You cheezed me off by messing in my affairs. Normally, I eviscerate people for that. 
Action Comics #719 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1996.
Synopsis for "Hazard's Choice"
Lois Lane is cleaning her apartment when she suddenly drops on the floor with her mouth foaming; in her hand, she has a Joker action figure that she received a couple of weeks ago.[1] She is rushed to the hospital, where it is revealed that she has been poisoned by a toxic agent that will shut down her vital functions in a couple of hours. Superman flies to the Batcave to ask for Batman's help; they arrive at Arkham Asylum to interrogate the Joker, where he reveals that in order to save Lois Lane, they have to inject the toxin in the Joker's blood stream which, in contact with his chemically altered blood, will create an antidote, but in doing so the Joker would die. The choice is in Superman's hands; after discussing the matter with Batman, Superman decides not to kill the Joker, believing that this is not what Lois would want. They head back to the hospital, where Lois is apparently dead, but she abruptly wakes up, her vital signs appearing to be normal, Batman theorizes that the Joker simply wanted to do a suicidal prank on Superman by making him take a life in order to save Lois' when she would have recovered anyway.
Appearing in "Hazard's Choice"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth (Cameo)
- Batman
- Lois Lane
- Lori Lemaris (Flashback and main story)
- Ron Troupe
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Lois' doctor
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Earl and the Joker's other henchmen (Single appearance)
- Phillip Drumm (Single appearance) (Deceased)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- New Troy
- Daily Planet
- Lois Lane's apartment
- Metropolis General Hospital
- Gotham County
- Arkham Asylum
- Wayne Manor
- Batcave
- Gotham City
- 49th Street Armory
- Gotham General Hospital
Items:
- Joker action figure (Flashback and main story)
Vehicles:
Notes
- Superman navigation number 1996/9.
- This was the first issue of "Team-Up Month", a mini-event announced in the letters column. Superman navigation numbers 1996/9 to 1996/13 all featured a prominent super-hero guest star complete with their logo on the cover (in the style of DC's former team-up comics DC Comics Presents and The Brave and the Bold).
- Cover credits for this issue are provided in the letters column.
- Includes a flashback to events from Action Comics #714.
- The Joker action figure last appeared in Action Comics #714.
- Joker's Body Count = 1
Trivia
- Martin Luther King, Jr., is the second dead person to appear at the Daily Planet in a short span of time. Elvis Presley was the first (in Superman: The Man of Steel #53).
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Action Comics
- Adventures of Superman
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman: The Man of Steel
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow
Links and References
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