The Bottle City
It's starting to feel like the break-up is final. Lois Lane gets mentioned a few times this month but she doesn't appear.
The Bottle City part 3
Once the Daxamite in the bottle city has recovered after the lead poisoning from his last fight with Superman, Tolos possesses him to fight the Man of Steel again. Superman uses the helmet he took from Misa last issue to protect himself from being by possessed by Tolos. The Daxamite dies from further exposure to lead, but he destroys Tolos to stop the sorcerer from jumping into Superman's body. Superman finally recovers the bottle city of Kandor and vows to free its citizens one day.
At the Daily Planet, Clark Kent struggles to juggle his secret identity with his new duties as the acting managing editor. His new position keeps him stuck at the office all day without the freedom to disappear for hours or days like a reporter. He also no longer has Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane by his side.
The re-introduction of the bottle city of Kandor was an attempt to modernize a Silver Age concept within the constraints the post-Crisis rules that didn't allow for the existence of other Kryptonians. At this same time, Peter David had just re-worked the Matrix version of Supergirl into an earth-bound angel. Both of these alternate versions would be virtually erased from continuity and replaced by actual Kryptonian versions closer to their Silver Age counterparts.
The Wovlerine-esque villain Jackal returns with his violent style of vigilante justice, which naturally causes him to clash with Superman again. Superman eventually makes the villain see that he's causing more damage than the crime he's trying to stop, and the Jackal surrenders.
At the Daily Planet, Clark gets into an argument with the paper's publisher, Franklin Stern, who criticizes everything from Clark's management to his long hair. He also introduces Clark to the Planet's newest conservative political columnist, Dirk Armstrong. At the time, Dirk was an exaggerated caricature of Rush Limbaugh, but he actually seems more realistic now that the right right-wing has pretty much become a caricature of itself. Dirk would remain a fixture for the rest of the 90's, and would never be seen again after that.
Misa breaks into Cadmus and gets caught by a clone of a gangster named "Bullets" Barstow. She claws him in the face and gets away, but the Guardian identifies her as Jude's daughter from the Hairies. Later, Barstow is still bleeding from it, but he discovers he now has the ability to absorb the properties of whatever he touches (just like Marvel's Absorbing Man). A fight with Superman is quickly cut short when Superman blasts him with heat vision, causing him to change into energy and disappear. Barstow wakes up in his bed later wondering if it was all a dream.
Lori Lemaris stops by the Daily Planet to ask Clark to dinner, but he doesn't have time for her. Bombarded by his staff from all sides, Clark loses his temper at Allie and everybody wonders if the new job is too much for him.
Barrage, who escaped from Styker's Island prison a few months ago, tries to get revenge on Maggie Sawyer. Superman stops him, despite his new impact-absorbing armor.
Perry White gets out of bed and wants to go back to work, but his wife Alice begs him not to so he agrees to give it one more day.
Superman left the bottle city of Kandor with Professor Hamilton for now, but without the wizard Tolos the phase field around the city is collapsing which could crush everybody inside.
Jimmy Olsen gets a lead that Lori Lemaris has been selling presumably stolen antiques, and he and Cat decide to run the story without even trying to get Lori's side of it.
Superman meets a new thief in Metropolis who calls himself Riot and can split into multiple copies of himself, similar to Marvel's Multiple Man. If there's a theme this month, it's Marvel rip-offs.
While getting chemotherapy, Perry White reads Dirk Armstrong's new far right column in the paper (arguing against the ban on assault weapons at the time) and he decides he has to get back to the office now. Clark doesn't have time to talk and before Perry can get into his office, he flies out the window.
Professor Hamilton advises Superman to take the bottle city to the Fortress of Solitude, where his Kryptonian technology may be able to save it. On the way there, Superman spots Lex Luthor's yacht in the ocean but doesn't have time to apprehend him. When they arrive at the Fortress, Superman is shocked the find the statue of his parents Jor El and Lara have been re-built. Superman turns to see one of the Kryptonian battle suits right before it blasts him.
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Once the Daxamite in the bottle city has recovered after the lead poisoning from his last fight with Superman, Tolos possesses him to fight the Man of Steel again. Superman uses the helmet he took from Misa last issue to protect himself from being by possessed by Tolos. The Daxamite dies from further exposure to lead, but he destroys Tolos to stop the sorcerer from jumping into Superman's body. Superman finally recovers the bottle city of Kandor and vows to free its citizens one day.
At the Daily Planet, Clark Kent struggles to juggle his secret identity with his new duties as the acting managing editor. His new position keeps him stuck at the office all day without the freedom to disappear for hours or days like a reporter. He also no longer has Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane by his side.
The re-introduction of the bottle city of Kandor was an attempt to modernize a Silver Age concept within the constraints the post-Crisis rules that didn't allow for the existence of other Kryptonians. At this same time, Peter David had just re-worked the Matrix version of Supergirl into an earth-bound angel. Both of these alternate versions would be virtually erased from continuity and replaced by actual Kryptonian versions closer to their Silver Age counterparts.
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At the Daily Planet, Clark gets into an argument with the paper's publisher, Franklin Stern, who criticizes everything from Clark's management to his long hair. He also introduces Clark to the Planet's newest conservative political columnist, Dirk Armstrong. At the time, Dirk was an exaggerated caricature of Rush Limbaugh, but he actually seems more realistic now that the right right-wing has pretty much become a caricature of itself. Dirk would remain a fixture for the rest of the 90's, and would never be seen again after that.
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Lori Lemaris stops by the Daily Planet to ask Clark to dinner, but he doesn't have time for her. Bombarded by his staff from all sides, Clark loses his temper at Allie and everybody wonders if the new job is too much for him.
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Perry White gets out of bed and wants to go back to work, but his wife Alice begs him not to so he agrees to give it one more day.
Superman left the bottle city of Kandor with Professor Hamilton for now, but without the wizard Tolos the phase field around the city is collapsing which could crush everybody inside.
Jimmy Olsen gets a lead that Lori Lemaris has been selling presumably stolen antiques, and he and Cat decide to run the story without even trying to get Lori's side of it.
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While getting chemotherapy, Perry White reads Dirk Armstrong's new far right column in the paper (arguing against the ban on assault weapons at the time) and he decides he has to get back to the office now. Clark doesn't have time to talk and before Perry can get into his office, he flies out the window.
Professor Hamilton advises Superman to take the bottle city to the Fortress of Solitude, where his Kryptonian technology may be able to save it. On the way there, Superman spots Lex Luthor's yacht in the ocean but doesn't have time to apprehend him. When they arrive at the Fortress, Superman is shocked the find the statue of his parents Jor El and Lara have been re-built. Superman turns to see one of the Kryptonian battle suits right before it blasts him.
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