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Superman
4: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy and Lucy were having coffee when a man calling
himself Bloodsport shot up their diner. Jimmy contacted
Superman. When he arrived, Maggie Sawyer and MCU were
already on the scene. Sawyer told him close to 25 were
dead. Superman headed off on Bloodsport's trail, Jimmy
on Superman's trail.
Superman caught up with the maniac in a bowling alley.
He got the first hit in, but a pistol appeared in Bloodsport's
hand. He hit Superman with a Kryptonite blast. Jimmy
showed up and grabbed one of Bloodsport's dropped guns.
He tossed a smoke grenade and escaped.
Doctors were able to remove the Kryptonite slivers from
Superman. He told Jimmy he knew who was behind the new
villain. When Luthor heard the man had killed around
50 civilians, he ordered him terminated - Superman was
to have been his only target. Superman caught up with
the mad man soon and realized he wasn't creating weapons,
he was teleporting them somehow. While they fought,
Luthor sent a tank to take him out. Bloodsport neutralized
the tank, but while doing so, Superman took out his
ability to bring in new weapons.
Bloodsport's brother, Mickey, rolled in on his wheelchair.
As he got Bloodsport to stop, Jimmy told Superman the
story: Robert DuBois (Bloodsport) had been a draft dodger.
His brother Mickey had gone to war for him and lost
his limbs. Guilt had caused Robert to lose it a bit
and he'd been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for
years. Bloodsport ended his rampage.
Adventures
of Superman 427: Mind Games
Superman flew to Qurac hoping to "convince"
their president to stop exporting terrorism. Superman
went down - a telepathic being was reading his thoughts.
The creature, named Prana, attempted to reshape his
memories of Krypton so that he would believe his parents
wished him to rule Earth. Superman fought back. Still
dazed, he left the presidential palace and returned
to his hotel.
While he slept, Prana returned to his thoughts. Hallucinations
of Lex Luthor, Synapse, Metallo, and Bizarro attacked
him. He awakened even more confused. Thinking of home,
he took a shower - another entered his mind. He believed
he was in Japan fighting a godzilla-like creature. Prana
died, but his mate continued his fight. Lana, Cat, and
Lois then attacked Superman. He defeated the visions,
but the "Circle" still questioned him...
Adventures
of Superman 428: Personal Best
Before leaving Qurac, Superman dismantled every vessel
in both their Air Force and Navy.
Clark and Cat watched a television interview of Perry
White. He'd uncovered evidence about a very prominent
mobster in Metropolis who was going to trial soon.
Perry's son attempted to quit a street gang he was in,
and they pulled knives on him. He was saved when a man
in an overcoat fired a warning shot into the air. He
and his associates grabbed the boy and drove off. Jerry's
captors soon called White and told him to retract anything
about Jay Falk (the mobster) or he'd be without children.
Superman roughed up some of Falk's men and got the word
to the mobster that he wanted White's kid back. Perry
struggled in attempt to write a retraction. Superman
saved the boy and returned him to his parents. Jerry
stormed out when he realized his father had not tried
to save him.
Action
587: Cityscape
Glenda Mark and Jason Blood visited a shop in Gotham
City. Glenda accidentally activated an item and all
around her began becoming part of an artificial cityscape.
Jason Blood released Etrigan.
Superman saw the growing city from space and headed
in to help. Realizing they were growing, Superman punched
one. Etrigan burst in and stopped him - the damaged
towers were bleeding. Etrigan told him they were people
and transmitted him back in time to the year 1162 AD
when the magic creating the towers was conceived. Superman
was to find Jason Blood. He did, and explained to him
the situation. Blood led Superman to Morgaine Le Fay,
who was masquerading as a young girl. He was able to
break her spell and negate him even being there.
Blood and his companions looked up from the shop and
saw him flying overhead.
Superman
5: The Mummy Strikes
Clark woke up from a dream where Superman and Wonder
Woman teamed up to destroy some mechanical dogs, then
kissed. He realized he'd been thinking about her quite
a bit since the G. Gordon Godfrey situation.
At the office, Perry White told him to head to South
America - Lois was there and possibly in trouble. Superman
saw no trouble, so he "dropped off Clark."
Kent found Lois and was shown their find: metal workings
dating back 6000 years and an elaborate structure deep
below the Earth's surface.
When they placed a key into it's lock, a gargantuan
mummy attacked them. Clark got everyone to safety then
trapped himself in with the creature. After fighting
it for a while, he removed the key. An explosion rang
out; Lois and her group got to Clark and sent him to
get medical attention.
Superman
6: The Last Five Hundred
Clark woke up after two days of being unconscious. He
quickly realized that things weren't as they seemed
- "Lois" wasn't "Lois." Some other
beings had taken over the bodies of her and the rest
of her group. They were the last 500 of an ancient civilization
(H'v'Ler'ni). When a plague struck them, 20,000,000
fled Earth, leaving 500. They placed their minds in
a giant robot and waited for technology of Earth to
near what they'd done. Superman could not be possessed
due to him being unconscious during their return.
The giant robot (which had been mummified at some point
in the past) had to be defeated. Superman went after
it and it (Host) realized it needed the minds which
had left it to be at full power. It called them back
(returning Lois to her body, etc.) and Superman continued
to bash it. When he realized all the souls wanted out,
he faked being dazed. The power of the 500 together
overloaded Host and it exploded.
AoS
429: Old Ties
As Superman saved a passenger plane from crashing into
Metropolis, The Circle plotted against him.
Cat showed up at Clark's apartment and invited him to
go skiing with her. He was on the way before he realized
it. While they had dinner, Cat saw a news report and
broke down. A former lover was being indicted and he
had custody of their son whom she'd not seen in five
years.
Superman headed to Hollywood to confront Cat's former
lover, Joe Morgan. In Morgan's apartment, Superman was
attacked by Concussion - a member of The Circle. After
a battle, Superman emerged victorious. The boy wouldn't
let him near his injured father, so Superman called
for an ambulance (Morgan had a punctured lung).
In the hospital, Cat and her son were reunited. Superman
wondered if he was Clark Kent or if he was Superman.
Action
588: All Wars Must End
Superman followed a hypersonic beacon to Midway City.
He soon realized through the destruction that Hawkman
and Hawkwoman had been calling for him. They introduced
him to Ved, who they said was a world conqueror from
their homeworld of Thanagar - an invasion army would
follow soon. Superman joined them on his ship and they
headed for the moon. Hawkwoman told Superman about another
of their captives - Byth. The criminal they'd been chasing
when they first arrived on Earth.
They soon found the invasion fleet. Superman exited
their ship and began attacking the others. Katar went
outside the ship to make repairs when they were hit.
Byth escaped and attacked Shayera, but she recaptured
him and Ved. When Katar got back inside, the ship began
to fly on its own. He manually enacted the overload
plan, which activated all the other ships' hyperdrives
remotely. The fleet was scattered across the universe,
but they were still heading for the sun.
Action
589: Green on Green
Arisia, a Green Lantern, found Superman in space. She
got him to their space station in hopes that her teammates
could save him. He awakened to find himself in the presence
of several GLs (including Kilowog, Ch'p, Arisia, Salakk,
Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Katma Tui). When he asked
about the Hawks, they told him they were 500 light years
from Earth. He proclaimed Earth was being invaded. They
explained the overload tactic which they believe was
the cause of some interference. The GLs could not be
bothered - they were looking for a new homeworld for
some beings they'd encountered who were the last of
their race, left without a home due to the Crisis.
They decided to split up when they found a huge lifemass
heading toward Earth - Arisia, Katma Tui, Hal, and Salakk
went with Superman while the others continued their
quest for a planet.
The thing - which appeared to be a huge bacteria - attacked
them. It was yellow. They soon beat through the cloud
enough to find the mass was soil. Superman realized
it was from the meeting he'd had with the Phantom Stranger
(Action 585).
The GLs encased the planetoid in their power and moved
it into deep space. In the cold, the planetoid began
to change - Salakk believe it could be manipulated a
bit more and turned into a home for the creatures they'd
come across.
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