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Legends from the Darkside

"I propose to see all the so-called "superheroes" destroyed. Expunged! Wiped from the face of the Earth for all time!!"

--G. Gordon Godfrey

Summary

Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Month: March
Year: 1987

Credits

Head Writer: John Byrne
Cover Artists: John Byrne
Pencilers: John Byrne
Inkers: Terry Austin
Colourists: Tom Ziuko
Editors: Andrew Helfer

Synopsis

Cast of Characters:

Superman
Amazing Grace
Darkseid
Glorious Godfrey (as G. Gordon Godfrey)
Hunger Dogs
Lois Lane
Parademons
Phantom Stranger

Locations

Apokolips

Armagetto

Metropolis

Metropolis Grande Hotel

Items

Fire pits of Apokolips

First Appearances: Amazing Grace; a Glommer
Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Lois Lane arranges for an interview with G. Gordon Godfrey to find out some background information on him. But Godfrey shies away from personal details and continues to spew his anti-hero propaganda.

Meanwhile, Clark Kent is racing through the streets of Metropolis trying to avoid being struck by two twin laser beams that appear to be specifically targeting him. Due to a presidential order suspending superhuman activity, Clark refuses to change into Superman. He dives into the sewers where he hopes to avoid the death rays. But the twin beams strike him transporting him to the planet Apokolips.

Darkseid is standing in his personal palace along with the Phantom Stranger. The ruler of Apokolips is disappointed that his teleportational Omega Beams brought him this "normal" human rather than their intended target, Superman. He blasts Clark out the window presumably to his doom. The Phantom Stranger sits idly by doing nothing, knowing that the fall will not harm Superman.

Superman lands in the ruins of Armagetto, where he is put upon by the maniacal, diseased citizens, known as the Hunger Dogs. He fights past them and dons a grimy cloak so as to blend in. He finds a group of Darkseid's shock troopers preparing to publicly execute a woman named Amazing Grace. Superman frees her from her tormentors and sends the shock troops scattering.

One of them summons a giant armored adversary known as a Pacifier to attack Superman. Superman tears the Pacifier armor open revealing a slimy alien, glommer. The glommer is a parasite and it latches onto Superman's face. As the man of steel struggles with the monster, they both fall into one of the nearby fire pits.

Notes

This issue is chapter 17 of the Legends crossover event.

This issue follows Legends #4. Story continues in Adventures Of Superman #426 (A Legends crossover).

Darkseid, the Phantom Stranger and Glorious Godfrey were last seen in Legends #4.

Glorious Godfrey appears next in the Legends crossover in Blue Beetle #10.

1st appearance of Amazing Grace. She is the sister of Glorious Godfrey and appears next in Adventures Of Superman #426.

Lois Lane changes her hairstyle in this issue.

Superman recognizes Darkseid in this issue. This is another clear indicator that some of the Pre-Crisis Superman tales are still considered part of the accepted Post-Crisis canon.

A reference is made to the destruction of New Genesis, home of the New Gods. The destruction of New Genesis took place in the Hunger Dogs (graphic novel).

Includes an illustrative flashback featuring the New Gods and the denizens of Apokolips.

Trivia

This comic book features advertisements for the following products:

—M&M chocolate candy

—Mile High Comics comic book back-issue catalogue

—Intergalactic Trading Co. Inc. - Star Trek collectibles

—DC Comics - Captain Atom comic book series debut

—DC Comics - Detective Comics #572 - The Doomsday Book (50th anniversary issue)

—DC Comics - Outsiders comic book series

—DC Comics comic book subscription service

External Links

References

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-[[Image:Superman v.2 2.jpg|right|frame]]
+[[Image:Superman v.2 3.jpg|right|frame|Superman #3]]
-'''The Secret Revealed!'''
+'''Legends from the Darkside'''
-:"''I know that no man with the power of Superman would ever pretend to be a mere human! Such power is to be constantly exploited. Such power is to be used!''"
-::--'''[[Lex Luthor]]'''
+:"''I propose to see all the so-called "superheroes" destroyed. Expunged! Wiped from the face of the Earth for all time!!''"
+::--'''[[Glorious Godfrey|G. Gordon Godfrey]]'''
 ==Summary==
-'''Volume:''' 2 <br>
+'''Volume:''' 2<br>
-'''Issue:''' 2 <br>
+'''Issue:''' 3<br>
-'''Month:''' February <br>
+'''Month:''' March<br>
-'''Year:''' [[:Category:1987|1987]]
+'''Year:''' [[:Category:1987|1987]]<br>
 ==Credits==
@@ Line 15: / Line 16: @@
 '''Cover Artists:''' [[John Byrne]]<br>
 '''Pencilers:''' [[John Byrne]]<br>
-'''Inkers:''' [[Terry Austin]] and [[Keith Williams]]<br>
+'''Inkers:''' [[Terry Austin]]<br>
 '''Colourists:''' [[Tom Ziuko]]<br>
 '''Editors:''' [[Andrew Helfer]]<br>
@@ Line 22: / Line 23: @@
 '''Cast of Characters:'''
 *[[Superman]]
-*[[Amanda Marie McCoy]]
+*[[Amazing Grace]]
+*[[Darkseid]]
-*Breen
+*[[Glorious Godfrey]] ''(as G. Gordon Godfrey)
-*[[Gretchen Kelley]]
+*[[Hunger Dogs]]
-*Jenner
-*[[Jonathan Kent]]
+*[[Lois Lane]]
-*[[Lana Lang]]
+*[[Parademon]]s
-*[[Lex Luthor]]
+*[[Phantom Stranger]]
-*[[Martha Kent]]
-*[[Metallo]]
-*[[Sydney Happersen]]
 '''Locations'''
+*[[Apokolips]]
+:*[[Armagetto]]
 *[[Metropolis]]
+:*Metropolis Grande Hotel
-:*[[344 Clinton Street]]
-:*New Troy
-::*[[Lexcorp|Lexcorp Tower]]
-*[[Smallville]]
-:*[[Kent farm]]
 '''Items'''
+*[[Fire pits of Apokolips]]
-*[[Kryptonite]]
-*[[Kryptonite ring]]
-*[[Kent family scrapbook]]
-'''First Appearances:''' Gretchen Kelley (Lex Luthor's personal physician); Jenner and Breen (two Lexcorp employees); Sydney Happersen (a Lexcorp scientist).<br>
+'''First Appearances:''' [[Amazing Grace]]; a [[Glommer]]<br>
-'''Final Appearances:''' Jenner and Breen<br>
+'''Final Appearances:''' No final appearances <br>
+'''Synopsis:''' Lois Lane arranges for an interview with G. Gordon Godfrey to find out some background information on him. But Godfrey shies away from personal details and continues to spew his anti-hero propaganda.
-'''Synopsis:''' Lex Luthor has asked his researchers to find out about anyone that may have a connection to Superman. Amanda Marie McCoy discovers that a woman named Lana Lang has been seen in background photographs at known Superman appearances. Luthor has a team of people investigate the Lang angle.
+Meanwhile, Clark Kent is racing through the streets of Metropolis trying to avoid being struck by two twin laser beams that appear to be specifically targeting him. Due to a presidential order suspending superhuman activity, Clark refuses to change into Superman. He dives into the sewers where he hopes to avoid the death rays. But the twin beams strike him transporting him to the planet Apokolips.
-One of Luthor's top scientists, Sydney Happersen, distracts Luthor and shows him the confined body of Metallo. He indicates that the mineral enclosed within Metallo's chest eschews radiation that appears harmful to Superman. Luthor viciously tears the green rock from Metallo's chest leaving the cyborg screaming in pain.
+Darkseid is standing in his personal palace along with the Phantom Stranger. The ruler of Apokolips is disappointed that his teleportational Omega Beams brought him this "normal" human rather than their intended target, Superman. He blasts Clark out the window presumably to his doom. The Phantom Stranger sits idly by doing nothing, knowing that the fall will not harm Superman.
-Meanwhile, Luthor has simultaneously begun investigating the background of Clark Kent. He sends two thugs, Jenner and Breen, to Smallville to ransack their house. As luck would have it, they come upon Lana Lang and bring her back to Metropolis.
+Superman lands in the ruins of Armagetto, where he is put upon by the maniacal, diseased citizens, known as the Hunger Dogs. He fights past them and dons a grimy cloak so as to blend in. He finds a group of Darkseid's shock troopers preparing to publicly execute a woman named Amazing Grace. Superman frees her from her tormentors and sends the shock troops scattering.
-Later, Luthor uses his influence and power to force Amanda McCoy to come to dinner with him. Their candlelit evening is disrupted however when he learns that his men have found Lana Lang.
+One of them summons a giant armored adversary known as a Pacifier to attack Superman. Superman tears the Pacifier armor open revealing a slimy alien, glommer. The glommer is a parasite and it latches onto Superman's face. As the man of steel struggles with the monster, they both fall into one of the nearby fire pits.
-Luthor's team keeps Lana drugged for three days, torturing her for information concerning Superman. But she doesn’t reveal anything. They eventually allow her to "escape" and Lana drags herself to Clark Kent's apartment. Clark finds her and goes berserk when he learns what has happened.  He flies to the Lexcorp building and bursts into Luthor's penthouse.
+<br>
+==Notes==
-But Luthor has been expecting Superman. He has taken a piece from Metallo's Kryptonite heart and fashioned it into a stone, set inside of a ring. Superman is powerless against it, and Luthor gleefully kicks him out of his office, threatening to have him arrested. He whispers into Superman's ear a confession concerning Lana Lang.
+*This issue is chapter 17 of the [[:Category:Legends|Legends]] crossover event.
+*This issue follows [[Legends 4 (1987)|Legends #4]]. Story continues in [[Adventures of Superman 426 (1987)|Adventures Of Superman #426]] ''(A Legends crossover)''.
-Superman flies back to Smallville to check on his parents. Everything is fine, but Martha comments that a scrapbook she once made filled with pictures of Superman's exploits has been stolen. They have no idea that it was Luthor's men who staged the robbery.
+*[[Darkseid]], the [[Phantom Stranger]] and [[Glorious Godfrey]] were last seen in Legends #4.
-Back in Metropolis, Amanda McCoy finishes extrapolating all known information concerning Superman. Feeding the info into a computer, the results reveal that Clark Kent is Superman. Luthor literally doesn't believe his ears. Refusing to believe that someone such as Superman could ever find satisfaction masquerading as a normal human, he fires Amanda on the spot.
+*Glorious Godfrey appears next in the Legends crossover in [[Blue Beetle 10 (1987)|Blue Beetle #10]].
-==Notes==
-*This issue falls between [[Action Comics 585 (1987)|Action Comics #585]] and [[Adventures of Superman 425 (1987)|Adventures Of Superman #425]].
+*1st appearance of [[Amazing Grace]]. She is the sister of Glorious Godfrey and appears next in [[Adventures of Superman 426 (1987)|Adventures Of Superman #426]].
-*1st appearance of [[Sydney Happersen]], Lex Luthor's go-to guy.
+*[[Lois Lane]] changes her hairstyle in this issue.
-*1st appearance of [[Gretchen Kelley]], Lex Luthor's personal physician. Gretchen Kelley appears next in [[Superman 013 (Volume 2, 1988)|Superman (Volume 2) #13]].
+*Superman recognizes Darkseid in this issue. This is another clear indicator that some of the [[Pre-Crisis]] Superman tales are still considered part of the accepted [[Glossary:P#Post-Crisis|Post-Crisis]] canon.
-*1st appearance of [[Jonathan Kent]], [[Martha Kent]] and [[Lana Lang]] in this title. They were last seen in [[Man of Steel 6 (1986)|Man of Steel #6]].
+*A reference is made to the destruction of [[New Genesis]], home of the New Gods. The destruction of New Genesis took place in the [[Hunger Dogs (graphic novel)]].
-*1st appearance of [[Amanda Marie McCoy]], one of Lex Luthor's researchers. She appears next in [[Adventures of Superman 448 (1988)|Adventures Of Superman #448]].
+*Includes an illustrative flashback featuring the New Gods and the denizens of Apokolips.
-*[[Metallo]] appears next in [[Adventures of Superman 441 (1988)|Adventures Of Superman #441]].
-*Green [[Kryptonite]] was first seen in [[Superman 001 (Volume 2, 1987)|Superman (Volume 2) #1]].
-*Jenner and Breen are killed off-panel in this issue.
 ==Trivia==
 *This comic book features advertisements for the following products:
 :&mdash;M&M chocolate candy
+:&mdash;Mile High Comics comic book back-issue catalogue
-:&mdash;Cap'n Crunch cereal
-:&mdash;DC Comics - Wonder Woman comic series debut
+:&mdash;Intergalactic Trading Co. Inc.'' - Star Trek collectibles
-:&mdash;Lazer Tag home video game system
+:&mdash;DC Comics - Captain Atom comic book series debut
-:&mdash;DC Comics - Legends crossover comic books: Blue Beetle #9, Justice League of America #259 and Firestorm #56
+:&mdash;DC Comics - Detective Comics #572 - The Doomsday Book (50th anniversary issue)
-:&mdash;DC Comics – Batman: Year One four-part story (Batman #404-407)
+:&mdash;DC Comics - Outsiders comic book series
-:&mdash;DC Comics – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns trade paperback
+:&mdash;DC Comics comic book subscription service
 ==Recommended Readings==
+*[[Hunger Dogs (graphic novel)]]
-*Readers who enjoy [[John Byrne]]'s revisionist Superman may also enjoy reading the six-issue origin relaunch, [[Comics Man of Steel|Man of Steel]], series, as well as the three satellite "World of..." mini-series, [[Comics World of Krypton (Volume 2)|World of Krypton]], [[Comics World of Metropolis|World of Metropolis]] and [[Comics World of Smallville|World of Smallville]].
+*[[Comics Legends|Legends]]
-*Readers who enjoy stories revolving around [[Lex Luthor]], may also enjoy [[Lex Luthor - The Unauthorized Biography]].
 ==Related Articles==
-*[[Krypton]]
+*[[Glommer]]
+*[[New Genesis]]
+*[[New Gods]]
+*[[Omega beams]]
+*[[Pacifier]]
 ==External Links==
-* ''[http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=42470   Superman #2 entry at Grand Comics Database]''
+*''[http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=42590   Superman #3 entry at the Grand Comics Database]''
+*''[http://www.dcuguide.com/Sm/Sm2_003.php   Superman #3 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]''
 ==References==
-*''[http://www.dcuguide.com/Sm/Sm2_002.php   Superman #2 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]''
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