Superman Vol 2 3



Legends from the Darkside

Summary
Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Month: March Year: 1987

Credits
Head Writer: John Byrne Cover Artists: John Byrne Pencilers: John Byrne Inkers: Terry Austen Colourists: Tom Ziuko Editors: Andrew Helfer

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Superman
 * Amazing Grace
 * Darkseid
 * Glorious Godfrey ''(as G. Gordon Godfrey)
 * Hunger Dogs
 * Lois Lane
 * Parademons
 * Phantom Stranger

Locations
 * Apokolips
 * Armagetto


 * Metropolis
 * Metropolis Grande Hotel

Items
 * Fire pits of Apokolips

First Appearances: Amazing Grace; a Glommer Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Lois Lane arranges for an interview with G. Gordon Godfrey to find out some background information on him. But Godfrey shies away from personal details and continues to spew his anti-hero propaganda.

Meanwhile, Clark Kent is racing through the streets of Metropolis trying to avoid being struck by two twin laser beams that appear to be specifically targeting him. Due to a presidential order suspending superhuman activity, Clark refuses to change into Superman. He dives into the sewers where he hopes to avoid the death rays. But the twin beams strike him transporting him to the planet Apokolips.

Darkseid is standing in his personal palace along with the Phantom Stranger. The ruler of Apokolips is disappointed that his teleportational Omega Beams brought him this "normal" human rather than their intended target, Superman. He blasts Clark out the window presumably to his doom. The Phantom Stranger sits idly by doing nothing, knowing that the fall will not harm Superman.

Superman lands in the ruins of Armagetto, where he is put upon by the maniacal, diseased citizens, known as the Hunger Dogs. He fights past them and dons a grimy cloak so as to blend in. He finds a group of Darkseid's shock troopers preparing to publicly execute a woman named Amazing Grace. Superman frees her from her tormentors and sends the shock troops scattering.

One of them summons a giant armored adversary known as a Pacifier to attack Superman. Superman tears the Pacifier armor open revealing a slimy alien, glommer. The glommer is a parasite and it latches onto Superman's face. As the man of steel struggles with the monster, they both fall into one of the nearby fire pits.

Trivia

 * This comic book features advertisements for the following products:
 * &mdash;M&M chocolate candy
 * &mdash;Mile High Comics back-issue comic book catalogue
 * &mdash;Intergalactic Trading Co. Inc. - Star Trek collectibles
 * &mdash;DC Comics - Captain Atom comic book series debut
 * &mdash;DC Comics - Detective Comics #572 - The Doomsday Book (50th anniversary issue)
 * &mdash;DC Comics - Outsiders comic book
 * &mdash;DC Comics comic book subscription service

Recommended Readings

 * Hunger Dogs (graphic novel)
 * Legends

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 * New Gods
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