Yes-- I am dying-- Because you hit the Gamma-Gong too hard! Its vibrations disrupted every cell in my body! You will have taken a life, after all, Superman-- Mine! 
- — Amalak
Superman #314 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1977.
Contents
Synopsis for "Before This Night is Over, Superman Will Kill!"
Jamie Lombard collapses suddenly from "journalists' disease". Superman is about to destroy Jevik, which is in its non-living phase. Amalak, by remote control, causes Jevik to shift into living phase, and Superman stops just before he would have killed it. After a short battle, he subdues Jevik. Then Superman goes to the Justice League satellite, where he battles Amalak and defeats him by striking Kanjar Ro's gamma gong.
Later, Amalak kills himself, trying to make Superman think he has hurt Amalak fatally with the gong-striking, but Superman makes him confess the truth with his dying breath. Superman distributes a world-wide treatment for "journalists' disease" by putting tranquilizer in clouds, and while the infected are calm Superman cures them with Nam-Ek's captive power. Later, he finds a fully-recovered Green Lantern and Flash, who have rescued Supergirl.
Appearing in "Before This Night is Over, Superman Will Kill!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Flash
- Green Lantern
- Jamie Lombard (Final appearance)
- Lois Lane (Flashback and main story)
- Steve Lombard
- Lola Barnett (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Amalak (Final appearance; dies)
- Klynn (Flashback only) (Origin)
- Jevik (Final appearance)
- Klynn (Flashback only) (Origin)
- Nam-Ek (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Sheridan Central Hotel Ski Patrol
- Richards (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- World News Conference Attendees (Unnamed)
- Ralphie (Flashback only)
- Barbarian Army (Mentioned only)
- Amazo (Encased in the JLA Satellite Trophy Room)
Locations:
- Space
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Tiburon (Flashback only)
- Justice League Satellite I
- Trophy Room
- Medical Lab
- Earth
- Central City
- Sheridan Central Hotel
- Emergency Treatment Center (Flashback and main story)
- Mactavish's (Fast Food Restaurant) (In ruins)
- Metropolis (Mentioned only)
- Central City
Items:
- Doctor Light's Light-Ray Weapon
- Journalists' Disease
- Kanjar Ro's Gamma Gong
- Star-Cannon (Mentioned only)
- Amalak's Star-Amulet
- The Key's Radiation Rifle
- H-Bomb (Mentioned only)
- Alien Death Ray (Amalak used on himself)
- Green Lantern Ring (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
- Amalak's Spacecraft disguised as an asteroid (Mentioned only)
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)
