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"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.

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:

Villains:

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

Other Characters:

  • Arnie Alpert (First appearance) (Possessed)
  • Pocantico Federal Correctional Facility
    • Prisoners (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
      • Ethel (Single appearance)
    • Staff (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
      • Warden Clarence Rutherford
  • Metropolis Eagle Staff (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
    • Mr. Kenyan

Locations:

Items:

  • Super Computer
  • Essays on Superman book
  • Last Son of Krypton book
  • Metropolis Eagle Newspaper
  • Highly Activated Yeast Culture
  • Plutonium

Vehicles:



Notes

  • This is the final appearance of the Earth-One Morgan Edge. The revised Post-Crisis Edge makes his first appearance in Superman #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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