Action Comics #992 Comic book artwork- prelims-sketches for by Jerry Ordway

Jerry's thumbnails are so powerful! When I saw this, I knew I had to go for it. He did 4 prelim's, and the top right ended up being the final cover!

“AFTER EFFECTS”! Crippled by the events of “The Oz Effect,” Superman struggles to regain a sense of hope for humanity. As a strange new threat brews in the background, a faithless Son of both Krypton and Earth must make a choice: stay and fight for his adoptive homeworld, or answer a call from the stars.