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I've found that I'm unable to keep track of what's going on from month to month in the various comics that I read. I've also been unable to find an online summary to help refresh my memory. So, this is an attempt to provide that summary, mostly for myself.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Superman Action Comics #1

So they're rebooting this story, so Superman is newly arrived on Earth, 6 months ago and apparently has picked up the culture pretty quickly. We start with the cops rushing through a building in pursuit of Superman, who has tossed people around in route to Mr. Glenmorgan, a corrupt executive who, when we first see him, Superman is holding him over his head while standing on the edge of the roof of the tall office building. Superman gives the ultimatum for him to confess before he'll put him down. When he doesn't, he jumps off the edge and lands on the street, shattering the concrete in the process. Mr. Glenmorgan confesses rather than do that again, and the cops corner Superman and try to catch him, but he runs faster than a speeding bullet to get away.

Now we see General Lane in a military war room, discussing the Superman problem with Lex (presumably) Luthor. We learn that General Lane's daughter gave Superman his name and that Lex has promised to "deliver" Superman.

Superman hears occupants inside a building that is getting hit by a wrecking ball, so he stops it physically, part of Luthor's plan. The people run out and we see a couple of tanks confront Superman. One shoots him with some kind of electrified net, which hurts him badly as , he rips it apart. He hits that tank with the wrecking ball just as the other shoots him with a shell - which is interesting because had it missed they would have hit the other tank. All the occupants of the building gather around him to prevent him getting shot again and he is able to flee.

He lands on the roof of his apartment building and changes into his Clark Kent look, looking pretty roughed up and his landlady asks him for rent money which he has. Clark calls Jimmy Olson, who is getting on a train with Lois Lane and about to confront Glenmorgan's enforcer, Gus Grundis - we learn that Clark works for the rival newspaper. He warns them not to get on the train - not sure how he knows this. Nonetheless, there actually IS a bomb on the tracks ahead, and Superman appears right away, warns the people (at least in that one car) that he's going to stop the train - he opens the door and runs forward of the train. Just as Grundis pulls his guns and aims at everyone, Superman is at the nose of the train to try to stop it, just as everyone in that car is able to apprehend Grundis. Superman flails at the ground to try to stop the train, but just then the bomb goes off on a train bridge in the metro area - the train flies off the tracks and down a city street.

Back at the war room, they're watching the live feed - Lane is angry that Luthor put his daughter at risk, but Luthor says he's now delivered Superman and on the last page, we see that Superman has been crushed between the nose of the train and the front of the Daily Planet building.

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