DC Universe Online Legends (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2011. It was published on June 15, 2011.
Synopsis for "Facts"
Lex Luthor enjoys new fame and celebrity as his TV news station covers the parade honoring him for saving the Daily Planet staff from the clutches of Brainiac. Jimmy Olsen watches in disgust from the monitors in the Planet Newsroom, though Perry White reminds him that Lex owns that station and they'll say what he tells them to.
Lois and Clark discuss what has occurred; Clark says that even though Lex may have been partially responsible for the incident, he's glad Lois was safe because of him. Clark also states that the attack on Supergirl was just a test, believing there to be more to Brainiac's plan than simply stealing powers from Earth's metahumans. Meanwhile, Lois notices the mark on his neck from the exobyte that bit him. Clark gets a call from the JLA and has to fly off as Superman for a meeting, but moments after he leaves, Lois exhibits electrical powers that she can't control. Once Clark doesn't have so much on his mind, she hopes to confide in him about it.
Superman arrives outside Bruce Wayne's mansion and listens in on the conversation between the JLA members about how Superman abandoned them in the middle of a battle to save the Daily Planet and that he can no longer be relied upon.
More people begin developing sudden abilities. At the home of Perry and Alice White, Perry returns from work and washes up until Alice screams about a grease fire on her stove. Perry bolts to the kitchen and shoots ice out of his hands that stop the blaze. Neither of them can understand what just happened. Jimmy Olsen raucously plays video games before transforming into a large turtle. Daily Planet cafeteria worker Marge Williams comes home to her ungrateful husband, who expects his dinner. When she tells him he should have made himself a sandwich, he pushes her, but she turns around and pushes him back... through several walls. Now drunk with power, Marge is happy with his death.
In the Batcave, Superman enters and apologizes to Martian Manhunter. However, he appeared to have been targeted in the battle with the exobytes and may well have lost all his abilities even if Superman hadn't flown off to save Lois and the Daily Planet. Even though Batman continues to claim that Lois was in no immediate danger, he forgives Superman, at least for now. But then an alert comes from Metropolis.
The Toyman and the Prankster are taking advantage of the chaos in the city and attacking from floating platforms, so Superman flies off again to go help. Brainiac manages to use the exobyte infection in Superman's system during the fight to stop his flight powers, leaving him unable to escape Toyman and Prankster's weapons. Brainiac mentions that Superman's Kryptonian biology is still resisting the exobyte and he can only weaken him, rather than remove all his powers at once.
His powers return and Superman redoubles his efforts, but Toyman and Prankster's floating platforms suddenly explode, killing them both. On the ground, Luthor grandstands and claims that Superman should have saved them. Superman tries to explain that his powers weren't working properly, but Luthor uses the situation to turn public opinion against the Man of Steel.
Appearing in "Facts"
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Antagonists:
- Brainiac
- Lex Luthor
- Prankster
- Toyman
Other Characters:
- Daily Planet Employees
- Perry White
- Alice White
- Jimmy Olsen
- Marge Williams (First appearance)
- Lea Binder (First appearance)
- Supergirl (Mentioned only)
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See Also
- Cover gallery for the DC Universe Online Legends series
- Images from DC Universe Online Legends Vol 1 10