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Superman
1: Heart of Stone
Superman learned that the rocket he'd been sent to Earth
in had turned up missing. Three months later, he picked
up the trail. It led him to a seemingly abandoned laboratory
with lead-lined walls. He broke in and found what appeared
to be a shrine dedicated to him. He also found a man
who'd been dead for weeks. His fingerprints matched
those found in the truck which moved the rocket. In
an acid vat, he found traces of human remains. Hoping
to keep his secrets from everyone else, Superman pulled
up the entire facility and flew it into space.
He returned to Earth and met Lois for a jog in the park.
During their run, Lois heard a bank's alarm - it was
being robbed. They rushed in to get the story and were
attacked by a hulking man calling himself Metallo. Clark
got knocked across the room, which allowed him to change
into character. Superman appeared and went after Metallo.
During their fight, Superman felt his power fading.
Metallo told him he'd been crippled in a car wreck and
rebuilt (by the scientist Superman found dead in the
lab). He had Kryptonite implants. Lois heard this and
learned Superman was an alien. Superman became completely
drained, then Metallo simply vanished.
Lois confronted Superman about being an alien, and he
told her he'd only found out weeks before.
Action
584: Squatter
Cyborg was in Metropolis and saw Superman attacking
buildings for no reason. He went to check on things
and realized the Man of Steel was drunk on his own power.
Cyborg tried to stop him, but was dismantled. He called
in the Teen Titans. Superman made quick work of Changeling
then went after Wonder Girl. Jericho possessed him,
and a guy came forth to say he was Superman. They'd
been transferred by an amateur scientists named Gunderson.
Superman was trapped in Gunderson's crippled body. The
Titans got the two back to Gunderson's home and used
the device to put things back right.
Luthor read about the situation in the papers and realized
Kent got all the good Superman stories. He figured there
must be some connection between the two.
Superman
2: The Secret Revealed
Luthor spoke with his people. He set up teams to track
both Superman and Clark Kent. He also had some people
check out a woman who seemed to appear each time Superman
did. Down below, in the lab, he visited Metallo, who
his agents had captured earlier during his fight with
the Man of Steel. Luthor removed the Kryptonite that
powered him.
The Kent team tranquilized Clark's parents and ransacked
their home. They found a scrapbook devoted to averted
disasters and Superman. On their way out, a woman saw
them. They grabbed her and took her back to Metropolis
with them.
Superman noticed a flying device tracking him. He caught
it and it self-destructed. Back at his apartment, Clark
found bloody footprints leading from his door to a janitor's
closet. Inside was Lana Lang - she'd been tortured,
but she hadn't given up his secret. Superman found the
men who'd snatched her, but Luthor detonated the building.
Superman went after Luthor, who admitted he was behind
it all. His new Kryptonite ring kept the Man of Steel
down.
Superman returned Lana to Smallville and was astonished
his parents were still alive (he figured Luthor's people
would have killed them). They told him about the stolen
items (yearbooks, birth certificate, etc.).
One of Luthor's aides presented him with the conclusion
from their data - Clark Kent WAS Superman. Luthor laughed
in her face and dismissed it all.
Adventures
424: Man O' War
Lois Lane visited her mother, Ellinore, in the hospital.
Her sister, Lucy, and her father, Sam, were there. Lois
and Clark were later called into Perry White's office
and introduced to Catherine "Cat" Grant -
a new reporter. Cat and Clark had immediate attraction
to each other. They headed to lunch and found a nearby
building which had been bombed. Clark, using his x-ray
vision, saw two survivors in the rubble.
Another building was blown up - the "Freedom League"
took responsibility. As Cat and Clark interviewed a
Professor Hamilton (he'd created a device which could
perfectly shield a human from harm while activated),
the bombing robot continued its attack. Superman flew
to the scene. Several robots (with human controllers
inside) attacked Superman. They then joined together
to form one large robot.
Lois Lane, while leaving the Daily Planet building,
was abducted by one of Lex Luthor's men. Luthor told
her he felt responsible for her mother, as he owned
the lab in which she was injured. He and some of his
top scientists had developed a serum which would save
her life if she took it monthly. Lois agreed to take
it and agreed to have dinner with him. After seeing
her away, he confided with one of his employees that
he'd causes her mother's illness and he could have created
a one-time use cure for her if he so desired.
Adventures
425: Going the Gauntlet
Professor Emil Hamilton went to Lex Luthor about his
invention - Luthor demanded the blueprints by 9pm that
night - he owned the company Hamilton was working for,
therefor owned his work. That night, some men broke
into Hamilton's apartment and roughed him up. Hamilton
went to the police, but without proof of Luthor's involvement,
their hands were tied. Another firm approached Hamilton
and offered funding. He perfected his device and ran
a demonstration for them. It was sabotaged and a man
was killed. Hamilton went into hiding.
He learned Superman was fighting robots and went to
his aid. Hamilton's force-field machine created a barrier
holding Superman and the robots, so that nothing outside
would be damaged. Superman broke into one and found
the people inside were committing suicide - their life
energies were powering the robots. After Superman's
victory, Hamilton was again shunned.
He took a hostage and called out to Superman. Superman
saved both the hostage and Hamilton from his insanity.
The genius professor was placed in prison.
Action
585 And the Graves Give up their Dead
The Phantom Stranger looked on as Metropolis was under
attack. A woman calling herself Arathaza had drained
Superman's power. He was able to grab her magical staff
and shatter it, causing Arathaza to revert back to Barbara
Kowaleski. Her floating temple faded away and Superman's
powers returned. Phantom Stranger was waiting for him
in Clark Kent's apartment when he returned. He told
the Man of Steel he had a task for him. He took Superman
to a huge mountain of a beast. Superman attacked it,
but it spoke back - Superman stopped his attack when
he realized the thing was living. Phantom Stranger tried
to get those thoughts out of his head, and entered the
creature. Inside, he did battle with the undead while
Superman stopped the physical beast on the outside.
He stopped it from advancing toward Metropolis, pulled
it from the ground, and threw it into space.
Phantom Stranger refused to tell Superman any details.
Superman
3 Legends from the Darkside
Lois Lane arrived at G. Gordon Godfrey's hotel room
for their interview. Darkseid sent Omega Beams to Metropolis
to bring him Superman. Clark Kent ended up in his presence.
Darkseid tossed him through a window. When he landed,
Clark realized Darkseid must be behind the G. Gordon
Godfrey situation on Earth.
Superman attempted to hide himself among the peasants,
but was forced out when one was to be executed. A Pacifier
was summoned to deal with him. Superman was able to
get the creature (a glommer) out of it's suit, but it
took over his nervous system and flew them into a fiery
pit.
Adventures
426 From the Dregs
Superman was pulled from the pits. Amazing Grace (the
woman he'd saved previously) convinced the "hunger
dogs" he was their savior. Darkseid sent parademons
after them. Superman, not quite himself, followed Grace's
lead. A war broke out between the hunger dogs and Darkseid's
parademons.
Darkseid was pulling Superman's strings.
Action
586 Champion
Two of the New Gods, Orion and Lightray, headed toward
Apokolips. Superman was convinced he was Darkseid's
son. Superman was sent to combat the New Gods, but Orion
broke through the mind-warping and brought Superman
back. Superman defeated Apokolips' ruler, and was boom-tubed
back to Earth before he could do any more damage.
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