Superman Vol 1 378

"The Man Who Saved the Future!": Scientist Edmond Hamilton accidentally gains prophetic power that warns him of a doom the Earth faces in the near future. He adopts the secret identity of Colonel Future and begins stealing devices to help him build a defense agai

"The Man Who Saved the Future!"
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Superman Vol 1 #378
December, 1982
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Rich Buckler Dick Giordano
The Man Who Saved the Future!
Writers	Paul Kupperberg
Pencilers	Curt Swan
Inkers	Dave Hunt
Colorists	Anthony Tollin
Letterers	Ben Oda
Editors	Julius Schwartz E. Nelson Bridwell
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Great Stars! Am I hallucinating... or am I really seeing a vision of the future... of a solar flare about to fry the earth?!

— Colonel Future

Superman #378 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1982.

Synopsis for "The Man Who Saved the Future!"

Scientist Edmond Hamilton accidentally gains prophetic power that warns him of a doom the Earth faces in the near future. He adopts the secret identity of Colonel Future and begins stealing devices to help him build a defense against it, but runs afoul of Superman.

Appearing in "The Man Who Saved the Future!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Jimmy Olsen
• Jennifer Owens (Final appearance)
• Morgan Edge (Mentioned only)

Antagonists:

• Colonel Future (First appearance & origin)

Other Characters:

• Jack O'Neil (Director of Project Earth-Ear) (Single appearance)
• Larry (WGBS Cameraman) (Single appearance)
• Metropolis University
  • Students (Unnamed)
  • Instructor (Unnamed)
• NASA
  • Two Columbia Space Shuttle Crewmembers (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
  • Four Members (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Armstrong (Mentioned only)
• United States Air Force
  • Air Force Pilot (Call-sign Chase-Plane One) (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Major Lee Brackett (Single appearance)
  • Military Police (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
• Edmond Hamilton (Mentioned only)
• Captain Future (Mentioned only)
• Queen Elizabeth (Mentioned only)
• Lex Luthor (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-One
  • 20th Century
    • Space (Also in a vision)
      • Solar System (Behind the scenes)
        • Asteroid
        • The Sun
        • Earth (Also in a vision)
          • North Pole
            • Fortress of Solitude
          • United States of America
            • California
              • Los Angeles
                • Electronics Building (Unnamed)
            • Florida
              • Cape Canaveral
              • Cocoa Beach
                • Edmond Hamilton's Residence
            • New York
              • Metropolis
                • College of Electrical Engineering
                • Galaxy Communications
                  • Daily Planet
                  • WGBS Studios
                • Metropolis University
                • Metropolis Bay
              • New York City
                • S.T.A.R. Labs
            • Puerto Rico
              • Earth-Ear Radio Antenna
            • Texas
              • Houston
                • Johnson Space Center (Unnamed)
                  • Laser Laboratory
        • Neptune (Mentioned only)
        • The Moon (Mentioned only)
  • 1951 (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Colonel Future's Solar Flare Contraption (Destroyed)
• Deep Space Monitor
• Jet Pack
• Force Field
• Giant Glass Reflector (Destroyed)
• Green Kryptonite (Mentioned only)
• Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch
• Solar Activity Measuring Device
• Solar Flares (Also in a vision) (Destroyed)
• Time & Space Warps
• Teleportation Device
• Ultra-Sonic Tunneling Device
• Defunct Space Satellites

Vehicles:

• Columbia Space Shuttle
• Jet Fighter
• Saturn V Rockets (Mentioned only)
  

Notes

• Jennifer Owens was promoted from a receptionist to assistant to the V.P. of broadcasting for Galaxy Communications.

Trivia

• The character Major Lee Brackett's name is a homage to writer Edmond Hamilton's wife, Leigh Brackett.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Superman series