Superman: Man of Tomorrow #9 is a chapter in the digital-first series Superman: Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1 (Digital)) with a cover date of June, 2020.
Synopsis for "What Lives Inside"
Superman flies Lois to a garnet mine and learns that she was contacted by a miner Toni to acquire Superman's help. After they land near the mine, they learn that their fellow miners were attacked by mysterious beings. Superman tells Lois to stay out of the cave but she rejects it since she has to cover the story. As he enters the cave, he notices something is afoot and tells her to hang back.
After getting attacked by mysterious beings who are extremely strong, Clark breaks the wall of a cave to get more room. Finding that humans are trapped inside them, Clark discovers they are fungi and tests his theory of using water on them to make them dissolve, which works. The fungi however soon attacking everyone and he dumps them with a large tank of water to dissolve them.
After being handed a device Lois found in the cave, Superman tries to track where it's broadcasting its signal to, but it dissolves. He however guesses that Brainiac was behind it. As Lois reports on the events in the mine, Brainiac watches it in his skullship and thanks Superman for indirectly taking part in his experiment on the fungi.
Appearing in "What Lives Inside"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Brainiac
- Dyvira fungi
Other Characters:
- Toni
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Invasive Species"
Brainiac learns that Superman is coming for him and guesses that he must have had a network in his Fortress of Solitude that can detect his high cerebral activity, after the incident with the Dyvira fungi. After being confronted by his adversary, Brainiac informs that his experiments are to test what kind of force he'll need to take his enemies down and releases a shrunken Kaigora in front of him. The beast soon grows to its full size and Superman learns from him that it loves consuming jet fuel.
As he tries to get the Kaigora off an airport runway, he gets attacked and later is forced into a battle as it tries attacking the control tower. After being grabbed in its teeth, he gets contacted by Brainiac who tells him that it will soon multiply into thousands of Kaigoras by replicating itself. After breaking out of its mouth, Superman stops it from grabbing an airplane, but gets stomped under its feet. He soon puts a stop to it and flies away with the beast, realizing it needs a warm atmosphere to reproduce.
The Kaigora is left by the Superman on an Arctic ice cap where it becomes dormant, but Brainiac contacts him again and states that it'll be woken up sooner or later since the ice cap will melt due to global warming, forcing him to take its life. Clark destroys the diode that allows Brainiac to talk to him, promising to come after him and take the Kaigora back to its planet.
Appearing in "Invasive Species"
Featured Characters:
Villains:
- Brainiac
- Kaigora
Locations:
- Arctic Circle
- United States of America
- Ollusko System (Mentioned only)
See Also
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- Cover gallery for the Superman: Man of Tomorrow series