| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne; colors: Guy Major | Superman; Dr. Psycho; Black Adam; Queen of Fables; Livewire |
| 1 | Title Page | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Credits | credits, title page | 3 | pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | The Story Thus Far... | recap | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 4 | Strange Attractors Part One | comic story | 22 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson; colors: Guy Major; letters: Pat Brosseau; editing: Eddie Berganza, Tom Palmer Jr. | Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Doctor Polaris; Repulse [intro, split personality of Doctor Polaris]; Aura [Lindsay Wah, nearly killed in this issue]; Superboy [Kon-El, cameo]; Hero [Hero Cruz, cameo]; Half-Life [Byron Stark, cameo]; Willis [intro]; Josef Schuman [intro]; Lt. Lupe Ter |
| 5 | Strange Attractors Part Two: Positive Reinforcement | comic story | 22 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson; colors: Guy Major; letters: Rob Leigh; editing: Eddie Berganza, Tom Palmer Jr. | Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Doctor Polaris; Repulse [split personality of Doctor Polaris]; Josef Schuman; Congressman Mark Shephard; Willis; Black Adam; Professor Zoom [cameo] |
| 6 | Sacrifice | recap | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 7 | The Great Society | comic story | 18 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Lary Stucker, Nelson; colors: Guy Major; letters: Pat Brosseau; editing: Eddie Berganza, Jeanine Schaefer | Superman; Dr. Psycho; Toni Sparlin, Brendan Sparlin; Lois Lane; Black Adam; Perry White [cameo]; Shrapnel; Lex Luthor [cameo]; Phillipe Gunzman; Willis [cameo]; Martian Manhunter [cameo]; Lana Lang [cameo] |
| 8 | Black & Blue | comic story | 22 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson; colors: Guy Major; letters: Pat Brosseau; editing: Eddie Berganza, Jeanine Schaefer | Superman; Dr. Psycho; Toni Sparlin, Brendan Sparlin; Lois Lane; Black Adam; Beast Boy [cameo]; Jimmy Olsen; Josef Schuman; Perry White [cameo]; Lana Lang; Shrapnel [flashback, cameo]; Congressman Mark Shephard [cameo] |
| 9 | Old Ghosts | comic story | 22 | script: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson; colors: Guy Major; letters: Rob Leigh; editing: Eddie Berganza, Jeanine Schaefer | Superman; Lois Lane; Spectre [hostess]; Willis; Satanus [Collin Thornton]; Sam Lane [ghost] |
| 10 | Depths | comic story | 22 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson, Norm Rapmund, Lary Stucker; colors: Guy Major; letters: Rob Leigh; editing: Eddie Berganza, Jeanine Schaefer | Superman; Lois Lane; Willis; Queen of Fables [Tsaritsa]; Jimmy Olsen; Josef Schuman; Leslie [Livewire, voiceover] |
| 11 | Awake in the Dark | comic story | 22 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson, Oclair Albert, Mark Campos; colors: Guy Major; letters: Rob Leigh; editing: Eddie Berganza, Jeanine Schaefer | Superman; Perry White; Queen of Fables [Tsaritsa]; Lois Lane; Willis; Striped River Witch; Chandelier Warriors; Martian Manhunter [cameo]; Flash [Wally West, cameo]; Plastic Man [cameo]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner, cameo]; Wonder Woman [cameo] |
| 12 | A Contagion of Madness | comic story | 22 | script: Gail Simone; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Nelson; colors: Guy Major; letters: Phil Balsman; editing: Eddie Berganza, Jeanine Schaefer | Superman; Livewire [intro]; Lois Lane; Willis; Miguel Sendoza; Josef Schuman; Esther Schuman [intro] |
| 13 | Cover Gallery | cover reprint (on interior page) | 2 | | |
| 14 | Action 827 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne; colors: Guy Major | Superman; Doctor Polaris |
| 15 | Action 828 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne; colors: Guy Major | Superman; Repulse |
| 16 | Action 830 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Kevin Nowlan; colors: Guy Major | Superman |
| 17 | Action 831 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Kevin Nowlan; colors: Guy Major | Superman; Black Adam |
| 18 | Action 832 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: Guy Major | Superman; Spectre; Satanus |
| 19 | Action 833 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Kevin Conrad; colors: Guy Major | Superman |
| 20 | Action 834 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Kevin Nowlan; colors: Guy Major | Superman |
| 21 | Action 835 Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Kalman Andrasofsky; inks: Kalman Andrasofsky; colors: Kalman Andrasofsky | Livewire |
| 23 | - | blank page(s) | 2 | | |
| 24 | Everyone Wants Superman | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Kevin Nowlan | |