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"Swan Song"

Part of the "Fall of Metropolis" storyline.

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Swan Song

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Metropolis and her people are mine -- and they'll live or die as I see fit!

— Lex Luthor

Action Comics #700 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1994.

Synopsis for "Swan Song"

Lois Lane presents a videotape and a map to Perry White and Franklin Stern, proving that Lex Luthor has been involved in a wide array of criminal activity including attempted mass murder. She also has evidence proving that the current Lex Luthor is actually the original Lex Luthor in a clone body and not the son of Lex Luthor as the public believes.

At Mount Curtiss, Superboy and Superman emerge from the ruins of Project Cadmus. A handful of Team Luthor soldiers survive as well, but Luthor condemns their failure to procure a cure to the clone plague and cuts them off. Superman and Superboy fight the Lex-Men, and Supergirl arrives and helps them finish them off. Superman grabs a helmet from one of the soldiers and takes it to Professor Hamilton who attempts to use the helmet's communication system to track down Lex Luthor.

Lois meanwhile reveals her inside source at LexCorp - Gretchen Kelley. Gretchen is the one who first provided Lois with the security footage showing Lex Luthor strangling instructor Sasha Green.

Superman tracks Lex Luthor to his private yacht, the Sea Queen. He bursts through the wall and finds Luthor wasting away inside his hyperbolic chamber. Luthor refuses to go down easy though. He has his hands pressed on a trigger that will release an entire stockpile of ultrasonic missiles throughout the city if Superman takes one step closer. Superman appeals to Luthor's vanity and limited sense of reason, asking him if this is how he wants the world to remember him - as a mass murderer? Luthor realizes that he is right and pulls his hand away from the switch. His assistant however, Sydney Happersen, having always been loyal to Lex, cannot understand why he would falter. Enraged, he lunges at the bed chamber and hits the detonator switch. An electric surge courses through his system, killing him. The damage is done though. The missiles have launched. While Superman races off to try and stop the missiles, Superboy takes Lex's yacht to the Bakerline Naval yard.

The missiles come up from underground and begin arcing towards key points throughout the city. The first one strikes the Daily Planet building, and the giant Daily Planet globe crashes to the ground. Superman cannot stop the missile, but he does prevent the globe from crushing fleeing bystanders. Witnessing this spectacle is media magnate Collin Thornton, who now reveals himself to be the demon Lord Satanus in disguise. Satanus has his own ambitions so far as Metropolis is concerned, and he cannot allow Luthor's death wish to bring it all down. Without revealing his hand, he uses his powers to surreptitiously guide Superman to where the other missiles are located. To satisfy his own vanity though, Satanus steers one of the missiles towards the Lexcorp Tower. The infamous landmark comes crashing to the ground. Superman, Superboy and Supergirl succeed in destroying the remaining missiles, but the damage is already done. Metropolis lies in ruins.

Back in Smallville Kansas, Lana Lang weds Pete Ross at the Kent Farm.

Appearing in "Swan Song"

Featured Characters:

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Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

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Lord Satanus (Collin Thornton)
Sydney Happersen (Final appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

Bizarro II (Flashback only)
Blaze (Flashback only)
Metropolis Special Crimes Unit
Team Luthor
Whit (Cameo)
Lyle Thomas (a WGBS reporter)
Morton (a WGBS reporter)
Peggy
Reverend Brewster

Locations:

Metropolis
- Bakerline
- Bakerline Naval Yard
- New Troy
- Daily Planet
- Galaxy Communications building
- Lexcorp Tower
- Metropolis River
- Newstime Magazine
- Queensland Park
- Daily Planet printing plant
Kansas
- Smallville
- Kent Farm
Kirby County
- Mount Curtiss
- Project Cadmus

Items:

Sonic torpedoes

Vehicles:

Bibbo Bibbowski's motorcycle and sidecar
The Sea Queen

Notes

This issue is chapter one of the "Fall of Metropolis" story-arc. It directly follows the "Battle for Metropolis" story-arc.
This issue is triangle number 1994/24.
Double-sized anniversary issue.
Includes the wedding of Pete Ross and Lana Lang.
Gretchen Kelley is revealed as Lois Lane's informant at LexCorp this issue.
Collin Thornton is revealed to be Lord Satanus in this issue.
Bizarro II appears in flashbacks from Superman (Volume 2) #88 and Action Comics #697.

Supergirl appeared last in Supergirl (Volume 3) #4.

Trivia

The brand name of the piano that Peggy is playing at Lana and Pete's wedding is Jordway after artist Jerry Ordway.

Links and References

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Fall of Metropolis Crossover

This issue is related to the Battle for Metropolis and Fall of Metropolis storylines, spanning through the Superman Titles in 1994, and involving the battle for, and then fall of Metropolis.

Battle for Metropolis

Action Comics #699 • Superman: The Man of Steel #34 • Superman #90 • Adventures of Superman #513

Fall of Metropolis

Action Comics #700 • Superman: The Man of Steel #35 • Superman #91 • Adventures of Superman #514 • Action Comics #701

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 | Issue               = 700
 | Month               = 6
 | Year                = 1994
+| Event               = Fall of Metropolis
 | Executive Editor    = Jenette Kahn
 | CoverArtist1        = Jackson Guice
+| CoverArtist2        = Suzanne Bourdages
-| Editor1_1           = Chris Duffy
+| Editor1_1           = Mike Carlin
 | Editor1_2           = Frank Pittarese
-| Editor1_3           = Mike Carlin
+| Editor1_3           = Chris Duffy
 | Writer1_1           = Roger Stern
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-| Synopsis1           = [[Lois Lane (New Earth)|Lois Lane]] presents a videotape and a map to Perry White and Franklin Stern, proving that Lex Luthor has been involved in a wide array of criminal activity including attempted mass murder. She also has evidence proving that the current Lex Luthor is actually the original Lex Luthor in a [[glossary:Clone|clone]] body and not the son of Lex Luthor as the public believes.
+| Synopsis1           = [[Lois Lane (New Earth)|Lois Lane]] presents a videotape and a map to Perry White and Franklin Stern, proving that Lex Luthor has been involved in a wide array of criminal activity including attempted mass murder. She also has evidence proving that the current Lex Luthor is actually the original Lex Luthor in a clone body and not the son of Lex Luthor as the public believes.
 At [[Mount Curtiss]], Superboy and Superman emerge from the ruins of Project Cadmus. A handful of [[Team Luthor]] soldiers survive as well, but Luthor condemns their failure to procure a cure to the clone plague and cuts them off. Superman and Superboy fight the Lex-Men, and Supergirl arrives and helps them finish them off. Superman grabs a helmet from one of the soldiers and takes it to [[Emil Hamilton (New Earth)|Professor Hamilton]] who attempts to use the helmet's communication system to track down Lex Luthor.
-Lois meanwhile reveals her inside source at [[LexCorp]] - Gretchen Kelley. Gretchen is the one who first provided Lois with the security footage showing Lex Luthor strangling [[category:Karate|karate]] instructor [[Sasha Green (New Earth)|Sasha Green]].
+Lois meanwhile reveals her inside source at [[LexCorp]] - Gretchen Kelley. Gretchen is the one who first provided Lois with the security footage showing Lex Luthor strangling instructor [[Sasha Green (New Earth)|Sasha Green]].
-Superman tracks Lex Luthor to his private yacht, the ''Sea Queen''. He bursts through the wall and finds Luthor wasting away inside his hyperbolic chamber. Luthor refuses to go down easy though. He has his hands pressed on a trigger that will release an entire stockpile of ultrasonic missiles throughout the city if Superman takes one step closer. Superman appeals to Luthor's vanity and limited sense of reason, asking him if this is how he wants the world to remember him - as a mass murderer? Luthor realizes that he is right and pulls his hand away from the switch. His assistant however, [[Sydney Happersen (New Earth)|Sydney Happersen]],  having always been loyal to Lex, cannot understand why he would falter. Enraged, he lunges at the bed chamber and hits the detonator switch. An electric surge courses through his system, killing him. The damage is done though. The missiles have launched. While Superman races off to try and stop the missiles, Superboy takes Lex's yacht to the [[Bakerline]] Naval yard.
+Superman tracks Lex Luthor to his private yacht, the ''Sea Queen''. He bursts through the wall and finds Luthor wasting away inside his hyperbolic chamber. Luthor refuses to go down easy though. He has his hands pressed on a trigger that will release an entire stockpile of ultrasonic missiles throughout the city if Superman takes one step closer. Superman appeals to Luthor's vanity and limited sense of reason, asking him if this is how he wants the world to remember him - as a mass murderer? Luthor realizes that he is right and pulls his hand away from the switch. His assistant however, {{a|[[Sydney Happersen (New Earth)|Sydney Happersen]]}}, having always been loyal to Lex, cannot understand why he would falter. Enraged, he lunges at the bed chamber and hits the detonator switch. An electric surge courses through his system, killing him. The damage is done though. The missiles have launched. While Superman races off to try and stop the missiles, Superboy takes Lex's yacht to the [[Bakerline]] Naval yard.
 The missiles come up from underground and begin arcing towards key points throughout the city. The first one strikes the [[Daily Planet]] building, and the giant Daily Planet globe crashes to the ground. Superman cannot stop the missile, but he does prevent the globe from crushing fleeing bystanders.
+Witnessing this spectacle is media magnate Collin Thornton, who now reveals himself to be the demon [[Satanus|Lord Satanus]] in disguise. Satanus has his own ambitions so far as Metropolis is concerned, and he cannot allow Luthor's death wish to bring it all down. Without revealing his hand, he uses his powers to surreptitiously guide Superman to where the other missiles are located. To satisfy his own vanity though, Satanus steers one of the missiles towards the [[Lexcorp Tower]]. The infamous landmark comes crashing to the ground. Superman, Superboy and Supergirl succeed in destroying the remaining missiles, but the damage is already done. Metropolis lies in ruins.
+Back in Smallville Kansas, Lana Lang weds Pete Ross at the [[Kent Farm]].
-Witnessing this spectacle is media magnate Collin Thornton, who now reveals himself to be the demon [[Satanus|Lord Satanus]] in disguise. Satanus has his own ambitions so far as Metropolis is concerned, and he cannot allow Luthor's death wish to bring it all down. Without revealing his hand, he uses his powers to surreptitiously guide Superman to where the other missiles are located. To satisfy his own vanity though, Satanus steers one of the missiles towards the [[Metropolis Locales#Lexcorp_Tower|Lexcorp Tower]]. The infamous landmark comes crashing to the ground. Superman, Superboy and Supergirl succeed in destroying the remaining missiles, but the damage is already done. Metropolis lies in ruins.
+| Appearing1          =
-Back in Smallville Kansas, Lana Lang weds Pete Ross at the [[Kent Farm]].
-| Appearing1 =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Kal-El (New Earth)|Superman]]
+* {{apn|[[Kal-El (New Earth)|Superman]]|Adventures of Superman #513|Steel Vol 2 #5}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* [[William Henderson (New Earth)|Bill Henderson]]
+* {{a|[[William Henderson (New Earth)|Bill Henderson]]}}
-* [[Catherine Grant (New Earth)|Cat Grant]]
+* {{a|[[Catherine Grant (New Earth)|Cat Grant]]}}
-* [[Daniel Turpin (New Earth)|Dan Turpin]]
+* {{a|[[Daniel Turpin (New Earth)|Dan Turpin]]}}
-* [[Emil Hamilton (New Earth)|Emil Hamilton]]
+* {{a|[[Emil Hamilton (New Earth)|Emil Hamilton]]}}
-* [[Franklin Stern (New Earth)|Franklin Stern]]
+* {{a|[[Franklin Stern (New Earth)|Franklin Stern]]}}
-* [[James Olsen (New Earth)|Jimmy Olsen]]
+* {{a|[[James Olsen (New Earth)|Jimmy Olsen]]}}
-* [[Jonathan Kent (New Earth)|Jonathan Kent]]
+* {{a|[[Jonathan Kent (New Earth)|Jonathan Kent]]}}
-* [[Gretchen Kelley (New Earth)|Gretchen Kelley]]
+* {{a|[[Gretchen Kelley (New Earth)|Gretchen Kelley]]}}
-* [[Lana Lang (New Earth)|Lana Lang]]
+* {{a|[[Lana Lang (New Earth)|Lana Lang]]}}
-* [[Lois Lane (New Earth)|Lois Lane]]
+* {{a|[[Lois Lane (New Earth)|Lois Lane]]}}
-* [[Margaret Sawyer (New Earth)|Maggie Sawyer]]
+* {{a|[[Margaret Sawyer (New Earth)|Maggie Sawyer]]}}
-* [[Martha Kent (New Earth)|Martha Kent]]
+* {{a|[[Martha Clark (New Earth)|Martha Kent]]}}
-* [[Peter Ross (New Earth)|Pete Ross]]
+* {{a|[[Peter Ross (New Earth)|Pete Ross]]}}
-* [[Ronald Troupe (New Earth)|Ron Troupe]]
+* {{a|[[Ronald Troupe (New Earth)|Ron Troupe]]}}
-* [[Kon-El (New Earth)|Superboy]]
+* {{a|[[Kon-El (New Earth)|Superboy]]}}
-* [[Matrix (Pocket Universe)|Supergirl]]
+* {{a|[[Matrix (Pocket Universe)|Supergirl]]}}
-'''Villains:'''
+'''Antagonists:'''
-* [[Alexander Luthor (New Earth)|Lex Luthor]]
+* {{apn|[[Alexander Luthor (New Earth)|Lex Luthor]]|Adventures of Superman #513|Superman Vol 2 #91}}
-* [[Satanus (New Earth)|Lord Satanus (Collin Thornton)]]
+* {{a|[[Satanus (New Earth)|Lord Satanus (Collin Thornton)]]}}
-* [[Sydney Happersen (New Earth)|Sydney Happersen]] {{Final Dies}}
+* {{a|[[Sydney Happersen (New Earth)|Sydney Happersen]]}} {{Final Dies}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
-* [[Bizarro II (New Earth)|Bizarro II]] {{Flashback}}
+* {{a|[[Bizarro II (New Earth)|Bizarro II]]}} {{Flashback}}
-* [[Blaze (New Earth)|Blaze]] {{Flashback}}
+* {{a|[[Blaze (New Earth)|Blaze]]}} {{Flashback}}
-* [[Metropolis Special Crimes Unit]]
+* {{a|[[Metropolis Special Crimes Unit]]}}
-* [[Team Luthor]]
+* {{a|[[Team Luthor]]}}
-* [[Whit (New Earth)|Whit]] {{Cameo}}
+* {{a|[[Whit (New Earth)|Whit]]}} {{Cameo}}
 * Lyle Thomas <small>(a WGBS reporter)</small>
 * Morton <small>(a WGBS reporter)</small>
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 * Reverend Brewster
 '''Locations:'''
-* [[Metropolis]]
+* {{a|[[Metropolis]]}}
-:* [[Bakerline]]
+** {{a|[[Bakerline]]}}
-:* [[Bakerline|Bakerline Naval Yard]]
+** {{a|[[Bakerline|Bakerline Naval Yard]]}}
-:* [[New Troy]]
+** {{a|[[New Troy]]}}
-:* [[Daily Planet]]
+** {{a|[[Daily Planet]]}}
-:* [[Galaxy Communications|Galaxy Communications building]]
+** {{a|[[Galaxy Communications|Galaxy Communications building]]}}
-:* [[Lexcorp Tower]]
+** {{a|[[Lexcorp Tower]]}}
-:* [[Metropolis River]]
+** {{a|[[Metropolis River]]}}
-:* [[Newstime Magazine]]
+** {{a|[[Newstime Magazine]]}}
-:* [[Queensland Park]]
+** {{a|[[Queensland Park]]}}
-:* [[Daily Planet|Daily Planet printing plant]]
+** {{a|[[Daily Planet|Daily Planet printing plant]]}}
-* [[Kansas]]
+* {{a|[[Kansas]]}}
-:* [[Smallville]]
+** {{a|[[Smallville, Kansas|Smallville]]}}
-:* [[Kent Farm]]
+** {{a|[[Kent Farm]]}}
-* [[Kirby County]]
+* {{a|[[Kirby County]]}}
-:* [[Mount Curtiss]]
+** {{a|[[Mount Curtiss]]}}
-:* [[Project Cadmus]]
+** {{a|[[Project Cadmus (New Earth)|Project Cadmus]]}}
 '''Items:'''
-* [[Gizmos|Sonic torpedoes]]
+* Sonic torpedoes
 '''Vehicles:'''
 * Bibbo Bibbowski's motorcycle and sidecar
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 | Notes               =
 * This issue is chapter one of the "[[Fall of Metropolis]]" story-arc. It directly follows the "[[Fall of Metropolis|Battle for Metropolis]]" story-arc.
+* This issue is triangle number 1994/24.
-* This issue is triangle number 24/1994.
 * Double-sized anniversary issue.
 * Includes the wedding of [[Peter Ross (New Earth)|Pete Ross]] and [[Lana Lang (New Earth)|Lana Lang]].
 * [[Gretchen Kelley (New Earth)|Gretchen Kelley]] is revealed as Lois Lane's informant at LexCorp this issue.
 * Collin Thornton is revealed to be [[Satanus|Lord Satanus]] in this issue.
+* [[Bizarro II (New Earth)|Bizarro II]] appears in flashbacks from ''[[Superman Vol 2 88|Superman (Volume 2) #88]]'' and {{c|Action Comics #697}}.
-* [[Bizarro II (New Earth)|Bizarro II]] appears in flashbacks from ''[[Superman Vol 2 88|Superman (Volume 2) #88]]'' and ''{{c|Action Comics #697}}''.
 * [[Matrix (Pocket Universe)|Supergirl]] appeared last in ''[[Supergirl Vol 3 4|Supergirl (Volume 3) #4]]''.
 | Trivia              =
 * The brand name of the piano that Peggy is playing at Lana and Pete's wedding is ''Jordway'' after artist [[Jerry Ordway]].
 | Recommended         = {{Superman RR}}
 | Links               =
 {{Superman Links}}
-* [http://www.dcuguide.com/Sm/Act.php Action Comics series index at DCU Guide]
+* [https://www.dcuguide.com/Sm/Act.php Action Comics series index at DCU Guide]
-* [http://www.dcindexes.com/database/series-details.php?seriesid=28 Action Comics series index at DC Indexes]
+* [https://www.dcindexes.com/database/series-details.php?seriesid=28 Action Comics series index at DC Indexes]
-* [http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=34 Action Comics series index at Comicbookdb.com]
+* [https://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=34 Action Comics series index at Comicbookdb.com]
-* [http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=97 Action Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database Project]
+* [https://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=97 Action Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database Project]
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