Superman Vol 2 0



Peer Pressure Part II: Awards

Summary
Volume: 2 Issue: 0 Month: October Year: 1994

Credits
Head Writer: Dan Jurgens Cover Artists: Dan Jurgens Pencilers: Dan Jurgens Inkers: Brett Breeding Colourists: Glenn Whitmore Editors: Mike Carlin

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Superman
 * Cat Grant
 * Conduit
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Lana Lang (in flashback)
 * Lois Lane
 * Perry White
 * Ron Troupe

Locations
 * Metropolis
 * &mdash;344 Clinton Street
 * &mdash;Lexcorp Arena


 * Smallville (in flashback)
 * &mdash;Smallville High School

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Conduit sneaks into a closed down auditorium hall and plants a time bomb. A security guard finds him, but Conduit kills him with his electro-tentacles.

Meanwhile, Lois is helping Clark move back into his old apartment. She comes upon a box of keepsakes, one of which is a photograph of Clark, Lana, and a boy named Kenny Braverman. Clark tells her that in high school, Clark and Kenny rivaled at just about everything. But while Clark was always good-natured about their competition, Kenny always despised being second best. When it came time for the senior prom, Kenny asked Lana Lang to be his date, but Lana turned him down in the hopes that Clark might ask her instead. This rivalry has fueled a lifelong hatred for Clark Kent in Kenny's mind.

After unpacking, Clark and Lois attend the Lexcorp Zenith Awards for Journalism banquet. Clark Kent is given the highly coveted "Baldy" award and begins to make a speech onstage.

Just then, Conduit's bomb explodes and the stage erupts with flames. Clark quickly changes to Superman and then struggles to keep people away from the fire. Conduit’s mercenaries storm the assembly hall and try to take Superman out. Superman stops them, but before he can interrogate them, Conduit activates a remote signal that causes his men to suffer a neural-meltdown. Superman tries to rush them to the hospital, but he is too late to save them.

Returning to his apartment that evening, Clark finds an old photograph of himself pinned to his front door with a knife sticking out of it.

Trivia

 * One of the items found in Clark Kent's apartment is a Captain Action action figure. Captain Action was an articulated action figure produced by Ideal Toys in 1966. The Captain Action doll came equipped with various compatible costumes allowing children the ability to dress him up as various super-heroes, including Superman.


 * This comic book contains advertisements for the following products:
 * &mdash;Virtual Bart - Super NES video game
 * &mdash;Tradewest NFL Football video game
 * &mdash;Sunsoft - The Death and Return of Superman video game
 * &mdash;USA Network - Weird Science television series
 * &mdash;Rain-Blo bubble gum (featuring Batman and Robin)
 * &mdash;Bic Wavelengths writing pens
 * &mdash;Comic Cavalcade comic book back issue catalogue

Recommended Readings

 * Superman - The Man of Steel 0 (1994)
 * Adventures of Superman 0 (1994)
 * Action Comics 0

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