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INTRODUCING ALL-STAR SUPERMAN...
Magic. They say there’s none of it to be found in these modern times. | respectfully disagree.

The volume you now hold in your hands is proof positive that magic is indeed alive and well, thank you
very much! It begins with the spark of Grant Morrison’s seemingly limitless imagination taking this sixty-
nine-year-old character, this American icon, and his supporting cast to brand new heights. Common
sense tells us that every possible tale that could ever have been told with these amazing players must
already have been told at least ten times over by now. And yet, with the craftiest sleight of hand, Grant
breathes new life into each and every one of the characters while never straying from the purity of their
creators’ original intention. In doing so, he easily sets even the most jaded of today’s readers back
on their heels in awe of his disarmingly “simple” and elegant writing. While deftly moving the
narrative along, he casually drops such mind-boggling concepts as genetically engineered human
suicide bombers; galaxy-roving, sun-eating stars; and experimental stem-cell-accelerated — virtually
unstoppable — assassins.

The magic continues as Frank Quitely then delivers his lyrical visual storytelling, encapsulating every
aspect of Grant’s wondrous tale onto the blank comics page — bringing them into form for the eye to
see. It’s an inaudible whisper of collaboration that, if | didn’t know any better, would suggest these two
are one and the same person. Every panel, every gesture goes straight to the core of Grant’s intention
while bringing it even further towards its ultimate expression. Frank’s line work, like Grant’s writing,
appears simple, yet every line, every panel, and every page is carefully devised to achieve maximum
impact on the audience. Frank gives us a totally believable, even frumpy or oafish Clark Kent, whom
no one would ever suspect as our Superman — not even mega-genius Lex Luthor.
And for our third and final act, digital inker and colorist — the often-unsung hero of our industry —
Jamie Grant painstakingly brings this world into focus. Never has the title “colorist” been less
descriptive in the case of what Jamie brings to this book. The transformation — from pencils to living,
breathing atmospheres and landscapes conjured for each and every scene — is flat-out astounding, not
only bringing color, but shape and real dimension to every corner of the incredible universe that all three
creators have built together.

Even the nuts-and-bolts, real-world physical way this book is produced, via today’s state-of-the-art
technology, is magical: computer files transported through time and space all the way from Glasgow,
Scotland to a little, virtual town in New York named FTP. It’s downright creepy! Of course, once in our
clutches, a special nod goes to Phil Balsman, for his exacting attention to detail, as he letters each
issue, capturing tone and emphasis for every nuance of each character’s voice.

In keeping with our theme, very little of this book actually “exists” until the moment it rolls off the
presses in Montreal and into your local store. Truly magical — from start to finish! Beginning with an
origin summed up in four simple panels and four terse captions, and including a half-million-ton house
key, a super-romantic birthday kiss on the moon, front-row seats to see “Frankenstein on Ice,”
Lex Luthor’s prison break aided and abetted by none other than star reporter Clark Kent, and the coolest
game of fetch that anyone’s ever played with “man’s” best friend... Well, if this is your first time
reading this, you're in for a real treat.

My assistant, Brandon Montclare, and | are truly honored to be able to usher this very special book
through DC’s hallowed halls. We literally sit front row and center as these artisans work their craft, and
even we still can’t believe our own eyes.

Magic. Pure and simple.

Bob Schreck, Group Editor - DC Comics January 2007

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WORLD BELIEVED HIM AND
DOUBTED US.

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TO TELL YOUT'M _ BUT LEX
PROUD OF EVERY ONE LUTHOR ZL/ED,
OF YOU WHO STUCK BY LIKE HE ALWAYS:
THE PLANET’S INTEGRITY | LIED.
IN ITS DARKEST HOUR.

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HEAVILY IN INTENT TO PROFIT
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FIFTEEN THE SUN.
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BOUT KILLING
SUPERMAN.

DON’T YOU
THINK?
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OWN BIOELECTRIC IMPOSSIBLE,
FIELD... FLORA.

1. WE/VE RUN
EXHAUSTIVE
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PUSHING AGAINST
THE EQUIVALENT OF
200 QUINTILLION
. TONS, SUPERMAN. —

I/D SAY
YOUR STRENGTH
HAS TRIPLED, AT
LEAST, AND WE S7/LL
HAVEN’T FOUND AN
UPPER LIMIT.
YOU'VE
MANIFESTED ONE
NEW SUPER-POWER
AND OTHERS MAY
APPERR.
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THE GOOD
NEWS...

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I’M NOT SURE
HOW TO 7ELL
YOU THIS.

YOUR
TRIP TO THE
SUN EXPOSED YOU
TO CRITICAL LEVELS
OF STELLAR RADIATION, THERE CAN
MORE RAW ENERGY BE ONLY ONE
THAN YOUR CELLS ARE OUTCOME, EVEN
ABLE TO PROCESS FOR YOU.
“ EFFICIENTLY.
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LIKE TINY THE WEIRD B/OELECTRIC
FIREWORKS DISCHARGES.
BELOW MY
WHAT A BIZARRE
IRONY IF THE SOURCE
OF MY POWERS WINDS.
UP KILLING ME, WHEN
EVERYTHING ELSE
HAS FAILED.

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SCAN OF YOUR
CELLS SHOWS THEM Fas
SUPER-SATURATED | ie ©
WITH SOLAR a
RADIATION.
BURSTING
FROM WITHIN.

IF I HADN’T
TRIED TO STEAL FIRE
FROM THE SUN, NONE
Wy \ OF THIS WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED. YOU RISKED
EVERYTHING TO SAVE
MY CREW AND ME.

BUT LUTHOR HAS

USED US TO KILL
YOU.
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TO ESCAPE FROM A
DOOMED WORLD TOO,
SUPERMAN...

DON'T WORRY,
IT’S CALLED WHEN I RESURRECTED THE DNA MY PARTNER, AGATHA, SHE’S ONE
THE PAST. PR.O.J.E.C.T. AND DIRECTED IT ONLY WANTS TO READ , OF OUR SENSI/TIVES—
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LIKE BACH.

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FIND A WAY TO CRACK
THE KRYPTON CODE, WE
SUPERMAN.

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FOR CENTURIES OF DEEP
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MEGANTHROPES. HIS BLOOD IS 80%
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NORMAL RESTRICTIONS ON HUMAN
SIZE AND ANATOMY JUST DON’T
APPLY IN WEIGHTLESS
CONDITIONS.
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REPLACE YOU, IF
WE HAVE TO.

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LARK KENT
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YOU BEEN,
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A WARRANT HERE
FOR YOUR ARREST ON
CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED
MURDER AND ALSO
CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY.

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I DO SOMETHING
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TO SUPERMAN.
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WAS DYING AND...
DO...AH...DO AND...
YOU EVER WORRY
ABOUT DEATH,

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AN IDIOT!

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7 KNOW WHERE MY SELF-
ESTEEM WOULD BE
WITHOUT YOU.
ALONE IN
FRONT OF THE
TELEVISION.

: THANKS
FOR CARRYING
\ ALL THIS STUFF,
CLARK.
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THERE... V” THERE WAS
SOMETHING I
WANTED TO TELL IF THIS IS ABOUT
YOU AND... 4 THE TR/AL COVERAGE,
WE CAN GO OVER ALL
THAT MANANA. T HAVE
[ TOFLY,
CLARK.

PLEASE
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I HAVE
SOMETHING
TO TELL
YOU.
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LOIS, IT’S A TIME THAT DOOR, WITH
CAPSULE. THAT KEY.

WHEN THEY DO,

I WANT THEM TO KNOW
HOW IT FELT TO LIVE AT
THE DRAWN OF THE AGE OF
SUPERHEROES.
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Bm THIS CRITTER? NEW OLYMPUS.
HE’S A BABY
SUN--EATER;I CAUGHT HIM
PROWLING AROUND THE
ORBIT OF JUPITER.

APPETIT.

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IN THERE/ SHRINKING RAY TO STORE LIVING SAMPLES
OF EVERY THREATENED SPECIES WITHIN
YOU CAN GO A HUNDRED LIGHT YEARS INA
ANYWHERE IN THE SINGLE DRAWER...
FORTRESS, BUT
THIS ROOM IS OFF
= LIMITS.
 TRADITIONAL
KRYPTONIAN FORMAL
WEAR FROM THE
FOURTH AGE.

I MADE
IT MYSELF.

«I DIDN'T KNOW YOU )

tet Core
COULD SEW. _ THOUGHT MY TRIP
LEARN. ;
iB ye MY STRENGTH,
CURIOSITY, MY
a » IMAGINATION, MY,
CREATIVITY.

mw OKRY, "TIME".
MAGAZINE, NO LESS,
IN THE COUNTRY, IF NOT
__THE WORLD,

- AND IT’S
I EAT 7_ALSO MADE YOU
SECRETS FOR THREE TIMES MORE
BREAKFAST. HONEST, |S THAT
W HAT I’M
SUPPOSED TO
BELIEVEP
SPARE ME THE
SUSPENSE, SUPERMAN/
WHEN DO CLARK AND
YIMMY BND PERRY POP OUT
OF THE SALT AND PEPPER
BIRTHDAYS

BUT IN ALL MY
YEARS OF TRYING
TO PROVE CLARK WAS
YOUR DISGUISE, DID. § THE...
I UNCOVER EVEN ONE AH... THE MENU
SHRED OF SOLID IS THE ACTUAL
EVIDENCEP ONE...FROM THE
TITANIC...
I PICKED
THE INGREDIENTS
AND PREPARED IT
MYSELF...

AREN'T YOU
HAPPY YOUR
SUSPICIONS WERE
RIGHT ALL
ALONGP
 wall reeV WEL EE,
many ANYWAY, «OR THE
TIME CLARK
PRESENTED
HAPPY? _)WITNESS \N THE BOSS YOU WITH THE
GRIMALDI TRIAL AND "METROPOLIS
YOU ACCOMPANIED MEIN OF THE
HIM EVERYWHERE MILLENNIUM"
AS HIS BOPY- AWARD?
GUARD?

PLERSE, CLARK KENT

I KNOW HOW AND SUPERMAN BRE \
IT MIGHT HAVE ONE AND THE SAME /
SEEMED BUT THOSE
WERE ALL RUSES,
TO eg Maa
Ou

DON'T
SWERR...BECAUSE
IF YOU WERE
CLA nee

IF CLARK
KENT WAS SECRETLY
SUPERMAIN OR THE
OTHER WAY AROUND,
WHATEVER.

THAT
: WOULD MEAN
YOU'D BEEN LYING
TO ME FOR YEARS,
WOULDN'T IT?

CONFIDE IN
ME Nowe

A
WITH SUCH
CONVICTION/
YOU'RE ACTING
VERY STRANGELY,
SUPERMAN/
—T CAN'T AND I’M
NOT SURE I
TELL YOU WHY,
“LOIS.

1|_\twasthe first time

|I’d really seen our whole fe
I| freakish relationship in
stark black and white
 And now I keep asking
myself, "what does this
have to do with that
creepy room he keeps
disappearing into
7

MIRROR
OF TRUTH,
HUH?

&
ye “ 5 : =
be
// x Wi) +
ATTEN pa 2, é CLI ELITES TESTE TETT aed UN

These new powers; his:

new super-intellect.

( What if they've
really changed him?

: What if something’s |
happened to his mind and he’s
brought me hereto be a part -
of some awful experiment
he’s planning inthat roomP
 HOW CA T TAL
ZT OMY WANTEDUS
TO VATE TS TIME
PNA OPV
VAI Ce OP LAGTP

HOW perk
SOW HER
WITH THE NENG Leta
UW OVINGP
 Ihaveto _
protect myself.

‘Just in case
| something
 WILL...
SUPERMAN AND : 4 ws THE HORRIBLE...
T EVER MARRY — f ZZEXXTTT AINSI VER.
AND HAVE GEA i 18 BEFORE
CHILDREN? ae ; —s YOU.

«NOW... re FUTURE... MUST

KKZZKKT..MY
QUESTION... NO ONENDEUR

sa ANSWER
FIRST0,VEEEKKTove
RECEPTION POOR
HERE... LISTEN
CAREFULLY...

51
 T/M...I/M FINE:
SERIOUSLY. resco
NEED PNY HELP, Bay
THANK YOU. 6

What if that was really him,

transformed into a monster:
so awful he has to hide his fac
and lie about his deformity?

It’s
all §
making
sense.

He saw a vision of his |

| Own future in the:

Whatever he’s &

=| become, whatever
lurches
out of
that room...

I have to be
ready for it.
 And if he’s brought me here
to be the mother of a race of
deformed superhuman horrors,
he has to be stopped.

JEEP on
SUPERMAN
 INTERESTING
WAY TO DISCOVER
I’VE BECOME IMMLINE TO
SUPERMAN? q N NI
ORERADIRTON.
TICKLES.
 HE LEFT THE LAB
‘i Pay DOOR OPEN WHILE TAWAS
MIND IE yo
[ea .
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1 Goa
REACTIONS...
PROCESSING [am > Zs Ww.
PROBLEM, IT
SEEMS.

THAT AWFUL
ROOM WITH THE
DISSECTING
MACHINE...

WHAT YOU
SAW WAS A SUPER
SEWING MACHINE,
IT USES DIAMOND-
TIPPED NEEDLES
TO WEAVE LIGHT,
INDESTRUCTIBLE oe
» THREAD. : eras yar ARE
A bat H yy |
SORRY I KEPT 5 =\ ABOUTP
DISAPPEARING, BUT 7 ot oN
I WANTED TO MAKE YOUR
BIRTHDAY PRESENT AND, AT
SIX BILLION LETTERS, IT TAKES —
EVEN ME ALONG TIME TO READ <=
AND MEMORIZE AN ENTIRE A=
DNA CODE.

OU ALMOST SPOILED" THESE NEW EXO-GENES I'VE BEEN I WAS TRYING TO KEEP
MY SURPRISE, BUTI , MAKING ALLOW A HUMAN BEING TO IT A SECRET, LIKE...AH...
GUESS YOU CAN DUPLICATE MY POWERS FOR LIKE THAT IDENTITY
COME /W NOW. 24 HOURS. OF MINE.
BUT
 HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, ?
LOIS LANE

TAA
Episode 3

SWEET DREAMS, SUPER WOMAN...

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 OPEN IT.

! MY SUPER- Yee
POWERS. £

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY,
LOIS.

YOU’/RE
SERIOUSP
ae
Ot
ann I'M WRITING ,
A FEATURE ON
THAT CAR.
RIGHT, STEVEN LOMBARD, \
7 YOU JUST GO ON AHEAD AND \
WAAL} ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF
AN ARMY OF FLESH- EATING :

THAT I SHOULD ;
WAS METROPOLIS HAVE KNOWN THERE
SKYPORT: OUR RIDE TO WAS GOING TO BE
POSEIDONIS HAS BEEN TROUBLE WHEN CLARK
GROUNDED, DUE TO KENT WANGLED HIS
GIANT TALKING LIZARDS | WAY OUT OF THIS
AND SCALDING S7EAM BIRTHDAY PARTY ,
CLOUDS IN THE MID- 4 FARCE. ¢
TOWN AREA.
I SWEAR THAT Vo
MAN CAN SMELL
~ TROUBLE. <4

MS. GRANT, 4 WE DON’T NEED } 5 YOUTELLME ‘“%&

MR. LOMBARD, I'M }» SUPERMAN! WHAT A SPACEMAN \
TAKING IMMEDIATE P AND, FLYING AROUND IN HIS
STEPS. IF YOU ASK : UNDERWEAR CAN
ME, OLSEN, 4 GIVE HER THAT ARGOOD
NEITHER DOES OLD HUNK OF PRIME
\ LOIS LANE, => AMERICAN eee

BEATS ME, Ye
MISTER L.

bers LIKE
SUPERMAN WASN'T
THE ONLY ONE WHO
\ HEARD MY ALARM
SIGNAL.

1S THAT
WOMAN OUT
OF HER
MIND?
 THIS
SHOULDN'T TAKE
LONG, LOIS, I’M
SORRY.
THE LAST N
THING I WANTED ON
YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS
A REPTILE INVASION
FROM THE EARTH'S
CORE.

ARE YOU
KIDDING?

D HAVE
FELT CHEATED IF
THERE HADN’T BEEN
MONSTERS

SOMEONE 3
JUST BEAT US
TO IT. :

ABOUT Z GIVE
YOU SOMETHING
TO CHEW ON,
UGLY!

KRULL
WILL EAT your
CHILL-DRUNNY.
 TIS.
OH, I :
KNEW TODAY \_
\ WAS GONNA BE
: GOOD.

63
 HE WON’T
BE BOTHERING
7A\ METROPOLIS AGAIN
FOR A WHILE.

THAT’S MY
FEAT TAKEN
CARE OF.

HAVE I MISSED
SOMETHING?
KRULL’S
{ LUNGS JUST |
\_ BURST.

LAST WE MET,
-/ YOU WERE HEADED FOR
THE YEAR 2067 TO RETRIEVE
SOME TREASURE YOU'D
HIDDEN ON HALLEY’S
COMET...

BY YAHWEH, I'VE AND I’M SURE j

Y FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT my MY FELLOW SUPER-
ACROSS THREE GALAXIES AND
COUNTLESS CENTURIES, BUT I’VE STRONGMAN WOLLD
> NEVER MET A WOMAN LIKE ~ AGREE. eee
YOU, LOIS LANE.

64
 THERE’S ONLY
ONE THING ABOUT
THIS HELL/SH CENTURY
THAT COULD DRAW ME
HERE FROM NEW
ELYSIUM.

I SWEAR BY THE EVERLASTING ' THOU SURELY HAST THE

INOWS OF OLYMPUS, LOIS LANE, LOOKS, THE INTELLECT,
RE PRACTICALLY DRIPPING 4 AND NOW THE SKIN OF
ALLURE IN YON CLINGING STEEL THAT ATLAS
: GARMENT. _ XN ead oe A

7” YeRH..ONLY.
FOR TWENTY-
FOUR HOURS,
THESE ARE ROMEO.
'/ TEMPORARY
SUPER-POWERS;
SUPERMAN MADE |
THEM FOR MY
BIRTHDAY.

GENTLEMEN, I DID ONLY OFFER

IF YOU DON’T MIND, COMPLIMENTS.
THE Pele WITH ar IS SHE NOT
DESERVING?
 HOW ABOUT WE
LET THE LADY DECIDE
WHO SHE’D LIKE TO
SPEND HER DAY WITH, £
SUPERMAN?
WE PROPOSE A

WE/LL EACH
OF US PERFORM
A SUPER-FEAT OF
STRENGTH IN HONOR
OF LOIS LANE. _

y THE MOST .
INCREDIBLE

SINGLE = WE HEROES
e GIRLS WITH BRAINS, i i ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO
WINS MY_\e BEAUTY AND SUPER " | GO THE EXTRA FURLONG
COMPANY? esa hee RARE -§ mA IN OUR QUEST FOR THE
i IN Roece fete
TURY, | ‘a See _ PERFECT MATE.

THERE
DOESN’T SEEM
MUCH LEFT FOR
YOU TO DO,
SUPERMAN/

7 LETS GET
THESE WOULD-BE \ ™
CONQUERORS BACK \
TO THE CENTER OF THE |
EARTH WHERE THEY / ~
BELONG.
 THEN ALLOW :
{ ME TO DEAL WITH }
THIS, DINO-CZAR
TYRANNKO.

THE AS AMAZING AS
DESCENDANTS THESE RADIOACTIVE
OF DINOSAURS WHO CROWN VEWELS IT... ERR...
BORROWED FROM THE
ULTRASPHINX BACK IN
THE FIRST DYNASTY OF
ATOM-HOTEP, SOTH
CENTURY BCP

( IMPRESSIVE.
BUT I’D
WATCH OUT, LOIS;
2EURANIUM |S
LETHAL.

NOT WHEN
YOURE IMMUNE
TO ALL HARM FOR A NIGHT ON THE
TWENTY-FOUR TOWN WITH SUPERMAN
HOURS. CAN NEVER RIVAL THE DATE
LOOK, S OF A THOUSAND LIFETIMES
I’M GENUINELY ie WITH TIME-TRAVELING
FLATTERED, GUYS-- SAMSON/
BUT YOU’D HAVE TO
GO ALONG WAY
TO OUTDO
SUPERMAN.

WHEN YOURE WE’LL DINE

IN THE PASSENGER AL FRESCO ON TRICERATOPS
SEAT OF MY CUSTOM BOURGIGNON |N THE TWILIGHT OF
CHRONOMOBLLE, THE CRETACEOUS ERA, THEN END
Aa THE THE EVENING WITH DRINKS
AT THE CRUCIFIXION.
 IF TWIN YOUR —™~
HEART, I‘LL MAKE THE
TITANS KNEEL BEFORE YOU
AND HARNESS EIGHT WILD _ |
HIPPOGRIFFS TO DRAW OUR
PERFUMED LOVE CHARIOT
ACROSS THE BRAVE
EMPYREAN.
I’LL CRUSH .
RAW DIAMONDS INMY__ _*
MIGHTY FISTS AND SQUEEZE
FROM MY FINGERS A
SPARKLING WINE FIT FOR
IMMORTALS!

THAT’S
DAY ONE...

ws
DID YOUSEE TOONS
eee
Saae ING
\ WITH SAMSON :
BELT BUCKLEP : ; I’M JUST TERCHING
: ah wT eae ‘ _YOU ALESSON.

j : . ead : Y¥‘KNOWP
BUT MINE IS oe : f. AFTER THE CREEPY
BIGGER! aa g 5 AND RIDICULOUS
inex ; ‘2 ’ IMPERSONATION OF
CLARK KENT THAT
STARTED ALL
THISP

I WASN'T
IMPERSONATING
CLARK,IT AM NS ag
CLARK. Fe SUPERMAN, :
ea PLEASE, WE BOTH KNOW é
YOU'LL WIN ANY CONTEST -4 " ;
et | THESE LOSERS CAN : y) IT’S MY
LOIS, DREAM LIP. ‘ 4
WHY WON'T YOU
BELIEVE MEP
 I DON’T
LIKE YOU MUCH, a &
SAMSON; WHEREVER f
YOU GO, TROUBLE

‘i
WHAT DO
I HAVE TO DO TO
MAKE YOU KEEP YOUR

oe 7
IMA
TIME-TRAVELER,
SUPERMAN.

ACCORDING
TO MY SOURCES, SHE
WON‘T BE YOUR GIRL
FOR TOO MUCH
LONGER.

IN FACT, IT
LOOKS LIKE SHE’LL BE
NEEDING A SHOULDER
TO CRY ON SOON
ENOUGH.

ALL’S t
FAIR IN LOVE
AND WAR.
 AND WE
FIGURE YOU'LL SOON . * Lois
BE WAY TOO BUSY WITH AND I HAVE AN
YOUR CHALLENGE TO APPOINTMENT
EVEN THINK ABOUT IN POSEIDONIS:
DATING. AT 3:30
MID-PACIFIC
TIME.

WHAT’S — THIS MONSTER

GOING ON, ]
ATLAS? THERE WAS iZe=
1) = L M4Fy
puesCRNCE WE”
SOMETHING \at 3 AH... BORROWED THE
WE NEGLECTED \ JEWELS OF ATOM-
IS THIS PART TO MENTION... uA HO
OF MY BIRTHDAY - THE ULTRA-
SURPRISEP _4 SPHINX. i
: ; \G

JUST BEFORE
YOUR DEATH, IT’S SAID
YOU COMPLETED 12 SUPER-
CHALLENGES, THE STUFF /
OF LEGEND. S
you
J CREATED LIFE,
YOU ESCAPED FROM |
THE UNDERVERSE,
YOU OVERTHREW THE /
TYRANT SUN... ae

«6 AND YOU
! ANSWERED THE \
UNANSWERABLE }
QUESTION. 4
NG |
Gj
Vad

re

| daca,
Ds uncetcaney:ws
 Pr JUDGMENT

YOU TWO 4 j a WE.,,.WE

MORONS STOLE — ) { DIDN’T MEAN
/
THAT NECKLACE, ja sam A | FOR THIS TO
DIDN’T YOUP 4 2 ie HAPPEN/
DON’T YOU 5
UNDERSTAND? WE
COULDNT FIGHT THE
ULTRASPHINX WITHOUT
HELP11SO.SO WE
LED IT HERE...

WE
TRICKED YOU,
SUPERMAN.
BUT I SWEAR
| { TOLIVING ZEUS,
WE MERNT VO _HAR
TO LOIS LANE.

IF SHE
DIES, YOU'RE
BOTH ON A ONE-
WAY TICKET TO

SUPERMAN...
iF IT GOES
WRONG...

im ATLAS. IND 4 WON'T WEHAVE TOW IF YOU'RE.

y VOUR SDL, 5 FIGHT, AND YOU |FINDRIGHT, T’LL
AN ANSWER
TO HIS QUESTION,
WHATEVER
IT IS.
HOW ABOUTS
THIS?
 ane
A DAT
BOTTOM OF : ne WHAT
OUN Ole
REMEMBER? CONTEST=

THAT’S
HARDLY WHAT
YOU’D CALL A FEAT
OF STRENGTH,
SUPERMAN.

Ow
ABOUT I WRESTLE
» YOU FOR HER/P
OR IS
THE MIGHTY
MAN OF STEEL FA
COWARD PFTER
ALL?

EVEN
THE "6" ON
HIS BACK IS
YELLOW.

OKAY, THAT’S
ENOUGH.
 IF I WIN, YOU
GET IN SAMSON'S
CHRONOMOBILE AND
LEAVE THE 21ST
CENTURY RIGHT
NOW.

I’LL BE
LEAVING WITH rs
LOIS LANE ONMY |e
ARM AFTER I’VE :
DEFEATED YOU,
SUPERMAN.

IONLY HAVE \%
ONE WERKNESS...
SCISSORS.

CAN'T QUITE
SEEM TO GET IN
A COMFORTABLE
POSITION.

COME ON,
FELLAS. J
OR WOULD ‘NX
YOU LIKE ME a
PUSH!I?
a a a
 rst (cz DATINS

a2 eee, ee~ f~
pa
eee ET

1. GUESS
: THERE HAS TO ¥
Y PFI’VEYOU
you Kc
KNOW
ALWAYS HAD .
aca
5
Bae:
y ;
ar
Nae
Si
7
on
eee
HELP, LOIS.
T |
AN UNANSWERED : 3 j =
QUESTION OF

y EVERYBODY
CAN GUESS WHAT
LOIS LANE SEES
IN YOU, BUT...
Y’KNOW, WHY ME,
SUPERMAN?

you
KNOW, THERE’S
SOMETHING T’VE
WANTED TO DO
SINCE THE VERY
FIRST DAY WE
MET,

71
 7_MYBIRTHDAY \
3 GIFT IS STARTING
»\ TO WEAR OFF...
DD BIG TIME.

I CAN'T
SMELL THE TREES
IN CRNEP AL ITCANTT SEE
ALL THAT GORGEOUS
RADIO ANYMORE... THE
STARS HAVE STOPPED
SINGING LIKE THEY
USED TO.

«BUT ILL
NEVER HAVE TO PLT
UP WITH THE ANNOYING
EE OF ees

GRATEFUL

I FEEL
TIRED AND I’ws
SORE ALL OVE
SUPERMAN, Mike
I’VE BEEN
DANCING ALL
MGHT,. .

BUT THANKS...
FOR LETTING ME LIVE
~ IN YOUR WORLD
FOR A DRY.

; YOUDOA
: REALLY GOOD CLARK KENT \I
; IMPRESSION... ALMOST HAD
ME FOOLE;
WHERE... WHERE
WAS CLARK... TODAY
ANYWRY...P

I,,,T HAVE
A (ellos
OR
ee ,
Episode 4

THE SUPERMAN/JIMMY OLSEN WAR!

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 WE’RE
THROUGH, \
JIMMY
OLSEN///

HEY,
YOU'VE JUST iS ; ,
BEENNAMED THE © ea
| WORST-DRESSED MAN |
A 'IN METROPOLIS FOR
THE SECOND YEAR
RUNNING/ THE "FOR A
DAY" FEATURE THEY
BASED THAT ON WAS
"T WAS DOWN AND
OUT IN MEDIEVAL /
ENGLAND..." _4

+ THE YEAR *
BEFORE, I WAS
CELEBRATING MY
BRONZE MEDAL
SUCCESS INTHE }
HOMELESS jf
OLYMPICS!

IKE ALL THE EXCUSES

YOU WANT, PAL.
: zeueve Vay
PACE PILOT, HAS ASKED IT, JIMMY. JA
E TO GO WITH HIM TO THE
THIS IS
W ICE AND I’M SERIOUSLY OUTRAGEOUS! }
HINKING RBOLIT TAKING AM 7
~ HIMUP ON IT. fe.
| “77 I CAN’T
BELIEVE YOU'D BE > sal ~
SO SHALLOW, BECALISE THAT
LUCY/ WHAT ARE GYPSY CURSED
YOUGOING TO ¥ Bf ME WITH BAD LUCK |
! DO TO REINSTATE UNTIL THE NEXT
YOURSELF IN MY \ FULL MOON,
AFFECTIONS » RIGHTP 4
BEFORE IT’S TOO
LATEP WORST
DRESSED!

I'M JIMMY
OLSEN! —
 I HAVE —
TO HAND \T TO
YOU, OLSEN.

GUYS IN THE
coo
HALF THAT WANTS TO
COUNTRY HATE | : DATE YOU.
YOU, THE OTHER |
HALF WANNA
BE YOU.

THAT’S
THREE HALFS,
CHIEF.

AND SO
FAR THEY’RE
ALL GUYS.

I LOVE
YOUR "FOR A DAY"
COLUMNS...
 RELUCTANT
AS I AM TO ADMIT !T,
EVERYBODY'S READING CIRCULATION
JIMMY OLSEN ON THE ON THE SUNDAY
WEEKEND. PLANET \S THROUGH
THE ROOF SINCE WE PLIT F
YOU ON FEATURES, BUT
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
FOR ME NEXT?
HOW.
DO YOU TOP
"T WAS AMERICA’S
SWEETHEART... FOR
A DAY"P

PICTURE
THIS, CHIEF.

"SOME SAY
SPACE IS THE FINAL
FRONTIER, BUT FOR ME,
JIMMY OLSEN, IT WAS ONE
SMALL STEP IN AN INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY AND A CHANCE TO
SWAP MY STYLISH
THREADS FOR A COVETED
COAT OF MAINY
COLORS..."
 a MIN | THOSE PRE
TELL HIM HEY, KEEP THE KIND OF OFFBEAM.
TOEEAD, WHICH, QUITE IT COMING: Nfe
FACTOIZS ay
COINCIDENTALLY, \S AGATHA. J
THE TIME I, PERSONALLY,
REQUIRE ON THE
TOILET.

I’M KIDDING,

a Cire
MISTER OLSEN.

MY G-MEN SECURITY BODYGUARDS:

Ein 20:
WARCOPS.
See
TEAM IS COMING WITH ME,

MUCH
TROUBLE? ENGINEERED
END TO
LARGE SCALE
: ARE IN YOUR HANDS.
CONFLICT USING
NON-LETHAL
MEANS.

AH, THE FAMOUS

AWE- : SEEN SN ae
INSPIRING. FORGET I HAVE A elias HOPE YOU WON'T.
: SUPER BODYGUARD Sous NEED THAT.
OF MY OWN IF
=“ ANYTHING GOES SHIELD YOUR
BUT YOU a Oa WRONG. cae Saat EYES, MISTER OLSEN. THE
CAN KEEP ‘EM, Tar ay ce ELECTROKIND ARE
MISTER Q. | eee , > Bese : > TUNGSTEN GAS LIFE FORMS
a? =) ee Bey eras ee Saran caus WITH A BRITTLE GLASS
EXOSKELETON.

THEIR LANGUAGE IS PURELY OPTICAL, AND

SOME SENTENCES IN THIS GREETING MAY
CAUSE INSTANT BLINDNESS.

THESE SHAPES
I’M MAKING ARE THE
EQUIVALENT OF WORDS
ON THE WORLD OF THE
ELECTROKIND.
HERE
THEY COME
NOW.
 SUPERMAN RESCUED I PICKED UP ENOUGH OF THEIR
THEIR LIGHTSHIP WHEN IT VISUAL LANGUAGE TO MAKE MYSELF
CRASHED INTO SATURN'S UNDERSTOOD, AND NOW THEY’VE
RINGS. INVITED ME TO VISIT THEI
HOME PLANET.
IMPOSSIBLE
TO TURN DOWN BON
AN OFFER LIKE VOYAGE,
THAT. MISTER Q/

INYTHING CAN AND FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS,

AAPPEN 'ROLIND I’M WALKING IN THE SHOES
OF THE WORLD’S FOREMOST JIMMY OLSEN
ECCENTRIC ZILLIONAIRE PRESENTS: "J WAS
4 DAREDEVIL... P.ROWEC.T.
DIRECTOR...FOR
wAS LEADER OF
A DAY!" SO
MUCH FOR
THE ULTIMATE FUTURIST THE GYPSY’S
THINK TANK, FROM THE CURSE!
SEA OF INGENUITY ON
THE DARK SIDE OF
THE MOON/

OKAY
P.R.O.J.E.C.T./S
OBVIOUSLY AN
ACRONYM: CAN
» ANYONE TELL ME
WHAT IT STANDS
FOR?
 11’VE DEDICATED MY
EXISTENCE TO EXPLAINING I GUESS...
THE UNIFIED FIELD \N THE WHEN YOU PUT IT
FORM OFAPERFECT ¥& LIKE THAT...
HAIKU.

IF WE CAN
FIRST UNIFY THE
FUNDAMENTAL FORCES
IN OUR IMAGINATION,
YOU SEE, ALL ELSE
WILL FOLLOW...

"TO IMAGINE
THE FORCES UNIFIED
1S TO BEGIN THE
UNIFICATION"...
WE G-TYPES ARE
TOO MANY DESIGNED TO BE SPECIALISTS,
SYLLABLES... DIRECTOR OLSEN.
UNLIKE YOU,
OUR SOCIAL ROLES ARE
PREDETERMINED.
IT PREVENTS
CONFUSION.

WOW! T CAN'T NOW

DECIDE WHO I AM WE’RE GETTING
FROM ONE DRY TO SOMEWHERE...
THE NEXT/

PLEASE
COME AWAY
\ FROM THERE.

AW, COME ON, THE DOOMSDAY ROOM

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE IS RLEGACY OF P.R.O.J.E.C.1.S
GOOD STUFF P ORIGINS IN THE LS. ARMY‘S
: CADMUS DIVISION.
THE FORBIDDEN
MACHINES, THE BLACK OPS THE VAULT CONTAINS A
MONSTROSITIES, THE HIGHLY DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTAL
THINGS FROM OTHER STEM-CELL ACCELERATOR DESIGNED
PLANETS? TO TRANSFORM A SOLDIER INTO
AN UNSTOPPABLE KILLING
IF I’M IN MACHINE.
CHARGE, I WANT
TO SEE THE COOL PLEASE...
STUFF.

THESE SHIELDED TUNNELS BENEATH THE LUNAR

DOOMSDAY! SURFACE ARE KNOWN AS THE OUTER BURROWS
AND I BROUGHT YOU DOWN HERE
. FOR A REASON,

SEE, IT’S 18 HUNDRED

THAT’S THE KIND HOURS, DIRECTOR
OF EXCITEMENT OLSEN.
I NEED FOR MY TIME
FEATURE! TO CHECK ON
THE PORTAL TO THE
UNDERVERSE.
 THE
UNDERVERSEP

WHAT.
GOES ON DOWN
HEREP

WE'RE EXPLORING
THE WORLD OF
SUPERHEAVY GRAVITY:
A NEWLY DISCOVERED
BASEMENT LEVEL HIDDEN
BENEATH THE KNOWN
STRUCTURE OF THE
UNIVERSE.

YOURE LI HAVE
LOOKING INTO THE SOMETHING!
DENSE FOUNDATIONS BUT IT’S... IT’S...
OF REALITY, WHERE OVERLOADING THE
TIME /TSELF COOLS EQUIPMENT...
; TO A SOLID.
BIZARRO
INFRA-TECHNICIANS
ARE MINING FOR
MATERIALS...

DIRECTOR
OLSEN!
DON'T LET
GO, YOU'LL BE
CRUSHED TO
ATOMS!

MEMO
TO SELF: NEVER
REFUSE TO KISS
THE QUEEN OF THE
 THIS IS
NOW THIS. WV HONEST-TO-GOD,
| CLARK KENT AT. oery
THE PLANET GLb SCHOOL
JOURNALISM.

ARE YOU
: LISTENING, KENT? I
MAY NOT DISH OUT PRAISE
LIKE THIS FOR ANOTHER
HUNDRED YEARS!

PY .UH...OH,
» MY LAND, PERRY!
R{ 1 JUST REMEMBERED [ie
\ ILEFT THE OVEN
> ON AT HOME!

T’LL...UH...
I’LL HAVE THE
LUTHOR INTERVIEW
ON YOUR DESK BY
FRIDAY!

‘ud
 THE \
GRAVITATIONAL
PULL DOWN THERE }
IS IMMENSE. ie

pb
FELTA LITTLE \
FAINT FOR <
A MOMENT,
JIMMY. : I’M AFRAID I
- “J COULDN'T SAVE THE
WORKER WHO FELL
IN THERE.
? BUT MAYBE
I CAN BRING BACK
HIS DISCOVERY.

HERE’S WHAT
CAUSED ALL THE
TROUBLE!

UTION!
CAUTIO: oes
SUPERHEAVY UNKNOWN S ~
» INFRA MATERIALS HAVE
PENETRATED NORMAL

Fan 3
BUT I THINK
YOU SHOULD BACK
AWAY SLOWLY FROM THE
OBJECT WHILE WE SPIN
A GRAVITY-BOTTLE
TO CONTAIN IT.

91
 BLACK
KRYPTONITE.

A NEW /SOTOFE
AT THE LOW-FREQUENCY
END OF THE K-M/NERAL
SPECTRUM.
IT SEEMS WE’VE
DUG UP A RADIOACTIVE
FRAGMENT OF YOUR
HOMEWORLD THAT’S BEEN
BURIED FOR YEARS IN
THE UNDERVERSE.

I DON’T LIKE
THE LOOK OF THIS,
SUPERMAN.

K-RADIATION
CAN K/LL YOU.

NOT ANYMORE SINCE je

I BECAME /MMUNE TO 2
GREEN K, JIMMY.

CAN'T SAY IT
FEEL ANY PHYSICAL
EFFECTS FR .
SAMPLE” Mish t I GUESS
I’M FINE.
an
 GLAD
TO HEAR 'T, ” GLAD
\ SUPERMAN... 16 HEAR
IT.
FOR A
MOMENT THERE
I COULDN’T HELP
THINKING ABOUT
TH AT...

IT’S JUST
CHEAP MOONBASE
FURNITURE.

QUINTUM’S
: es DON’T HAVE LOADED
ENOUGH TO DO WITHOUT ANYWAY.
BAILING YOU OUT OF SOME
STUPID SCRAPE EVERY
OTHER DAY.

YOUWD B
DEAD WITHOUT
ME/

THAT ROCK...
IT DID SOMETHING,
DIDN’T ITP

1. lPROBABLY
INCREASED \TS
SALE VALUE WITH MY
AUTOGRAPH.

93
ALITTLE M/ISCHIEVOUS,
ALITTLE ANNOYING,
BUT BASICALLY...
BASICALLY...

a\
ise

t h
ae”

EVERY-
THING'S GONE...
GONE
OPPOSITE... _/
=. a

“
JIMMY, Ti. \
I KNOW WHAT |
BLACKK |
DOES... _/
a

PART OF
ME |S: STARTING
TO LIKE THAT
IDEA!
 EARTH!

ele) 4
THEM/ SWARMING
LIKE FUTILE BUGS
IN THE SUN.
WHO’S
(cje] NEMO)
STOP ME FROM
DOING ANYTHING
T WANT, JIMMY
OLSENP

P.ROWEC.T.
RED EMERGENCY! #

95
 SUPERMAN
HIMSELF HELPED
CREATE THREE Jf
AINTI-SUPERMAN
WEAPONS.

ONE WAS
KRYPTONITE-
POWERED AND
IS CURRENTLY
INEFFECTIVE.

THE PHANTOM WHAT CHOICE WOULD

ZONE! HAVE, FACED WITH AN EV)
SUPERMAN?
BUT THAT’S A
NO EXIT RIDE TO
OBLIVION!

HE
COULD ENSLAVE
HUMANITY.

77 _SECOND WEFPON,
THIS PHANTOM ZONE
CAINNON WILL SHORTLY |
BE RELEASED FROM LEAD
SHIELDING AND FIRED |
FROM AN ORBITAL
LOCATION.

HE’S SAVED
MY LIFE A ZILLION
TIMES.

WHAT ins
ABOUT THE THIRD DOOMSDAY,
WERPON?P RIGHT?
 \W STILL
Se STRONG AS
if ~ EVER WAS/

OUR VOYAGER
TITANS AND BIZARRO
CLONES HAVE FAILED
: TO STOP HIM/ —
Oe TR e San eis ae ee

PREPARE FOR
TELEPORT, DIRECTOR
. OLSEN.

WHERE AM
\ LOIS LANEP

I CAN'T LET
YOU EMBARRASS
\ YOURSELF LIKE
THIS.
 DIRECTOR
OLSEN, THIS IS
AGATHA!

AFTER INITIAL
TESTS, IT WAS DECIDED
THAT DOOMSDAY WHS TOO
UNSTABLE, TOO DANGEROUS
TO BE USED UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES!

~YOU AND THEY »

POINT DUMB GLIN
AT ME!

WITHOUT A
) HYPNOTIC TRIGGER |
TO BRING YOU BACK,
DOOMSDAY WILL
OVERWHELM YOUR
MIND!

I THOUGHT
OF EVERYTHING,
~ AGATHA.

WE MUST
USE WEAPON
TWO!
= ANDTHE
7 GUN’S NOT FOR
YOU,
\ SUPERMAN.

a
 Malas
AM YOU TALK
ABOLT...
 AM NO
IMPOSSIBLE...

OLSEN
WE MUST THIRTY SECONDS, HAS THIRTY SECONDS
FIRE THE MR. PRESIDENT. LEFT BEFORE DOOMSDAY
CANNON! OVERLOADS HIS NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
 WHAT AM\ Ce
“
HAPPEN. NO. NO DIE/ b——
\ TOMEP , FAIR/ age:
ne , Lee. > ME \
x. et 414 Ce.cas
im
M z.
: a
WEAKER...~ f aa ‘ Z) =

‘4
La
Gey
>|
pau GR
RQGR
GR
bm}
a
=
\ RA
. Ge&
 DONT _N
LET ANYBODY si
| SEE HIM LIKE 5)

K I KNOW ¢ HERE ARE

THIS IS GOING TO “ SOME Wi; TICKETS.
SOLIND INSANE, BIT .FOR THE OPENING
NATHAN AND I ARE THE )p MIGHT.
PRODUCERS OF THE | :
BROADWAY SMASH
“ERAINKENSTEIN
ON ICE.”

YOU AND
SUPERMAN JUST
SAVED OUR
LIVES FROM THAT
TERRIBLE
MONSTER.
 THE INERT BLACK K SAMPLE
\ IS SAFE IN THIS LEAD-LINED
THE BEST GRAVITY BOX.
"FOR A DAY" EVER
AND I CAN NEVER SOMETHING
TELL ANYONE. FOR YOUR TROPHY
OOM.

HAT A
NIGHTMARE.

THE BLACK K WEIRD THING ES S — I HOPE YOULL 4

SUPERMAN WAS a IS, THE WORSE HE ; TAKE ANYTHING “I” \ |
ACTED, THE WEAKER } f | SAID BACK THERE
EVERYTHING HE BECAME. : _ = WITH ario OF
YOU'RE NOT.
A BULLY,
A COWARD...
A LIAR...

MY, I CAN’T A-HEM, MISTER OLSEN, WE JUST I CHECKED THE

HANK YOU USED UP OUR ENTIRE ANNUAL SECRET PROWE.C.T.
ENOUGH. BUDGET IN ONE DAY/ BANK ACCOUNT IN
ZURICH--THERE WAS
HOW DO I YOU DON'T. BNINEINITY SIGN
EXPLAIN THIS \/,YOUDONT, | “IN THE CREDIT
I'M GLAD TO MISTER lg COLUMN.
I CAN ALWAYS QUINTUM: RESOURCES.
COUNT ON MY PAL
TO THINK FAST IN
A CRISIS.

T STILL HAVE 10 MINUTES

: LEFT AS P.R.O.J.E.C.T. DIRECTOR
No \ Otay AND A COUPLE OF LAST
" ‘ REQUESTS.
| Fi a INCLUDING
PROOF. ALARGE-SCALE,
— i SHORT-TERM COSMETIC
ALTERATION TO THE
MOON WHICH TD LIKE
TO COMMISSION.
 WHAT
HAPPENED
WITH ROCK
HANSOM?

ue HE WAS ME ASSIGNMENT?
J BEHOLD, THE MAYOR AT LEAST
ARRESTED FOR SELLING Yuu OF DULLSVILLE!_= §=+ SOTTO LOOK
| MIND-BENDING MARS Ji
ROCK ON EBAY. > THROUGH
LEO QUINTUM’S
WARDROBE...
7 HOW WRS YOUR VI «1 B65
ASSIGNMENT? RAINBOW CORTS,
ALL IDENTICAL!
ey” youmisseD
UP A MONSTER
DOWNTOWN.

eho
AND BY THE
WAY--

7 po you
THINKE J

'/_ vipMy
CURSE WEAR
OFF?
Episode 9

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LEX LUTHOR

Cover FRANK QUITELY
 ATTILA
THE HUN.

GENGHIS ‘a
KHAN.

ADOLF
HITLER.

Fag
 YOU FREELY ADMIT HAVE YOU
THAT THESE VILE AND APPALLING ANYTHING MORE TO
CRIMINALS ARE THE MEN YOU REVERE SAY BEFORE I DELIVER
ABOVE ALL AS HEROES AND THE VERDICT OF THIS
ROLE MODELS. - COURT?
REE YOUR
INSANE SCHEMES:
HAVE PLACED IN JEOPARDY
THE LIVES OF EVERY MAN,
WOMAN AND CHILD ON
THIS PLANET.

SUPERMAN
aged DO

HE SHOULD
BE ON TRIAL
HERE.

PUT GET THIS YOU’RE A HUMAN

ME AWAY, FARCE OVER Fie MONSTER, LUTHOR-- AN
YOU SENILE, f
WITH ; AMORAL, SOCIOPATHIC
SWEATING ; / LLDO PREDATOR, DRIVEN BY
TORD. : MORE THAN JEALOUSY, GREED AND A
GRANDIOSE SELF-
DELUSION/

IT GIVES ME
GREAT PLEASURE Vi
TO DELIVER THE
VERDICT OF THIS
COURT.
GUILTY ON
ALL COUNTS, OF
CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY.

7 THE SENTENCE
IS DEATH IN
THE ELECTRIC
CHAIR...
 WELCOME TO
STRYKER’S ISLAND,
MISTER KENT.

BUILT TO HOLD
THE CRAZY GANGSTERS OF
METROPOLIS IN THE 1930‘S, AND
NOW HOME TO 740 DERANGED
AND oe. Patan

THOUGHT IT
WAS THE GARLIC
BAGELS THAT
WERE MAKING ME
QUEASY, ONE HOUR
MAX. ON DEATH ROW
WITH THE WORLD’S
MOST NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL
SCIENTIST.
 YES;
I’M AWARE
OF YOUR
LUMBERING
PRESENCE, I WAS
KENT. JUST FINISHING
SOME FINE DETAIL
WORK ON MY
BIBLIOBOT
MARK 2.

A ROVING HE’LL READ YOU MOST OF THE TIME HE

LIBRARY. _ ANY OF A THOUSAND JUST FLOATS ARROUND
CLASSIC WORKS OF ON HIS OWN--IT’/S
LITERATURE FROM 2 PATHETIC.
"ULYSSES"...
CULTURE’S
A DIRTY WORD
NOWADAYS, BUT
GOD KNOWS,
I TRY...
 LOOK
AT YOU!

YOU WRITE
LIKE AR POET BUT
YOU MOVE LIKE A
LANDSLIDE. I’M SURE
CED I HAD MY DIGNITY
WITH ME WHEN I
CAME IN.

_@x

\ 2 We
OAR ae al AFTERNOON
¢ Ne LUTHOR. T’M... AHH...
I’M HERE ON THE
FLOOR FOR OUR
INTERVIEW.

DW VERY VY HERE I AM, ON q ALMOST MAKES

ONIC/S DEATH ROW, COURTESY \ j US QUITS, STAR
HATP 4 OF EVIDENCE GATHERED BY REPORTER. 4
meme \YOUR “NEWSPRPER," THE / 1 & HOW ABOUT
; DAILY PLANET! Kies THIS PRIR OF
ry ae " FAT GIRLS?

AH..,
THAT /S KIND
OF... KIND OF
IRONIC...

SOMEHOW
THEY OVERLOOKED
THE HIGH VOLTAGE
DEATHTRAP!

IT WOULDN'T CALL THEM - ~ THEY'VE GIVEN WY TOHEAR

GIRLS, THEY, AH... THEY LOOK MEAN HOUR TO TALK YOUR SIDE OF
PRETTY TOUGH TO ME. WITH YOU, LEX. THE STORY.

Ge
eviWBA VINCI
BEACEINE-
MOT, SSNs 5
J THERE’S A SNEER
HIDDEN IN THERE
SOMEWHERE, ISN’T
THERE?
FOLLOW
ME, KENT. |
 NEVER faAPECHVE. 4 aR
pitt SMUG
HAPPENED \F ANYONE ELSE V spyuee+ SELE-REGARD
HNN< ON THIS PLANET HAD ees eee adesSHUFFY HIS
THE WIT TO Bgl BEAMING ~FFF* BOYISH
SEE IT GRIN!
7 HOWDOES Nae
/ AMAN =HEH< LIKE Vig
YOU FEEL ABOUT
SUPERMANP = /
HONESTLY? _4

T’M...4H... I’M FINE WITH }{ AND YOU DON’T ~HUFF< FEEL OUR SPEAKING
HIM. HE’S ALWAYS BEEN IN ANY WAY DIMINISHED BY OF WHICH, MY...
FRIENDLY ARROUND HIS VERY PRESENCE ON THIS AH... JOB ASA
THE OFFICE. HUFF: PLANETP=HNNE J Se REPORTER,
STRANGE. ral , Te THAT IS, I..

WHAT /S
THATP

WHAT ARE
YOU WRITING
ABOUT ME

IT’S SHORTHAND,
LEX.
sm ~ = > 7 WHAT KIND
UNINTELLIGIBLE vos - 7 oF RIDICULO
“SQUIGGLES/ ae : | og | AFFECTATION
I CAN
MENTALLY CRACK \
ANY CODE KNOWN
©) TOMANINLESS
\ THAN A MINUTE,
: TIME ME...
 WHY CAN‘T YOU GIVE HER MY
5E AN ELECTRONIC REGARDS NEXT
ECORDING DEVICE TIME YOU DROP
-IKE ANY NORMAL BY THE FAMILY
HACKP PLOT.

OKAY =GNNT Ne
OMETHING ELSE jo]
TO LEARN. Bae

é THOSE
THINGS ... UH...
JUST DON’T...I
AN’T SEEM TO GET
THEM TO...AH... TO
WORK ARROUND

I PICKED
UP SHORTHAND
FROM MY MA.

= HRRUNNN «PERHAPS COOL, CRUEL LOIS LANE

MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE NOTICED GOOD
IMFIGINE LIFE \ OLD CLARK, SIGHING FAITHFULLY
ON THIS WORLD IF SOME = : THERE IN THE CORNER.
OPPORTUNISTIC ALIEN VERMIN
HADN‘T DECIDED TO DUMP
ITS pa mee

THAT’S
ALL I'VE EVER
ASKED ANYONE
TO DO.

IMAGINE
HOW IT WAS
WITHOUT SUPERMAN
TO DISTRACT HER,
YOU sa NEVER

———~ WHY AREN'T YOU }

BLUSHING? _ I’M JUST
SAYING... “TALL, STRAPPING,
I KNOW YOU
HAVE FEELINGS MIDWESTERN FARMER’S
FOR HER. BOY WITH BRAINS, INTEGRITY, \3)
4 AND NO S7YLE OF HIS OWN? f
, THAT'S APRIZE CATCHFOR
>» ANY CYNICAL CITY GAL...

I’M HERE TO - THROW IN SOME

INTERVIEW YOU, WEIGHT TRAINING AND
LUTHOR. THAT FLABBY PHYSIQUE OF
YOURS COULD EVEN COME
TO alta TiN ane

REMEMBER
| THE BIG
EXCLUSIVE YOU
PROMISED MY
EDITORP
 Ve SHE'LL \
NEVER SEE PAST
HIM TO YOU!

I PRESUME
YOULL BE
LAUNCHING AN
j APPERL...

BUT NEXT
/ TOHIM, SHE
SEES AN OFF, A
DULLARD, A
CRIPPLE!

LEX LUTHOR |S
?
KNOW WHAT,7
AN IDIOT! KENT

ARE
( YOU TRYING
TO INTIMIDATE

WE ALL FALL IT’S EASY TO BE STRON

SHORT OF THAT WHEN YOU Ju/S7 HAPPEN
SICKENING, INHUMAN TO HAVE COME FROM THE
PERFECTION, THAT PLANET KRYPTON!
IMPOSSIBLE
IDEAL.
THIS ~
TAKES HARD
REAL ~ WORK/
MUSCLES, NOT
LIKE A/S.
 IMPRESSIVE... _\
BUT ALITTLE OFF
TOPIC.
YOU SURE
DON’T ACT LIKE A
"\ MAN FACING IMMINENT
DEATH...
I DON’T,
DO IP

HANDS
OFF, KENT.

SO HOW'S
SUPERMAN THESE
DAYSP

LOOKS THAT
WRY.
 I JUST DON’T
GET \T--WHY SQUANDER
YOUR RESOURCES AND
INTELLECT ON THIS...FRANKLY,
UNHEALTHY... OBSESS/ON
WITH SUPERMAN?
+. YOU KNOW,
I'VE SPENT SO MUCH
OF MY ADULT LIFE IN PRISON,
THANKS TO HIM. IT SEEMS
LIKE HOME.

COMFORTABLE

Mi BR ER ae ee ats

~| WHAT WOULD YOU

| DO IF YOU HAD HIS
POWERS?
WHERE
BETTER TO ESTABLISH
AN ALTERNATIVE THAN AN
HERE, IN THE MOST HOSTILE ALTERNATIVE
ENVIRONMENT KNOWN TO WHATP
TO MANP
Q

THIS IS MY FINAL
YOU HAVE REVENGE--TO BE
THE EYEBROW SHAPE RIGHT.
BEAUTICIANS CALL THE
“SUPERMAN SWOOSH.” MY “SURVIVAL
APPARENTLY, 65% OF MEN | OF THE SMARTEST”
SUBCONSCIOUSLY TRIM DOCTRINES COMMAND
THEIR EYEBROWS THAT gsr RESPECT
WAY, TO BE MORE oe

LIKE H/M.
LEX,.YOU
DROPPED THIS
EARLIER. 4
 THE
WAME TYPES
RECURRING. &
THE BRUTES, THE
STRONG-ARM MEN,
THE ONES WHO NEED A
GANG TO BELONG TO--
A SIMPLE CREED TO
FOLLOW.
THE
MASTERMINDS,
THE LONERS...
STRYKER’S
IS MY BOTTLE CITY,
LIKE SUPERMAN’S
KANDOR--A WORLD
IN MINIATURE.

TRUTH, JUSTICE AND ALL

OTHER THINGS YOU CAN'T a: / THEY CAN FEEL THE
| ies OR CARRY! Ve COMING CHANGE, THE
: ™ WINGS OF A NEW HUMAN
O EVERY : RENAISSANCE.
STRACT HE =n
PRESENTS.

IS IT
REALLY ALL ABOUT
SUPERMAN?

LEX, THESE
MEN SEEM PRETTY
RESTLESS...

I’M TRANSFORMING
THIS PLACE INTO A NEW
MODEL OF SOCIETY, KENT, A
BLUEPRINT FOR UTOPIAN
LIVING/

et : BRAIN BEATS YF,

BUT bee BRAWN Ear | Ss oi
THE PARASITE ¥ . (ek
Ss ce \ PARASITEP
Boren ee oaae

EVERY
SOCIETY HAS ITS
MONSTERS.
 Wy
Hor! © YOU HEAR ME, I‘LL SHOW HIM
WHO’S BOSS
Y "PUNCH OUT THE
BIG, UGLY ONES FIRST,
iis gey LUTHOR?! WHEN THE TIME A. LEX!" MY GRAMMA f
COMES. _USED TO SAY!
THE
”\ PARASITEP
=

WAIT A
MINUTE/

HE’S SAFE
BEHIND LEAD
SHIELDING,
RIGHT?

* MORE POWER
THAN I EVER

BLT...BUT HE WHY BOTHER TO SHIELD HIM SO WHAT

FEEDS ON,...ON NEARBY ON HIS WAY BACK FROM IF HE DRAINS A
ENERGY SOURCES, LIKE THE INFIRMARY? TOASTER BEFORE
IF...IFSUH-SUPERMAN THE SCREWS TAKE
WERE PASSING BY OR HIM DOWN?
SOMETHING...

WHAT’S
CAN’T LET HIM
THE MATTER, TOUCH ME...I NEED
KENTP TO GET OUT OF
HERE.
SCARED
HE'LL ABSORB YOUR
LAST RESERVES OF
COWARDICEP

EVERYTHING
OKAY, MISTER
KENT?
 THE PHASE TRANSITIO:
A NECESSARY FIRST STAGE IN
THE FOUNDATION OF ANY NEW
SOCIAL ORDER.

LUTHOR,
OU’RE IN TERRIBLE
DANGER/
GNNN...
MY STRESS
ULCER!

KENT, THA
TEAR GAS, YOU
MORON/
 YOURE
UNDER MY
PROTECTION
d

OP24-
woOonk
Oyvnry
RY-40es
u amy
Ose
FO
aso
MOS
fore Xgec
yw
/
Lu
 HOW
DID WE GET
OUT HEREP
WHAT JUST,
HAPPENED...?

ath
I SAID FOLLOW
THAT COULD ME, KENT, IF YOU
HAVE BEEN MY WANT TO LIVE/
SKULL, KENT,

a MIND YOUR
GLASSES/ |

BUT
I CAN'T SEE
WITHOUT
THEM.

EVERYTHING’S
A COMPLETE
BLUR.
 IT’S YOUR
\ ASTHMA! ,

YOU KNOW,
PART OF ME WOULD BE
HAPPY WATCHING THESE
ANIMALS TEAR YOU APART,
YOU aa, Pies BUT
I WANT YOU
ALIVE.

I WANT
YOU TO TELL
MY STORY.

THAT’S
SOME SECURITY |
SYSTEM! i

THE STORY OF A WOULDN'T

MAN WHO REFUSED TO YOU RATHER TALK
BEND THE KNEE TO AN ABOUT YOUR
ALIEN INVADER.
ACHIEVEMENTS,
A MAN WHO LEXP
DARED ASK THE
QUESTION, “WHO DOES
SUPERMAN THINK CAN...
HE Isr’ CAN WE STAY
AWAY FROM THE
PARASITEP
 I REALLY MY CELL IS
DON'T THINK IT’S ‘DOWN HERE,”
SAFE DOWN AND THAT’S WHERE
HERE. WE’RE GOING.
a YOU WANT
; y, TO LIVE, DON’T
£ : YOU...

Vv,
LIKE A
SUNNNN

BULLETS Hae YOURE

WON'T STOP
HIM/ HE’S ore LOOK AT HIM,
CONVERTING THE ll BLOATED WITH
KINETIC ENERGY 5
INTO MORE é
NOTHING

DRAWN LIKE
A MOTH TO
SOME /MMENSE
ENERGY
_ SOURCE!

HUNGRY
SUNNN

SO PROVE
YOWRE FIT
TO LEAD US,
LUTHOR!

WELCOME
TO My COZY
MIDDLE CLASS
EXISTENCE. OW ENGTEINFOR
CDI ‘A MiRacte,
KENT/
 GET ME
OUT OF HERE,
LUTHOR!

THERE'S
GOING TO BE FIN
EAR THQUAKE!

HE'S GOING
TO CAUSE AN
EARTHQUAKE!
 STUFFED AND
BURSTING LIKE SOME
SICKENING OVERRIPE MY BULLETS
FRUIT! MUST HAVE TIPPED THE
BALANCE/ MADE HIM TOO
MASSIVE TO CARRY
HIS OWN WE/GHT.

URRHHHMH...

I GUESS
SO. SEE WHAT
HAPPENS TO ANYONE
WHO CROSSES ME,
KENT?

ANYONE WHO
UNDERESTIMATES
LEX LUTHOR?

AND THAT’S
EXACTLY HOW
HE’LL LOOK!

THAT'S.
HOW SUPERMAN
WILL LOOK AT
THE END/

MY
SHORTHAND
CAN’T HANDLE
THE VOLUME.
 ANYBODY
ELSE WANT TO
CHALLENGE MY
IDEASP

DIDN'T \ 7 I'MWALKING
THINK SO. STRAIGHT BACK
TOMYCELLON 6B
DEATH ROW-- yOu WANT
CHANGE WRIT
FOR MY
SIGNAL.

BUT YOU'RE
we T/LL TELL T’VE ALWAYS EASILY TMAKE YOU,YOUR
THEM HOW YOU LIKED YOU, WETPON INMY PAPER =MEND THE ENTIRE PENAL
HELPED ME OUT, KENT. WAR AGAINST SEEM COMPLETELY
QUELLED TI = WOU SUPERMAN. > UNRELIABLE.
RIOT... HUMBLE, MODEST,
UNCOORDINATED: *...FAIND THEN THE
HUMAN. INIMITABLE LEX LUTHOR
OPENED UP THE FLOOR AND
YOU'RE SHOOK HANDS WITH A
eo BABOON IN A SUPERMAN
HE’SN SUIT...” op

EVENING,
LEOPOLD.

YOUR ESCAPE
ROUTE, KENT,
EXCAVATED BY
BIBLIOBOT
MARK 2.

DID YOU KNOW

“MOBY DICK" CAN
RECITED AT FREQUENC
SO HIGH ,MELVILLE’
SONIC DRILL CAPABLE
CARVING THROUG
SOLID ROCKP
SITERALLY

r LOVELY
IASTHALTHIA
4ERE WILL TAKE
YOU BACK TO
‘HE LAND OF THE
LIVING WHILE SHE'S 18,
I AWAIT THE SPEAKS 30
END. LANGUAGES AND
WANTS TO RULE EYEBROW,
THE WORLD LEXY...
ONE DAY,
BLESS HER.
EYEBROW.

—KARRE~* WHAT ARE

SHAFFL .YOULOOKING NOTHING.
AT, KENT?
WITHOUT MY
GLASSES, I’M
COMPLETELY
BLIND.

COULD
ESCAPE ANY
TIME YOU
WANTED,
LEX.

HELL I USED THE

DIE SUN ITSELF, KENT,
FIRST. __THE SOURCE OF HIS
POWERS-- TO OVERLOAD
HIS CELLULAR BATTERIES
. AND DESTROY HIM FROM
WITHIN, DO YOU
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND?
BELIEVE YOURE - ©
GETTING
READY TO DIE
Sea
LIKE THIS.
YOU AND
SUPERMAN
COULD
HAVE BEEN

ARE YOU” T’MABORN |

INSANEP | DICTATOR!
YOULL
| DIE LIKE A
MAID DOG
IN THE
YARD!
THINK
STRAIGHT,
LEX!

Sal
T KILLED VP
SUPERMAN.
 HE DOESN'T
WANT THE WORLD
TO KNOW HE’S
DYING, OF SO BREAK TAKE YOUR
COURSE... THE NEWS EXCLUSIVE,
GENTLY. KENT.

I PLACE
HIS BELOVED
TRUTH \N

WITH IT.
YOU WANTED
MY STORY, “THE
GOSPEL OF LEX,”
AND NOW YOU
HAVE IT.

THERE’S NO
DEEP PSYCHOLOGY
BEHIND THE STRUGGLE HOW WOULD
BETWEEN SUPERMAN YOU FEEL IF SOME-
: AND ME. ONE DELIBERATELY
IT’S STOOD IN YOUR WRY,
ALL VERY OVER AND OVER
SIMPLE. AGARINP

(FIT
WAISN’T FOR
SUPERMAN, I'D
BE IN CHARGE
ON THIS
PLANET!

WHAT
MORE COULD
I WANT P
 Se

WHERE TO
NOW, MISTER
KENT?
 Ape Sou
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FUNERAL IN SMALLVILLE
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 Y YOUR
MA AND ME, WE’D
BEEN MARRIED, OH,
IT MUST HAVE BEEN
TEN YEARS BY
THEN.

AND LORD
KNOWS, ONE THING
AFTER ANOTHER, WE
BOTH BITTERLY
/ YOU MAYBE REGRETTED THAT WE
CAN'T IMAGINE } COULDN'T HAVE A
HOW IT WAS CHILD.
FOR US... eae

YOU KNOW
Ww ME, CLARK. I'VE NEVER
BEEN MUCH OF A ONE FOR
SITTING IN CHURCH, BUT
WHAT sare COULD

T CAME
RIGHT OUT
HERE AND T
PRAYED.

T FIGURED
NOTHING WOULD
HAPPEN, BUT T HAD
TO TRY...

THEN ss . YOU WONDER

ONE NIGHT, HUH?
NOT LONG
AFTER...
 A CHILDLESS COUPLE, AND NOT JUST ANY BOY...
BLESSED FROM ABOVE BUT THE FINEST YOUNG FELLA
T EVER MET.
WITH A MIRACLE BOY
FROM ANOTHER ER
WORLD. DOES THAT | YOU'RE
HAPPEN? DESTINED FOR
GREAT THINGS,
CLARK... -

: EVEN IM
o NOT IMMUNE TO
\ Se oe

YOU WANT
ME TO SHIFT THAT
OLD TREE THAT GOT HIT
BY LIGHTNING LAST
NIGHT?

BUT IT
LOOKS TO ME
LIKE SOMEBODY'S
GOT OTHER PLANS
FOR YOU...
 WHERE
HAVE YOU BEEN,
PAL?
 T STOPPED
LISTENING TO My
PA WHEN IT WAS
HIS AGE,

LAND’S SAKES,
PA, YOU'RE PALE AS
_ A GHOST.
 HE
CAN FLY IN
SPACE NOW,
MARTHA.

HE DOESN'T
* BELONG ONA
EVERYTHING oli FARM.
HAPPENS FOR A he eae
REASON... ° - NONE OF US DO
ANYMORE...

EVENING,
FOLKS.

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MISTER KENT. \ ae east
 WHO WERE THOSE PA KNOWS T CAN

WELL, T HAVE
TO SAY THEYRE A
MITE UNUSUAL, BUT
THEY'RE VERY WELL
MANNERED.
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PA WANTS THIS DONE =
HIS aeTHE OLD

CLARK, I'D LIKE MEN, THIS IS MY

YOU TO MEET OUR NEW SON, CLARK, I TOLD
FARMHANDS. YOU ABOUT. _
EIS
STUDYING TO BEA
JOURNALIST.

T'M...'M THESE BOYS MET IN THE

INCREDIBLE. \ © __\ HONORED TO WAR, DID T HEAR YOU SAY
CLARK ’ ~N MEET YOU. RIGHT, CALP
KENT, MY NAME’S
CALVIN ELDER. |

THE BIG
FELLA DON'T
OH YEAH, HE'S ee es OUR
SEEN SOME BOF PLEASURE,
ACTION, YOu if AN YOUNG MISTER

OUR
PLEASURE,
INDEED! 4
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sel WORKED IN A CIRCUS
=| AS THE "PINT-SIZED [am
eA ==POWERHOUSE,"
HE SAID.

BUT IT WAS THE

ONE IN THE BANDAGES...
WHEN HE SHOOK MY HAND
TI FELT ACHILL GO
UP MY SPINE.

THEY'RE HARD ‘ ey ACTUALLY, METROPOLIS WAS KIND

WORKERS AND ALL, Bee o OF OVERWHELMING.
IT'S JUST... 2
KNOW WHAT IT IS BLT wi| A1G (mutSEN OACe AND
T'M SUSPICIOUS. de . we \ EMPTINESS...

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iaSE,
DON'T YOU
THINK MAYBE THIS WHOLE
THING HES GONE 10 YOUR. ul
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BS CTH,
ALREADY?

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= : ees IF I NEED TO BE IN THE DECIDED WHAT TO
YOU'RE DO NEXT.
Ne CITY AT ALL.

I LIKE
FARMING.

DON'T YOU LOOK

WANT TO SEE THE AT US/ THE
WORLDP OLD _GANG, |
T WANT ALL Sor
TO SEE THE
WORLD.
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“FORGET.
I saw him/
It was the Kansas
Superman/

“Ain't no
such thing.

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Laas ee

CLARK KENT, ARE ' j

YOU LISTENING a ; es, : i
TO MEP : — - LT JUS
a Ms HAVEN’ H DECIDED,
DO YOU WANT
ME TO SEND A PRINT TO
YOUR MOM AND DAD OR : Re, BN Y , _,THIS SODA...
CAN I GET IT TO YOU IN T’D...AH... TD FORGOTTEN
METROPOLISP » & é 3 ? HOW RICH
BACKTHEHOME...
FOOD WAS

MAYBE T GO AHEAD, g
SHOULD EXCUSE CLARK. WHY DO YOU DON'T MAKE
MYSELF BOTHHAVE ; TO ACT Yoa oe ME TALK ABOUT
TALK
WE
ABOUT YOU Ns THIS, LANA,
WHEN YOU'RE
GONE.
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( HAS SUPERPOWERS
AND AN ACTION SUIT
LIKE MINE!
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HERE COME THE
\ OTHERS!

nT WAS TOO THE CHRONOVORE

LATE TO SAVE ATE THIS POOR MAN'S
HIM. ENTIRE LIFE.
BUT HE «LZ HEAR
DIDN'T DIE IN A DISTINCTIVE
\. VAIN, KAL... HEARTBEAT
a NEARBY...

ey /..LIKE AN
ECHO...

FINE DOG
YOU GOT
THERE.
HOW DID
YOU SNEAK
UP LIKE
THATP
 MY NAME'S ° I'M THE SUPERMAN OF YOU'VE TRAVELED IN
KAL KENT. A.D. 85,250. TIME BEFORE--YOU KNOW
ARE...
{ ARE YOU FROM
WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
AKRYPTON, LIKE YOUR LITTLE
SUPER-FAMILIAR > AS A MEMBER OF
HERE’S SPOOKED BECAUSE THE SUPERMAN SQUAD, T
HE SMELLS THE OUTER FIGHT ALONGSIDE THE SUPERMEN
FUTURE ON ME. OF MANY DIFFERENT ERAS TO
PROTECT THE STRUCTURE OF
SPACETIME \TSELF/

861
THOUSAND
YEARS FROM
TOMORROW.

ALREADY MET ue
UNKNOWN
MY ALLIES... SUPERMAN OF
A.D. 4500--

THE
SUPERMAN OF
THE 57H
--AND KLYZYZK DIMENSION.
KLZNTPLKZ.

FUTURE
SUPERMEN?P

SORRY WE HAD
TO DISGUISE OURSELVES.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MY 7RUE
FORM WOULD PROBABLY
ATTRACT ALITTLE TOO MUCH
ATTENTION...

143
 UHH... WERE DEEPEST I FORGOT 5-D VISION OUR BLOODLINE? ERR... IF THIS PICTURE HADN’
THOSE APOLOGIES. ONLY ENTERED OUR BLT IF YOURE MY...MY AMAZING, SURVIVED AS A TROPH)
THOUGHTS I BLOODLINE IN THE 677 DESCENDANTS... ISN’T ITP, 4 IN YOUR FORTRESS...
CENTURY WHEN SUPERMAN WE’D NEVER HAVE
JUST SAWP... SUSPECTED THE
PURPLE MARRIED QUINTO- I MEAN,
QUEEN GZNTPLZK OF ‘VORE’S PRESENCE
DO I MARRY HERE.
ZRRRF. LANA P

I JUST WANTED
TO SHOW YOU THE
CHRONOVORE MONSTER
-
WE/VE HUNTED ACROSS 7EN
CENTURIES SO FAR.

IT’S COME v THE DISTINCTIVE ENERGY FOOTPRINT

HERE TO DIE... AND , OF THE BEAST CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN IN
TO SPAWN. THIS FROZEN LIGHT IMAGE.

LANA
LANG SAVES THE
UNIVERSE.

IT’S
NOT SAVED
YET...

IT’S AGING IT...1T JUST TURNED

HHS IT FARMER STONE’S cows THAT’S WHY I
TOUCHES/ INTO THE HAMBURGERS BROUGHT MY HANDY
THEY WERE DESTINED HYPERPOON.
TO BECOME/

THIS
TIME WE’LL SPEAR
IT AND CHAIN IT WITH
S-D SNARES UNTIL OUR
TEAMMAITES GET HERE
WITH A TESSERACT
CAGE.
 WHAT’S
GOING
ON?

STAND «FOR THE 3

BACK, CLARK, SUPERMAN 5%
THISISA f

7 WHAT ARE YOU

\ DOING? I CAN
TAKE CARE OF
MYSELF/

AND
I’M GOING
WITH THEM! THERE’S
I CAN'T LET SOMETHING
WEIRD
THIS IS MY
(OME!THESE ARE MY
YOU DO THAT,
CLARK. YOU MUST
| ABOUT ALL
EOPLE TO PROTECT/ UNDERSTAND.

THAR SHE
BLOWS!
NOW’S YOUR
CHANCE,
BIG FELLA...

YOU CAN'T
STOP ME/

DON’T BE
\ INSANE!
"TM FASTER!
STRONGER!

145
I’M TELEPATHIC! YOUR SOLAR
YOU CANT POEL a SYOUres NOT
RESIST ME/ AS STRONG,
INFANCY! | aS SMART OR AS
FAST AS YOU
WILL BE...
 YOU BOYS
DID A FINE
\ OB.
HECK OF
A HARVEST,
MISTER
KENT.

I ALWAYS
SAY IT’S THE
WORK YOU PUT
/N THAT YOU
GET BACK.

MY WIFE WANTS eS ~ MINDING THE a THIS IS THE

{ustoup sticks Y Genera: crore ENOOFTHELINE |
BACK INTO PUTS HER RIGHT AT THE
_ SMALLVILLE. HEART OF BUSINESS, Baas
Sane SHE SAYS.

HELL BE — >
( A i. — ames Se: ST BLE
\ WON'T HEP / = AE COMES OUT
\ RIGHT IN
THE END.
 IF YOU FACE
THE CHRONOVORE, ¥
IT WILL EAT A
_PRECIOUS THREE AND IN
MINUTES OF THOSE THREE
YOUR LIFE. MINUTES...

«« JONATHAN _\
KENT SUFFERED
-\ AFATAL HEART
ATTACK.
 WE'VE GOT * ver «WHY
HIM! LET GO, CAN’T I HEAR
CLARK/ wT PRAY ee

I CAN SAVE
EVERYBODY!

149
 1 JONATHAN
KENT TAUGHT ME THAT
THE STRONG HAVE TO
STAND UP FOR THE WERK
AND THAT BULLIES DON’T
LIKE BEING BULLIED
BACK.

HE TAUGHT ME
THAT A GOOD HEART
IS WORTH MORE
THAN ALLTHE MONEY
IN THE BANK.

HE TAUGHT
ME ABOUT LIFE
AND DEATH.

AND HE SHOWED ME BY EXAMPLE

HOW TO BE TOUGH, AND HOW TO
BE KIND AND HOW TO DREAM ay
OF A BETTER WORLD. mE Ni
: ~
 HE TAUGHT
ME THAT THE
MEASURE OF A
MAN LIES NOT IN
WHAT HE SAYS:
BUT WHAT HE
DOES.

THOSE
ARE LESSONS
I’LL NEVER
FORGET.
 wT CAN'T ALONE?F IN
WY LEAVE YOU SMALLVILLE? E
\ ALONE, MA. CLARK». "| YOU THINK BUT WHAT’S
YOUR PA WANTED THE POINT OF ALL
YOU TO STAY A FARMER MY POWERS?
ALL YOUR LIFEP ONEOF jf
THE LAST THINGS HE SAID, WHAT’S
CLARK... YOURE BIGGER aa THE POINT OF
i THAN ALL OF THIS, * ANYTHING?
ALL OF US.
| Mi
can

YOU
BELONG TO
THE WORLD
NOW. |

I DIDN’'T
EVEN GET
TO SAY
GOODBYE.

THE LIGHTNING AND THANKS AGAIN...WE

ea. OPEN, COULDN‘T HAVE DONE THIS
WITHOUT YOu.

THEN WE’RE
GO TO EXIT DEEP
TIME BND RETURN TO jy Ki
A.D. 853,500,
—
THE
CHRONOVORE’S
DESTINED FOR THE
CELESTIAL ZOO AT
SQUAD HQ.

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IT HAPPENING, Oo
BUT... KNOW, IF HE
‘/ HADN’T DIED, YOU
MIGHT HAVE STAYED
IN SMALLVILLE...AND
\ NONE OF US WOULD
\ EVER HAVE BEEN
; ORN.

sEFORE YOU
URN TO YOUR }
OME TIME... -
. THE LEADER
OF THE SUPERMAN WHICH OF
SQUAD HAS SOME- MY DESCENDANTS
THING FOR YOU. ARE YOUP

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OF gelle WE ALL THAT WE
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