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* [[Joker (Earth-One)|Joker]] {{TV}}
 
* [[Joker (Earth-One)|Joker]] {{TV}}
 
* [[Uxas (New Earth)|Darkseid]] {{TV}}
 
* [[Uxas (New Earth)|Darkseid]] {{TV}}
* [[Muammar Gaddafi (New Earth)|Muammar Gaddafi]] {{TV}}
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* Pocantico Federal Correctional Facility
 
* Pocantico Federal Correctional Facility
 
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*** Warden Clarence Rutherford {{Only}}
* Metropolis Eagle Staff {{Unnamed}} {{Only}}
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** Mr. Kenyan
 
** Mr. Kenyan
 
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* ''Essays on Superman'' book
 
* ''Essays on Superman'' book
 
* ''Last Son of Krypton'' book
 
* ''Last Son of Krypton'' book
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| Notes = * This is the final appearance of the Earth-One [[Morgan Edge]]. The revised Post-Crisis Edge makes his first appearance in {{c|Superman Vol 2 13}}.
 
| Notes = * This is the final appearance of the Earth-One [[Morgan Edge]]. The revised Post-Crisis Edge makes his first appearance in {{c|Superman Vol 2 13}}.
* ''Essays on Superman'' by Lois Lane and ''Last Son of Krypton'' by [[Elliot S. Maggin]] are seen at the Public Library.
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* ''Essays on Superman'' by Lois Lane and ''[[Last Son of Krypton (Novel)|Last Son of Krypton]]'' by [[Elliot S. Maggin]] are seen at the Public Library.
 
* The warden at Pocantico has the same name as Wally Cleaver's friend Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the television show ''Leave it to Beaver''.
 
* The warden at Pocantico has the same name as Wally Cleaver's friend Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the television show ''Leave it to Beaver''.
 
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Revision as of 07:49, 20 November 2019

"The Man Who Murdered Evil!": Superman's computer correlates the appearance of super-villains on Earth to the presence of a being named Greeneyes. But when Superman goes after Greeneyes, the villain merges into the body of a human being and transforms him into Iago, an avatar of mystic evil.

Quote1 Iago is the name I have taken, but it is all the same. I am the one responsible-- --for youth's pain and age's dispair... for tyrants' ascendancy and pilgrims' descent... for the crashing of hopes and the untimeliness of death. I am... the evil one. But more than that, I am... The Man who Murdered Evil! ...and got away with it-- only to find out that in so doing I have become the mortal enemy of... Superman Quote2
Iago

Superman #419 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1986.

Synopsis for "The Man Who Murdered Evil!"

Superman's computer correlates the appearance of super-villains on Earth to the presence of a being named Greeneyes. But when Superman goes after Greeneyes, the villain merges into the body of a human being and transforms him into Iago, an avatar of mystic evil.

Appearing in "The Man Who Murdered Evil!"

Featured Characters:

  • Template:Apn (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Greeneyes (Flashback only)
  • Iago (Flashback and main story) (Narrator) (Single appearance)
    • (also disguised as)
      • Arnie Alpert
      • Female Prisoner #636211
  • Satan (Flashback and main story)
  • Dr. Alice Herman #112548 (Final appearance)
  • Demons (Flashback and main story)
  • Three Bank Robbers (Unnamed) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Arnie Alpert (Single appearance) (Possessed)
  • Lex Luthor (On a TV or computer screen) and (Mentioned only)
  • Brainiac (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Joker (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Darkseid (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Muammar Gaddafi (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Pocantico Federal Correctional Facility
    • Prisoners (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
      • Ethel (Single appearance)
      • #636211 (Possessed)
    • Staff (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
      • Warden Clarence Rutherford (Single appearance)
  • Metropolis Eagle Staff (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
    • Mr. Kenyan
  • Simon Legree (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:



Notes

  • This is the final appearance of the Earth-One Morgan Edge. The revised Post-Crisis Edge makes his first appearance in Superman (Volume 2) #13.
  • Essays on Superman by Lois Lane and Last Son of Krypton by Elliot S. Maggin are seen at the Public Library.
  • The warden at Pocantico has the same name as Wally Cleaver's friend Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the television show Leave it to Beaver.



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