Krypton destroyed my home-world! I will have my vengeance upon it! Every survivor of its destruction--Superman, Supergirl, Bottle-City of Kandor-- --All of them will die at my hands!
- — Amalak
Superman #312 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1977.
Appearing in "Today the City... Tomorrow the World"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Flash (Flashback and main story)
- Green Lantern
- Supergirl
- Lois Lane (Cameo)
- Morgan Edge
- Steve Lombard (Mentioned only)
- Lola Barnett (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Amalak (Flashback and main story)
- Electro-Surrogate Warrior (Made of charged particles which behaves like a human)
- Nam-Ek (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Other Characters:
- Samuel Tanner (Cameo)
- Dan Reed (Clark Kent's substitute on WGBS News) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Norman Lewis (GBS affiliate WCCR-TV in Central City) (Single appearance)
- Rondor (Dies in flashback)
- Justice League of America (Mentioned only)
- Doctor (Unnamed)
Locations:
- Space
- Krypton (Flashback only) and (Destroyed)
- Inter-Galactic Penal Colony (Mentioned only)
- Justice League Satellite I
- The Sun
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Morgan Edge's Office
- United Broadcasting Company (UBC)
- Samuel Tanner's Office
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Central City
- Sheridan Central Hotel
- Emergency Treatment Center
- Georgia
- Atlanta (Mentioned only)
- Federal Center for Disease Control (Mentioned only)
- Atlanta (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
- California
- San Francisco (Mentioned only)
- Florida
- Santa Augusta
- New Athens Experimental School (Mentioned only)
- Santa Augusta
- West Indies (Flashback only)
- Volcano (Flashback only)
- Fortress of Solitude (Mentioned only)
- Bottle City of Kandor (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
Items:
- Kryptonite (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern Ring
- Journalist's Disease
- Teleportation Beam
- Star Cannon
Vehicles:
- Amalak's Spacecraft disguised as an Asteroid (Flashback and main story)
Synopsis for "Today the City... Tomorrow the World"
Supergirl joins Superman in their quest to find a cure for the "journalist's disease" and to help the dying Flash. Superman discovers that Nam-Ek, whom he thought he had accidentally killed, is alive and now is an ally of their enemy Amalak.
Superman battles Nam-Ek, hoping to use the healing energies of his Rondor horn to save the disease victims. Supergirl fights an "electro-surrogate" force-being controlled by Amalak and defeats it, but is temporarily blinded by the flash of its destruction and is rendered unconscious by Amalak. Threatening Supergirl's life with a "star-cannon", Amalak allows Superman to take Nam-Ek to Earth while he holds Supergirl prisoner. Minutes later, Amalak tells Supergirl that he created "journalist's disease", and he is now going to kill her.
Notes
- 300 journalist were affected by the plague and 3 were killed by the plague that hit the World News Confernce in Central City. The plague became known as the Journalist Disease.
- The first .35 cent issue.
Trivia
Mork (Robin Williams) can be seen reading a copy of this issue in an early episode of the TV show Mork and Mindy (1978-82).
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
