Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (1995) #4

"The World's Mightiest Mortals!": Billy Batson and the wizard Shazam come to Metropolis. Collin Thornton and Shazam feel the presence of each other in the city; Collin (secretly the demon-lord Lord Satanus) gives DMN, a demonic drug, to several people both in order to cause havoc and so as to ou

"The World's Mightiest Mortals!"
Part of the "Team-Up Month" event.
Cover
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Vol 1 #4
March, 1996
Cover Artists	Tom Grummett Brett Breeding Graphic Colorworks
The World's Mightiest Mortals!
Writers	Roger Stern
Pencilers	Tom Grummett
Inkers	Brett Breeding
Colorists	Glenn Whitmore Graphic Colorworks
Letterers	John Costanza
Editors	K.C. Carlson Mike McAvennie
Previous Issue	Superman: The Man of Tomorrow # 3
Next Issue	Superman: The Man of Tomorrow # 5

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #4 is an issue of the series Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1996.

Synopsis for "The World's Mightiest Mortals!"

Billy Batson and the wizard Shazam come to Metropolis. Collin Thornton and Shazam feel the presence of each other in the city; Collin (secretly the demon-lord Lord Satanus) gives DMN, a demonic drug, to several people both in order to cause havoc and so as to outmaneuver his own presence from Shazam.

Appearing in "The World's Mightiest Mortals!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman
• Captain Marvel

Supporting Characters:

• Bibbo Bibbowski
• Jimmy Olsen
• Lois Lane
• Lori Lemaris
• MSCU
  • Dan 'Terrible" Turpin
• Shazam

Antagonists:

• Collin Thornton (a.k.a. Lord Satanus)
• Contessa
• DMN addicts
• Lex Luthor

Other Characters:

• Lady Blaze (Mentioned only)
• Senator Bob (Phone call only)
• Hercules (Mentioned only)
• Lana Lang (Mentioned only)
• Wonder Woman (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Fawcett City
• Metropolis
  • 55 Broome Street
  • Daily Planet
  • Kelso's Gym
  • Metropolis General Hospital
  • Newstime Magazine
  • WGBS
• Mediterranean Sea

Items:

• DMN
• Rock of Eternity (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

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Notes

• Superman navigation number 1996/13.
• This is the fifth and final issue of "Team-Up Month", a mini-event announced in the Superman letter columns. 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 The Brave and the Bold (featuring Batman) and DC Comics Presents (featuring Superman)).
• Captain Marvel refers here to the last time that Lady Blaze tried to manipulate the two heroes against each other. It happened in Superman (Volume 2) #102. Before this, they previously encountered one another in Action Comics Annual #4.They next met in The Power of Shazam! #20.
• Captain Marvel and Superman previously fought, and later teamed up, in Superman #102.

Trivia

• At the end of this story, Captain Marvel and Superman play arm wrestling for the first time. It ended in a stalemate as an emergency needed the heroes' attention, as seen at the beginning of Action Comics #720. They would play arm wrestling again, this time in a less amiable situation, in The Power of Shazam! #46.
• This is not the first time that Captain Marvel has come to Metropolis. He was there in Adventures of Superman #442, Adventures of Superman #489 and Adventures of Superman #522. But this surely is Shazam's first time in the city.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Superman: The Man of Tomorrow series

Recommended Reading

• Superman Recommended Reading

Links and References

Previous Adventures of Superman #533: 1996/12

Superman 1996 Navigation

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