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"The Beginning...": In a distant galaxy, after Salden's wife Lyella was killed by the criminal Gundor Gorrok out of revenge, he followed him into the space/time bender and the two were taken to Earth, where he realized that he was "some sort of Super Man" due to his newfound powers. While Gorrok

Quote1 How about I do what all the prisons and lockups couldn't do? How about I rid the universe of you once and for all, you slimy, stinkin', murderin' maggot? Quote2
Salden

Just Imagine: Superman #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of November, 2001.

Synopsis for "The Beginning..."

In a distant galaxy, after Salden's wife Lyella was killed by the criminal Gundor Gorrok out of revenge, he followed him into the space/time bender and the two were taken to Earth, where he realized that he was "some sort of Super Man" due to his newfound powers. While Gorrok convinced a tribe of people that he was a god and set out to conquer Earth, Salden earned money, took on the alias of "Clark Kent", and claimed that his powers came from his suit, not wanting others to know that he was an alien.

Gorrok became acquainted with Reverend Darrk, while Salden met Lois Lane, who decided to call him "Superman", and decided to use her offer of making him famous to attract his enemy's attention. Salden fought Gorrok after the latter kidnapped Lois Lane and the visiting Chinese president and saved them both before suspecting that somebody was pulling the strings behind him.

Appearing in "The Beginning..."

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  • Government Agents
  • Law Bringers
  • Sam (Single appearance)
  • Chinese president
  • Larry King (Mentioned only)
  • Jay Leno (Mentioned only)
  • Bill Gates (Mentioned only)
  • Warner Bros. (Mentioned only)
  • Universal (Mentioned only)
  • Disney (Mentioned only)

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  • Shoulder Harness
  • Space-Time Bender


Synopsis for "On the Street"

Believing that Superman, as an alien, had no rights, a comic book publisher named Joe decided to publish comics with the hero's name without his permission and was subsequently intimidated by Lois Lane into paying her for doing so. Afterwards, Lois pitched a Superman strip to DC Comics in order to replace "Zatara the Magician" in Action Comics.

Appearing in "On the Street"

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  • Joe (Single appearance)

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  • Lester (Single appearance)
  • Midge (Single appearance)
  • Stan Lee (Cameo)
  • Joe's cousin's husband (Mentioned only)
  • Bill Gaines (Mentioned only)
  • "Pep" Comics boys (Mentioned only)
    • Morry
    • Lou
    • John
  • Donenfeld and Liebowitz (Mentioned only)
  • Superman (Mentioned only)
  • Disney (Mentioned only)
  • DC Comics (Mentioned only)
  • Marvel (Mentioned only)
  • Uncle Manny (Mentioned only)

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Trivia

  • Salden came up with the name "Clark Kent" after seeing a van that said "Clark & Peter Ice Cream" and the intersection of Parker Pl. and Kent St.


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