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"Superman: "The Forbidden Costume!"": Superman must deal with two discarnate intelligences who have possessed their super-powered uniforms. He initially attempts to put them on his robots, but is surprised when they are able to control the robots and des

Quote1 What? Nobody knows where Kent is? Did he chicken out on wearing that idiotic suit? Keep looking-- He must be in the building somewhere! Quote2
Perry White

Action Comics #384 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1970. It was published on November 26, 1969.

Synopsis for Superman: "The Forbidden Costume!"

Superman must deal with two discarnate intelligences who have possessed their super-powered uniforms. He initially attempts to put them on his robots, but is surprised when they are able to control the robots and destroy them in their fight. Later, the criminal costume manipulates Clark Kent into putting it on, and then begins to influence his actions. Superman is able to resist it enough to commit crimes which he knows will be foiled by Supergirl and Batman, but the costume responds by framing him for other crimes. Even wearing his own costume over the criminal suit doesn't help to resist its influence. But the law-enforcing costume, worn by Perry White, intervenes, permitting Superman to wear both costumes, with their influences cancelling each other out, and then fly to the orange sun of another solar system, where both of them separate from their current host and disintegrate.

Appearing in Superman: "The Forbidden Costume!"

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  • Mark Peron (Single appearance)
  • Aabur-Z (Flashback only)

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  • Enforcer NS-II (Flashback only) (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Legion of Super-Heroes: "Lament for a Legionnaire!"

Dream Girl has a prophetic dream in which she foresees the death and funeral of Mon-El, which will take place in five days. Once Mon-El learns of the prediction, he resists his teammates' efforts to help him escape his fate. When the High Commissioner of Daxam proposes that Mon-El hide in an impenetrable sanctuary on his homeworld until the day of his predicted demise has passed, he refuses, instead choosing to go on a mission like any other Legionnaire. Karate Kid sends him to the Posvar asteroid complex to investigate the wrecked Posvar III probe. Days pass, and Mon-El fmally returns to Legion Headquarters, but he has apparently lost his earlier confidence. That night, Superboy sneaks into his room but is surprised by his friend, who realizes that the Boy of Steel had planned to kidnap him and face his death in disguise. On the fatal day, while his comrades are trapped inside a force-shield surrounding their headquarters, Mon-El fights and drives off a band of interdimensional raiders. He then reveals that he is actually El-Gand, a descendant of Mon-El's older brother. He succeeded at what Superboy had tried to do, overpowering the real Mon-El in the Posvar asteroid belt, drugging him with a super-sedative on a nearby planetoid, and taking his place. Dream Girl's prophecy has apparently been foiled, and Eltro Gand takes the Legion to their comrade. When they arrive, however, they find the real Mon-El dead, since the serum he takes to counteract his vulnerability to lead has worn off, and traces of lead in the surrounding rocks have killed him. Grief-stricken, Eltro Gand snatches up Mon-El's body and takes it back to Legion Headquarters, where he places both of them in an exchanger, a device similar in function to the process once used to restore Lightning Lad. The others arrive just as he gives his life-force to Mon-El. Because of Eltro Gand's sacrifice, the hero lives again.

Appearing in Legion of Super-Heroes: "Lament for a Legionnaire!"

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  • Janice Warren (Single appearance)

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Notes

  • It's Venom in 1970!!
  • The plot of "The Forbidden Costume!" was continued from "The Killer Costume!"(Action Comics #383)



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