Lori Lemaris Returns!
Clark Kent's college girlfriend, the telepathic mermaid Lori Lemaris, returns. Lori has appeared only two previous times in post-Crisis continuity; in her first appearance she was presumed dead, and then a few years later it was revealed she was really still alive and married, but keeping herself hidden from Clark to allow him to find happiness with another person. This time she'll stick around for a brief period as a regular cast member as the books start to focus a lot more on relationships. Lori was one of the sillier relics from pre-Crisis continuity, but the old-fashioned love triangles are being re-tooled to resemble the TV show Friends, which was hugely popular at this time.
A female, Latina bodybuilder armed with Bloodsport's gun-teleporting powers appears in Metropolis, setting her sights on a double-dealing arms dealer. We don't get much of an origin for the villain called Demolitia, but it appears she was gang-raped after the Fall of Metropolis and somehow acquired Bloodsports technology after that. But while rampaging through a munitions factory, she has a change of heart when she realizes she's victimizing the workers there rather than helping the situation. She escapes Superman by teleporting herself away, a power that Bloodsport never possessed.
At the hospital, Ron Troupe is trying to interview a mugging victim who was saved by Demolitia, but when Lucy Lane arrives he learns she's also a friend of the victim. Ron doesn't want to use Lucy to get a story, but they leave to get a coffee together.
Disguised with nothing but a pair of sunglasses (hey, it works for Clark Kent), Lex Luthor goes to Monte Carlo to meet the new CEO of Lexcorp, but it seems he and the Contessa have met before. Lex watches the news on his glasses (predicting wearable tech like Google Glass) as the Contessa watches him cheat at gambling, then they both leave the casino to have champagne in his limo.
In Metropolis, Superman fights a reptilian monster, named Brawl because that seems to be the only word it can speak.
Bibbo's old boxing manager happens to bump into Bibbo at his bar, the Ace 'o Clubs, where a fight breaks out. After defeating Brawl, Superman tries to break up the bar fight but accidentally gets punched in the face by Bibbo.
Alpha Centurion is tired of picking homeless people off his ship in the park and decides to park it on top of the Daily Planet, which he knows will irritate Lois Lane. And for no apparent reason, the ghost of Elvis appears in the Daily Planet news room.
Superman continues his annual Christmas tradition of reading his fan mail at the post office. The unemployed former chief of Lexcorp security follows Superman with the hair-brained scheme to murder Superman with Kryptonite and then sell a book about it. Superman goes to answer a letter written by an abused wife at a women's shelter, and the former Team Luthor member makes his attack, only to find out that the abused woman in the letter is his own wife. At his wife's urging, the villain surrenders peacefully, and in the spirit of Christmas Superman takes the Kryptonite and recommends psychological treatment rather than jail time.
On the last page, a nude woman climbs onto a pier out of the icy waters of Hob's Bay. As people do in comics, Lori Lemaris announces herself in the 3rd person even though there's no one else around.
As soon as he hears the news, Clark rushes to the police station to see Lori. He is surprised to see that she is both alive and now also has feet. Clark takes her to Lois' apartment so she can borrow some clothes and clean up. Lois is understandably not very thrilled that her fiance has brought a naked ex-girlfriend to her place. It only gets worse as she finds out Lori is a mind-reader and also a mermaid. When Lori tries to take a shower, her legs turn back into her mermaid tail, and the new rules are established: wet = mermaid, dry = legs.
Lori was transformed by the magic of her sorcerer husband, Ronal, who follows her to Metropolis and attacks the city with a giant octopus. Superman suspects Ronal is being turned evil by his magic staff. He removes the diamond from Lois' engagement ring and throws it through the staff, destroying it but also turning Ronal into stone. With her husband now dead, Lori is conveniently single again.
Lois reluctantly agrees to let Lori stay with her until she gets settled, but that night she agrees to give Alpha Centurion a Friday night interview at her place. At GBS, Jimmy complains that Lucy is out with some "friend" so he goes on a date with his make-up girl Dana.
Action Comics #718
At the hospital, Ron Troupe is trying to interview a mugging victim who was saved by Demolitia, but when Lucy Lane arrives he learns she's also a friend of the victim. Ron doesn't want to use Lucy to get a story, but they leave to get a coffee together.
Superman: The Man of Steel #53
In Metropolis, Superman fights a reptilian monster, named Brawl because that seems to be the only word it can speak.
Bibbo's old boxing manager happens to bump into Bibbo at his bar, the Ace 'o Clubs, where a fight breaks out. After defeating Brawl, Superman tries to break up the bar fight but accidentally gets punched in the face by Bibbo.
Alpha Centurion is tired of picking homeless people off his ship in the park and decides to park it on top of the Daily Planet, which he knows will irritate Lois Lane. And for no apparent reason, the ghost of Elvis appears in the Daily Planet news room.
Superman #109
On the last page, a nude woman climbs onto a pier out of the icy waters of Hob's Bay. As people do in comics, Lori Lemaris announces herself in the 3rd person even though there's no one else around.
Adventures of Superman #532
Lori was transformed by the magic of her sorcerer husband, Ronal, who follows her to Metropolis and attacks the city with a giant octopus. Superman suspects Ronal is being turned evil by his magic staff. He removes the diamond from Lois' engagement ring and throws it through the staff, destroying it but also turning Ronal into stone. With her husband now dead, Lori is conveniently single again.
Lois reluctantly agrees to let Lori stay with her until she gets settled, but that night she agrees to give Alpha Centurion a Friday night interview at her place. At GBS, Jimmy complains that Lucy is out with some "friend" so he goes on a date with his make-up girl Dana.
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