Superman Vol 1 358

If I'm helpless to save the adopted race I've pledged to protect ...The least I can do for them is insure a swift and merciful end by disintegrating the earth around them!

— Superman

Superman #358 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1981. It was published on January 8, 1981.

Synopsis for "Father Nature's Folly!"

When a blackout hits the classroom in which Clark Kent is lecturing to students, he regales them with the story of Superman's battle against Cron, an alien who attempted to destroy "Mother Nature".

Appearing in "Father Nature's Folly!"

Featured Characters:

Superman (Flashback and main story) (Narrator)

Supporting Characters:

Lana Lang (Mentioned only)
Jimmy Olsen (Mentioned only)

Antagonists:

Cron (Father Nature) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Margaret Wilson
TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids (Unnamed)
- Alec
- Shanna
Mike Wallace (Mentioned only)
Five Power Station Workers (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Supergirl (Mentioned only)
Nutra (Mother Nature) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
Justice League of America (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Earth-One
Space (Flashback and main story)
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
  - Metropolis
    - High School (Unnamed)
    - Galaxy Communications Building (Flashback only)
      - Clark Kent's Office (Flashback only)
  - Smallville, Kansas (Mentioned only)
    - Smallville High School (Mentioned only)
  - Upstate Power Station
  - Colorado
    - Rocky Mountains
  - North Pole
    - Fortress of Solitude
  - South America
    - Amazon Rainforest

Items:

Power Prong (Flashback only)
Super-Computer (Flashback only)
Detonator (Flashback only)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "A Day in the Life of Bruce (Superman) Wayne"

Superman defeats a gang of terrorists while concealing his double identity from Barbara Gordon.

Appearing in "A Day in the Life of Bruce (Superman) Wayne"

Featured Characters:

Superman (Kal-El/Bruce Wayne) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

Barbara Gordon (Flashback and main story)
Wayne Family
- Thomas Wayne (Flashback and main story)
- Martha Wayne (Flashback and main story)
Jim Gordon (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

Terrorists (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Lew Moxon (Cameo) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

Lola Barnett (Mentioned only)
Matilda Perkins (Mentioned only)
Mr. Langstrom (Mentioned only)
Edgar Allan Poe (Mentioned only)
Nobel Prize Winners (Unnamed)
Jet Liner Captain (Unnamed) (Single appearance)

Locations:

Earth-353
- Earth
  - Gotham City
    - Wayne Manor (Flashback only)
    - Book Cellar
    - Gotham City Public Library (Mentioned only)
    - Gotham International Airport (Mentioned only)
    - Deserted Hanger (Terrorists hideout)
    - Gotham State Prison
- Europe (Mentioned only)
- Atlantic Ocean
- Krypton (Destroyed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)

Items:

Special Hot-Line
Bomb
Super Grenades

Vehicles:

Kryptonian Rocket (Cameo) (Flashback only)
Jet Liner

Notes

A Day in the Life of Bruce (Superman) Wayne was originally published as an imaginary story, a story outside of regular continuity. In Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium, it was retconned as having happened on another Earth, (Earth-353).

Trivia

Alec and Shanna (a.k.a. the TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids) and their teacher Ms. Margaret Wilson were characters that were created for Radio Shack promotional comics. This was their only non-reprint appearance outside of those giveaways. It takes place between Superman in The Computers That Saved Metropolis and Superman in Victory by Computer.
It was mentioned that Margaret Wilson was a classmate of Clark Kent at Smallville High School.

Links and References

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