechman; colors: Glen Orbik, Laurel Blechman | Lex Luthor |
| 39 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Tony Harris | Superman; Lex Luthor; Bizarro; Mercy; Hope |