Superman (Volume 4) #10 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 4) with a cover date of January, 2017. It was published on November 2, 2016.
Synopsis for "In the Name of the Father: World's Smallest, Part 1"
At school, Jon and Kathy meet a girl called Maya, who is secretly monitoring Superboy for an unknown party. As school hours end and Kathy returns home, Superboy goes to investigate some mysterious happenings in Dead Man's Swamp. There, he stumbles upon some bizarre creatures until the mysterious Nobody and her flying creature Goliath grab him and take him into the sky. Nobody is actually Maya, the girl Jon had met earlier at school. Unfortunately, Superboy's freeze breath goes off and causes them all to fall towards the ground. Goliath only has seconds to spare before shielding the kids from the impact, but Superboy is knocked unconscious.
As Superboy wakes up, he finds himself strapped to a table deep within the Batcave, observed by Robin and Nobody. Robin is not happy Superman and his family have been using Batman's property and believes Superboy to be a threat. Batman arrives, umcomfortable with Robin, and attempts to clear the misunderstanding until Superman angrily breaks into the Batcave, demanding to know where his son is. To prevent more fighting, Superboy uses his freeze breath to create an ice wall to separate both father-son duos.
Superman is given enough time to calm down and ultimately, everyone gets acquainted with each other. Batman performs some DNA analysis on Superboy and, showing concern for Superboy's power manifestations, promises to keep Superman updated. Superman asks him if their fathers ever had questions about how to raise children, and Batman replies that all good fathers do.
Unfortunately, Superboy and Robin had gotten off with the wrong foot, made worse when Robin makes a bad joke about Superboy accidentally killing his pet. Superboy assaults Robin and a fight breaks out between them, which is only ended when both boys are angrily glared down by their fathers.
Appearing in "In the Name of the Father: World's Smallest, Part 1"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Alfred the Cat
- Bat-Cow
- Hamilton County Elementary School students (First full appearance)
- Walt (First appearance)
- Titus the Dog
- Tony Martinez
- Cobb Branden (Mentioned only)
- Darkseid (Mentioned only)
- Ghosts (Mentioned only)
- Goldie the Cat (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Hamilton County Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Jonathan Kent (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Mentioned only)
- Wonder Woman (Mentioned only)
- Lois Lane (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Wayne (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- Earth
- United States of America
- California
- San Francisco
- Birdcave
- San Francisco
- New Jersey
- New York
- Hamilton County
- Dead Man's Swamp (First appearance)
- Hamilton County Elementary School (First appearance)
- Smith Farm (Mentioned only)
- Hamilton County
- California
- Arctic Circle
- Fortress of Solitude (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- The Moon (Mentioned only)
- Lunar Cave (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- Sphere of the Gods
- Apokolips (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Batarangs
- Batman's T-Rex (Mentioned only)
- Batcomputer
- Batsuit
- Nobody's Suit
Vehicles:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Superboy: A Celebration of 75 Years.
See Also