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Superman
7: Rampage
Lois Lane made a site visit to a plant which was
experimenting with bionuclear power - power was
being generated from algae. The only problem: the
amount of algae doubled every thirty seconds. One
of the scientists showed off the potential danger
in shutting off the power. It caused an explosion.
Clark Kent tried to set up an interview with Wonder
Woman by contacting a newspaper in Boston. After
being turned down, he heard an explosion and suited
up. At the plant, Superman found a huge ball of
energy. He was able to stay the fire, but could
not get near the energy bubble. His search for survivors
led him to a woman with orange skin who was about
eight feet tall. She knocked him to the ground when
he approached her. He caught her by surprise and
wrapped her up in metal sheeting.
Another survivor - the man who'd inadvertently cause
the meltdown - told Superman the woman was Lois
Lane. Superman approached her again. She'd broken
free and grown even more. She flew away; Superman
gave chase.
Captain Maggie Sawyer of Metropolis PD - Special
Crimes Unit - was told that Superman was fighting
what the press was calling "Rampage."
Rampage, still growing, continued to beat on Superman.
The radiation from her touch burned him. SCU arrived
and began blasting her. Superman tried to stop them
by telling them who it was, but the real Lois was
on the scene - there was a case of mistaken identity.
Rampage was actually Kitty Faulkner, one of the
scientists from the bionuclear experiment. Superman
allowed himself to absorb the energy Kitty was emitting
and she eventually reverted to human form. Superman
- supercharged - flew off. He discharged into a
storm cloud over Kansas.
Clark Kent returned to Metropolis three days later
and visited Kitty Faulkner. Lois was with her.
AoS
430: Homeward Bound
The Fearsome Five defeated Superman and made off
with some diamonds. Clark failed for the fifth time
in a week to cover his assignment. As his parents
were returning home to the surprise party he'd planned
for their 49th anniversary, Superman was going up
against the Fearsome Five again - this time on a
charity cruise. Shimmer turned the boat into ether
as they made their getaway. Superman got the passengers
into lifeboats and then to safety.
He arrived at his parents' house as all the other
guests left. He took a walk with his Pa while Ma
and Lana warmed up some soup.
The next day, he was fighting the Fearsome Five
again. With his focus on them and not his own duel
identities, he was victorious. Clark Kent got the
exclusive story.
Action
590: Better Living / Dying through Chemistry
Clark fell into a chemical
vat while he and Lois were touring a reprocessing
plant. Unbeknownst to anyone, that vat contained
the villain Chemo. Though it was defeated by Negative
woman previous to the CoIE, the merging of the Earths
turned it into a chemical spill. Chemo began to
imitate the cells left behind by Superman.
A few days later, Chemo formed himself as Superman
(a giant radiated Superman) and attacked Doc Magnus
and the Metal Men. When he stole Platinum, the rest
of the Metal Men gave chase. Superman freed Platinum,
and she joined with the rest of the group while
the Man of Steel went after his new dopplegangar.
Working together, the Metal Men and Superman defeated
Chemo by blocking the sunlight (Superman used his
microscopic vision to learn how Chemo had taken
his powers). Tin was blown apart, and Doc Magnus
refused to fix him because they'd left without his
permission.
Legion
37: A Twist in Time
The Legion of Superheroes repaired a time machine
in hopes of stopping the Time Trapper. They ended
up in the time of Superboy. Though Smallville appeared
to be everything it was the last time they visited,
they were confused - Superman's history now showed
he never was Superboy.
They met up with the Kents at their farm, and soon
Clark returned home. He took them into the basement
and blasted them with a stasis ray. With some of
the group frozen, he headed to their time bubble
to get the rest. Pete Ross, an honorary member of
the Legion, warned the rest just in time. Superboy
found them, but they escaped in time before he could
hit them with the stasis ray.
Superman
8: Future Shock
Clark was having lunch with his parents and Lana
when he heard something on the other side of Smallville.
He got into costume and flew by to check it out.
He saw four people in costume (two not human) and
a space ship. His heat vision fired without him
wanting it to. The Legion took it as an attack and
fired back. He was confused when they called him
Superboy.
After Brainiac convinced the rest of his group they
weren't fighting SuperBOY, he related the story
to Superman: They were from the future and had known
a Superboy in the past. As they related their current
situation, Superboy blasted them all - including
Superman - with the stasis ray.
Action
591: Past Imperfect
Superboy gathered up the remaining
members of the Legion and headed back to his own
time. Superman broke free of the stasis beam and
followed. The Time Trapper watched as they crashed
back into his pocket universe.
Superman and Superboy fought across the Smallville
sky. Krypto, Superboy's dog, joined the fight. After
getting thrown aside, Krypto went into the Kent
basement and got some gold Kryptonite - it stripped
him of his powers (forever), but Jonathan Kent had
an idea with it. It didn't work on Superman - it
was from a different Krypton. Superman broke through
to Superboy and he realized he'd never hurt his
friends. They freed the Legion and decided their
course of action. Superman was dropped off at his
correct time while Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes
traveled to the end of time to battle the Time Trapper.
Legion
38: The Greatest Hero of them All
During their journey, Superboy
told them the whole story. When he'd returned home
from his last adventure with them, the skies turned
red and antimatter began destroying his world. He
could do nothing to stop it, but the Time Trapper
saved his Earth from the Crisis in return for him
handing the Legion over to him.
They arrived back at Superboy's Smallville. The
Legion was in simulated stasis and came out of it
to attack the Time Trapper. Superboy accidentally
destroyed the device which was keeping his Earth
safe from the antimatter. As the chaos began to
consume the Earth, the Time Trapper told the Legion
this had never been their past - it was from another
time stream that would now be destroyed along with
them. He vanished.
Superboy grabbed the device and held it together
while the Legion got into their time bubble. They
tried to pull him inside, but he closed the door
behind them and threw the bubble into the future.
When they arrived in their own time, Superboy was
outside their bubble, but died in Mon-el's arms.
AoS
431: They Call him Doctor Stratos
Superman stopped a group who was ripping off a charity
event. They said they were from Gotham City trying
to get away from the Batman. Elsewhere, a man claiming
to be son of Greek Gods continued to control the
weather.
Lois blew up on Cat and Clark, then stormed off.
Dr. Stratos made his presence known to the President
and promised his demands would come soon. The President
contacted Superman. Stratos, from his satellite
(he didn't have real powers - yet), attacked the
Man of Steel while he flew over London. Superman
continued to fight the weather until he realized
what controlled it must be in orbit. He found the
satellite and the Earthly location which was controlling
it. Stratos ordered a lightning bolt for him, but
it struck the "god" instead. Stratos fell
into the sea.
Superman was unable to save him, but continued on
to his mission of dismantling the command center
and satellite.
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