Description: DC COMICS SUPERMAN TITLE - "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW?" VOL 1 ISSUE # 423 SEPTEMBER 1986 SYNOPSISOne day in 1987, Superman returned from space to find Metropolis had suffered major damage, which Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen said came from Bizarro. Superman enters a wrecked department store and confronts Bizarro, demanding an explanation for all the death and destruction. Bizarro explains his reasons to Superman: he had recently realized that all these years, he has not been a "perfect imperfect duplicate", and so he took the necessary steps to fix that. Realizing that Superman came from an alien world that was destroyed by a natural accident, Bizarro destroyed Bizarro World then attempted to destroy his own birth world starting with Metropolis. Then, realizing that Superman never kills anyone (even bad people), Bizarro went on a killing spree through the city, murdering several innocent men, women, and children. Finally, Bizarro states that since Superman must live, then he himself must die. He holds up a chunk of Blue Kryptonite and presses it against his chest, fatally exposing himself to its poisonous radiation. Bizarro bids a final cryptic farewell to his longtime rival, then quietly passes away from Kryptonite poisoning, leaving Superman, shocked, confused, and saddened over what has just happened. Following this bizarre incident, Clark Kent gets ready to join his co-anchor Lana Lang in the WGBS news room when he receives two packages. The first smaller package is a group of Superman action figures that come to life, firing deadly heat-vision beams. The production crew watch as Clark Kent is attacked by the action figures' heat vision, figuring that he would never survive, when they saw that they exposed his Superman identity to them. The action figures now also speak in the voices of the Toyman and the Prankster, the two villains behind this attack. They have Superman open up the second package, which contains the dead body of Pete Ross, whom the two criminals have extracted information about Superman from. Superman finds out where the two criminals are hiding and bring them to justice, but as his civilian identity is now compromised, he fears that as the villains who were nuisances to him were becoming killers, he can only wonder what will become of those who are killers. Speaking of which, Lex Luthor was up around the North Pole area where he finds the inert head of Brainiac in his robotic skeletal form when parts of his head started attaching themselves to Luthor's head, taking control of him. Brainiac now reveals that he is taking control of Luthor's body as part of a new form of partnership between the two, and that now he is seeking revenge against Superman for what he had done to him. Brainiac now guides Luthor's body back to civilization where he is to build a new ship for the robot. Back in Metropolis, a group of men gather around outside the Daily Planet building on a hot day when they start shooting harpoons from their chest, revealing themselves to be humans converted into Metallos. They assault the staff of the Daily Planet and cause Lois Lane to fall from a window when Superman appears to rescue her and to magnetize the Daily Planet globe to capture all the Metallos inside the building. When that was done, Superman transported Lois, Jimmy, Lana, Perry White, and his wife to his Fortress of Solitude where they would be safe. As they were escaping the city, the merged Brainiac/Luthor shows up in a smaller version of Brainiac's Skull Ship to pick up Kryptonite Man as he appears calling out for Superman to challenge him. That night, as Perry and his wife sleep in separate rooms, and Lana and Lois hold each other while crying themselves to sleep, Superman is joined by his dog Krypto as the Legion of Super-Heroes' time bubble appears, bringing with the group a young version of Supergirl who has yet to know that she has died. Brainiac 5 presents Superman with a special memorial trophy, seemingly as if they were never going to see him alive again after this. Following their departure, Superman buried his face in his hand and cries.IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE PICTURES, PLEASE ASK I AM NOT A COMIC BOOK GRADER, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THESE OLD COMICS WOULD GRADE. THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD FOR BEING 40+ YEARS OLD ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING IF MORE THAN ONE ARE BOUGHT
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Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Variant Type: Newsstand Variant
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Tradition: US Comics
Certification Number: N/A
Custom Bundle: No
Vintage: Yes
Format: Single Issue
Language: English
Superhero Team: Legion of Superheroes
Style: Color
Personalized: No
Features: First Printing, 1st Edition, Boarded
Artist/Writer: Alan Moore
Character: Bizarro, Brainiac, Cosmic Boy, Invisible Kid, Jimmy Olsen, Krypto, Kryptonite Man, Lex Luthor, Metallo, Parasite, Streaky, Superman (Clark Kent), Lois Lane Elliot, Lana Lang, Josh Coyle, Pete Ross, Perry White, Alice White, Brainiac 5, Lighting Lad, Supergirl, Metallo Army, The Pranksters, The Toyman, Johnathan Elliot, Tim Crane, Terra-man
Cover Artist: Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson
Signed: No
Series Title: Superman
Universe: DC Universe
Publisher: DC Comics
Intended Audience: Children & Young Adults
Inscribed: No
Story Title: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW?
Publication Year: 1986
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: 423
Era: Copper Age (1984-1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Superheroes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
