Superman: Birthright

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Enemy Within: Mikey has a Nevermind inhabiting his body. Its a evil spirit that serves as an extension of Lore's will, which causes pain when the host does something Lore doesn't want them to do, and when forcibly extracted from him, it's revealed to be have a very twisted physical similarity to the host.

Convicted by Public Opinion: While Mikey was in Terrenos, Aaron was accused of having murdered him because of the sketchy circumstances of his son's disappearance. Even Wands thought he was guilty. Here There Were Dragons: According to Sameal, magic used to exist on Earth despite what he told his fellow mages from Terrenos, but it went away due to unknown reasons. In those first early adventures, Superman often found himself pitted against Lex Luthor, who had vowed to destroy the hated "alien" and reclaim his place as the First Son of Metropolis. Luthor also dismissed the suggestion that Clark Kent and Superman were one and the same, rationalizing that no one who had the power of Superman would ever pretend to be a mere human like Clark Kent. [36] Superman also had his first encounter with the New God Darkseid, who teleported him to Apokolips. [37] Superman remained on Apokolips for some time, eventually rallying the dregs of that society in a resistance against their despotic ruler, but the revolution was unsuccessful and Superman was returned to Earth. [38] Superman briefly became deathly ill with a Kryptonite-cancer but the Atom, Steel, Superboy and Supergirl shrank down and removed the tumor. [124]

In Metropolis, the world was unsure of how to react to the tape of Wonder Woman killing Lord; even Superman had mixed emotions, becoming cold towards Diana. Lois supported Wonder Woman's decision, having deduced that when she was accidentally shot in Umec was probably actually an intentional hit placed on her by Lord. [159]

Superman: Birthright is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 2003 and 2004, written by Mark Waid and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan. [1] Creation [ edit ] The media coverage would eventually attract the attention of corrupt business mogul Lex Luthor, who tested Superman and tried to get him on the villain's payroll to no avail. Repeated attempts to murder Superman eventually led to LexCorp developing an imperfect clone of the Kryptonian named Bizarro. [14] When Superman returned to Metropolis, he found Mister Mxyzptlk in the form of an old man lying in the gutter. Mxyzptlk's magic was not working right, and the two teamed up to capture the real Ruin, who had reappeared in Metropolis and whose identity was still unknown. Using all the clues, Clark finally realized that Ruin was in fact his good friend and science expert Emil Hamilton. Having solved the mystery, Superman battled Ruin once again, seemingly for the final time, as Hamilton held Pete Ross and Lana Lang captive. Though Hamilton prepared to sacrifice himself to destroy half of Metropolis with a bomb in his suit, Superman stopped him, brought him to justice, and fulfilled his promise to Pete Ross to find the man who framed him. [160]Clark talked to Lana again about stopping her divorce, but she had made up her mind. When Superman finally captured Ruin, he unmasked the villain to discover it was none other than - Pete Ross! Pete was taken to prison and beat up by other prisoners. Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen’s Superman: Secret Identity may be the best Superman comic not set in the DC Universe. The Clark Kent featured in this limited series lives in a world with no superhumans, and where Superman is nothing more than a comic book character. So you can imagine Clark’s surprise when he begins to manifest the powers of his namesake. Even though Lex Luthor (fully recovered from his failing clone body thanks to a deal with Neron) was on the run, Superman's life was still troubled. After a number of factors, Lois broke off their longtime engagement. [87] One of the reasons that lead to Lois' decision was the fact that Superman refused to kill the Joker when her own life was threatened by the clown. Superman was only able to stop B13 by utilizing a Kryptonian battlesuit. However, while his plan had been to trap B13 in the suit, Lex Luthor made a deal with the supervillain to hand over his daughter (still housing Brainiac 2.5's essence) and allowed B13 to escape into space, in exchange for keeping Metropolis upgraded as the very real City of Tomorrow. Superman vowed to find Lena and rescue her — and to make Luthor pay. [122] Mastema becomes one late into the series. As one of the original Five devoted to protect Earth, she deems Lore's invasion to be inevitable and begins to plot the destruction of both worlds to prevent it, effectively becoming worse than him.