Superman Vol 2 5

The Mummy Strikes!

Summary
Volume: 2 Issue: 5 Month: May Year: 1987

Credits
Head Writer: John Byrne Cover Artists: John Byrne Pencilers: John Byrne Inkers: Karl Kessel Colourists: Tom Ziuko Editors: Mike Carlin and Andrew Helfer

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Superman
 * Alice
 * Carlos
 * Cat Grant
 * Doctor Estevez
 * Emilio
 * H'v'ler'ni
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Lois Lane
 * Perry White
 * Raoul Estevez
 * Whit

Locations
 * Metropolis
 * 344 Clinton Street
 * Daily Planet


 * South America
 * Costa Del Marco

Items
 * Kent family scrapbook

First Appearances: Alice (an intern at the Daily Planet), Carlos (assistant to Dr. Estevez, Dr. Estevez (an archaeologist), Emilio (assistant to Dr. Estevez), the H'v'ler'ni (an ancient alien species), Raoul Estevez (Dr. Estevez's son), White (a Daily Planet staff member). Carlos, Dr. Estevez, Emilio, the H'v'ler'ni and Raoul Estevez all appear again next issue.

Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: After a tantalizing dream involving Wonder Woman, Clark rushes down to the Daily Planet. There he learns, that Lois Lane has been covering an archaeological expedition in South America. But the Planet has lost contact with her, and Perry wants Clark to fly to South America to see what is going on.

Clark flies there as Superman and quickly changes clothes. Uniting with Lois, they meet Dr. Estevez who has been unearthing an ancient pyramid. There is evidence of an advanced society dating back in excess of 100,000 years. Not only that, but and underground silo shows the ancient culture to have been more advanced than even modern society.

Clark explores the inside of the pyramid until he comes upon a gigantic over-sized mummy. The mummy comes to life and begins attacking him causing a cave-in. Clark pushes Lois outside the debris field and begins fighting the mummy with his super powers. It is obvious that this not a regular mummy, but rather a large mechanical robot.

Lois and Dr. Estevez manage to claw their way inside in the hopes of rescuing Clark. When they find him however, he is lying atop a pile of debris and appears to be dead.

Trivia

 * This issue features a character named Raoul Estevez. Raoul Estevez is the birth-name of celebrity actor, Martin Sheen. There is another character in this issue whose name is Emilio. Emilio is also the name of one of Martin Sheen's sons, actor Emilio Estevez. Whether these characters were thusly named deliberately or by sheer coincidence is unknown.

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 * Superman (Volume 2) #6

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