Superman Vol 2 No 9
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Superman Vol 2 No 9 is entitled To Laugh and Die in Metropolis.
Specifications
- Cover Art: John Byrne
- Story: “To Laugh and Die in Metropolis” (17 Pages)
- Editor: Andrew Helfer, Mike Carlin
- Writer: John Byrne
- Penciller: John Byrne
- Inker: Karl Kesel
- Letterer: John Costanza
Synopsis
The Joker comes to Metropolis. He builds a Superman robot and programs it to rob the Metropolis diamond exchange. It uses the Joker's patented Joker gas to kill everyone in the bank. Maggie Sawyer and the SCU team arrive at the same time that Superman flies down to the scene.
Superman confronts the robot and discovers that it is carrying a bomb inside of it. He flies it high into the atmosphere, where it explodes harmlessly. When he returns to Metropolis, he learns that the Joker has kidnapped Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. Each of them are encased inside of a lead coffin and Superman has thirty minutes to find their locations before their air runs out. Superman quickly deduces that the Joker is lying and that he has his three friends held up in a train car. Superman finds the car, frees the hostages and nabs the Joker. He asks the Joker why he suddenly began operating out of Metropolis. The Joker replies, "Why not?"
Back in Smallville, a small robot probe flies into Lana Lang's window and zaps her in the forehead with a laser beam. Time for Lana to become a victim again.
Nine-hundred miles outside of Metropolis, Lex Luthor goes to a run of the mill diner. He offers a waitress, Jenny Hubbard, one-million dollars if she would agree to stay with him for one month. Jenny reflects upon the opportunity, but her strong morality prevents her from accepting Luthor's offer.
Notes
- Superman appeared last in [[Adventures of Superman No 431].
- The Joker was last seen in Doctor Fate Vol 1 No2. He appears next in Swamp Thing Vol 2 No 66.
- Lois Lane appeared last in Booster Gold Vol 1 No 19.
- Lana Lang appeared last in Adventures of Superman No 430. She appears next in Action Comics No 595.
- Maggie Sawyer appeared last in Superman Vol 2 No 7.
- Behind the scenes appearances by the Manhunters.
- First appearance of Jenny Hubbard. She will make one more appearance in Superman Vol 2 No 163.
- First appearance of Toby Raynes, a reporter for the Metropolis Star. She appears next in [[Superman Vol 2 No 15.
- This is the 1st appearance of the Stryker's Island Penitentiary. It is loosely based on the Riker's Island prison outside of Manhattan Island in New York City. Riker's Island penitentiary does in fact exist in the modern DC Universe.
- Clark finally opens the package that was delivered to him in issue #2. The contents are the Kent Family Scrapbook.
- The Superman Robot that appears in this issue is a weapon utilized by the Joker. It is not to be confused with the robotic simalucrums that Superman keeps in storage at the Fortress of Solitude.
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