- Hammer? You should know better, Lois! I don't need no steenking hammer!
- — Superman
Superman (Volume 2) #0 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 2) with a cover date of October, 1994.
Synopsis for "Peer Pressure part 2: Awards"
Conduit sneaks into a closed down auditorium hall and plants a time bomb. A security guard finds him, but Conduit kills him with his electro-tentacles.
Meanwhile, Lois is helping Clark move back into his old apartment. She comes upon a box of keepsakes, one of which is a photograph of Clark, Lana, and a boy named Kenny Braverman. Clark tells her that in high school, Clark and Kenny rivaled at just about everything. But while Clark was always good-natured about their competition, Kenny always despised being second best. When it came time for the senior prom, Kenny asked Lana Lang to be his date, but Lana turned him down in the hopes that Clark might ask her instead. This rivalry has fueled a lifelong hatred for Clark Kent in Kenny's mind.
After unpacking, Clark and Lois attend the Lexcorp Zenith Awards for Journalism banquet. Clark Kent is given the highly coveted "Baldy" award and begins to make a speech onstage.
Just then, Conduit's bomb explodes and the stage erupts with flames. Clark quickly changes to Superman and then struggles to keep people away from the fire. Conduit's mercenaries storm the assembly hall and try to take Superman out. Superman stops them, but before he can interrogate them, Conduit activates a remote signal that causes his men to suffer a neural-meltdown. Superman tries to rush them to the hospital, but he is too late to save them.
Returning to his apartment that evening, Clark finds an old photograph of himself pinned to his front door with a knife sticking out of it.
Appearing in "Peer Pressure part 2: Awards"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Cat Grant
- Jimmy Olsen
- Lana Lang (Flashback only)
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Ron Troupe
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- None
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Smallville (Flashback only)
Items:
- Lexcorp Zenith Award for Journalism
Vehicles:
- None
Notes
- In October of 1994, all of the existing mainstream DC Comics titles released a special "0" issue to coincide with the Zero Hour crossover event. The purpose of the "0" issue was to reveal a previously unknown aspect of the title character's background. DC Titles under the Vertigo imprint were largely unaffected by Zero Hour and thus, no "0" issue specials were published for them. The "0" issues published for the Superman family of titles revolved around a single story-arc involving a villain known as Conduit.
- Superman navigation number 1994/38.
- Conduit's secret identity is revealed to readers in this issue.
- This issue is reprinted in Superman: Zero Hour.
Trivia
- One of the items found in Clark Kent's apartment is a Captain Action action figure. Captain Action was an articulated action figure produced by Ideal Toys in 1966. The Captain Action doll came equipped with various compatible costumes allowing children the ability to dress him up as various super-heroes, including Superman.
- This comic book contains advertisements for the following products:
- Virtual Bart, a Super NES video game
- Tradewest NFL Football video game
- The Death and Return of Superman video game from Sunsoft.
- The Weird Science television series on USA
- Rain-Blo bubble gum (featuring Batman and Robin)
- Bic Wavelengths writing pens
- Comic Cavalcade comic book back issue catalogue
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
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