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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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