"City desk?" "This is Lois Lane." "Hit the record button and take all this down." "I'm in Crestview Park on the west side and this thing from outer space has just landed." "I don't know what it is, but it doesn't look user-friendly." "You got plans this weekend, Clark?" "l'm playing tour guide for my folks." "They're coming to town for Father's Day." "What's their ETA?" "Call the SCU." "Get them down here." "Fast." "Your mom and dad." "What time are they--?" "Clark?" "Lois, get back." "He's ripping it apart." "Transmit the destruct code." "Now." "Yes, sire!" "That doesn't look too encouraging." "No, it doesn't." "Superman." "My scream machine is a success, great Darkseid." "is it?" "A success in gauging Superman's strength." "Using this data, I can now construct the ultimate device to destroy him and" "That was your ultimate device, Desaad." "You have failed me." "Please, sire." "All my years of service to you." "Send me back to Earth, Darkseid." "Let me put lntergang back together." "I've learned a lot here on Apokolips." "No one gets the chance to fail me twice, Mr. Manheim." "Give me the opportunity to prove myself, sire." "Let me destroy Superman for you." "No, Kalibak." "But" "The destruction of Superman is too important to my plans." "I cannot entrust it to you." "As you wish, great Darkseid." "How can he even take that gorilla seriously?" "No one questions my judgment, Mr. Manheim." "Least of all you." "To work." "Kalibak." "You do not have to accept your rejection." "I can send you to Earth to destroy Superman." "And cover your failure, worm?" "Well, technically." "But if you were to succeed Darkseid would honor you." "You would be his favorite." "Yes." "It is only right that you claim all the glory for this great deed." "Do not even mention that I suggested it." "Are you certain?" "Trust me, Kalibak." "Darkseid will finally accept you as his son." "Your father's thinking of buying a computer for the farm." "I am not. I don't need some fancy gizmo to tell me when the chickens have to be fed." "It's your mother who wants one." "She's aching to surf the net, whatever that means." "When I finish a story, I press a button and it goes straight to the editor's desk." "Heck." "That could save you five or six whole steps." "Ah, but the editor can send it directly to typography seven flights down, and they can send it to the press room, and" "Okay, okay. I surrender." "This is Lois Lane, folks." "Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Kent." "Please, Jonathan and Martha." "We've heard so much about you from Clark." "Really?" "We feel like you're practically family." "Will you join us for lunch?" "Well, seeing as I'm practically family, why not?" "Kent!" "My office." "Now." "On my way, chief." "You all go ahead to the restaurant." "I'll meet you in a few minutes." "No hurry, Clark. I'm sure Lois and I have a lot to talk about." "Your editor wasn't angry with Clark, was he?" "He certainly sounded upset." "No." "The chief always sounds like that." "It's part of his charm." "My goodness." "This place looks expensive." "Clark shouldn't have" "Oh, hush, Martha." "Let the boy indulge us if he wants." "is it true Superman is often seen in this part of the city?" "Yes, sir." "Good." "Hurry!" "Before the roof comes down." "Somebody should take that bruiser down a peg." "Jonathan!" "What was that?" "!" "I can't see a thing, but it sounded like a bomb to me." "Kent." "Get down there and find out what" "Superman." "Clark Kent's father...still inside." "Are you two all right?" "Yes." "Go save Jonathan." "And be careful!" "Don't move. I'm coming." "The only place you're going is to the grave." "Stop!" "There's an innocent man." "How naive you are." "On Apokolips we are taught even as children that no one is innocent." "You see, Superman, life breeds death." "Anything that lives must kill something to survive." "And I am a survivor." "Whoever you are" "My name is Kalibak." "I'll settle with you in a moment." "I seem to recall telling Kalibak he was not to go to Earth." "I was just about to tell you, sire." "He has disobeyed you." "I know now where he comes by such foolish ideas." "Oh?" "He wishes to prove himself worthy to be your...." "A technicality of his birth." "As far as destiny and I are concerned, I have no son." "There are people on that train." "Maybe hundreds of them." "More of your innocents?" "Clear out." "Now." "Not again" "The destruction of Superman is too important to my plans." "I cannot entrust it to you." "Entrust it to you." "To you, to you." "Clark." "Look out!" "Clark?" "Where--?" "Now, with your death, I shall prove my worthiness..." "...to my father." "Father?" "No!" "So is this my Father's Day present?" "Honestly, Jonathan." "You've got more nerve than sense." "He tried to stand up to that big brute..." "...all by himself." "Speaking of whom...." "No matter how many times I see that, I'll never get used to it." "Me neither." "Sire, I know I disobeyed you but I thought if I could destroy Superman...." "And did you?" "l underestimated his strength but he won't catch me off guard again." "That much, at least, is true." "Please, Father!" "You'll beg louder than that when I'm done with you." "What have you done to him?" "I asked you a question." "Who are you?" "Answer me." "That is who I am." "And when the time comes, you and this primitive planet will swear allegiance to Darkseid." "Or you will be destroyed." "Great Darkseid, I do not understand." "Why did you let Superman live?" "Superman cannot be destroyed with one stroke." "But it can and will be done." "You sacrificed your son-- Uh, Kalibak?" "One casualty." "How many will there be before you destroy Superman and conquer the Earth?" "As many as it takes." "[english]" "This?" "Nah." "Pretty." ""l am power beyond your dreams call to me."" "Yeah, right." "Singing "Polly Wolly Doodle" all day." "Who's there?" "Control, we have an intruder in building three." "Hey, buddy, watch where you're" "Please, help me." "Get away from us." "Hey!" "Watch it." "Oh, my--!" "Man, what happened to him?" "Hey, fella, you seem to be causing quite a disturbance." "What's going on?" "Who are you?" "I am Karkull!" "Free again." "And forever!" "What's going on?" "l don't know." "Freeze!" "What--?" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "Stay out of this, mortal." "Still here?" "But when I showed Perry the photos, he said they just weren't "front page."" "What do I need a picture of?" "Luthor kissing a donkey?" "l got something even better." "You're strong, for a mortal." "But a mortal is all you are." "You don't have the tools to defeat me." "I, Karkull, claim the protection of the Lords of Chaos for myself and my own." "There's your page one, Jimmy." "If we live to see it." "Fire!" "Cut it." "Our luck's no better than yours." "What do you think it is?" "Some kind of alien force field?" "l wish l-- -lt's an incantor." "You know, like a spell of protection." "It's pretty awesome." "Hey." "Behind the line, girlie." "Wait." "Who are you?" "My real name's Doris, but my elf friends call me Rainsong." "Okay, Tink, back to Neverland." "That thing inside calls himself Karkull." "Ever heard of him?" "I read about him in this book we sell down at my store, The Dancing Hobbit." "It's that little place next to the Coffee Hut." "What did the book say?" "About Karkull?" "Oh, he's bad." "The worst." "Seventh level lord of the inner pit." "Seeks to transform all human life into his bestial demon slaves." "So how are we supposed to deal with that?" "Well, if you give me a couple of hours maybe I could get my white Wicca coven together and" "Never mind. I know someone who can help." "Fate!" "Fate!" "Superman." "lnza, I have to see your husband." "You've been hurt." "Come." "I don't suppose you can sew too." "Entry level spells." "Wouldn't be much use against whatever gave you that." "It was something called Karkull." "That's why you wanted to see Fate?" "ls he here?" "Right behind you." "Same old Dr. Fate." "You heard?" "Yes." "Then what are we waiting for?" "Not this time, my friend. I've quit." "What do you mean?" "We need you." "This thing has magic only you-- l know all about Karkull." "I fought him a century ago." "Thought I'd won." "But if there's anything I've learned from a lifetime of combat it's that victory is an illusion." "No matter how thoroughly you exterminate the evil it creeps back like a cockroach." "Well, it's time to step on him again." "Not for me." "I've removed myself from the battlefield." "This is my domain now." "The metaphysical realm." "I've moved beyond good and evil." "But there are people trapped." "I'm sorry. I truly am." "Superman." "You and I are alike, you know." "We're masters of our destiny." "Don't waste your life in endless battle as I did." "Not when the universe beckons." "You're wrong, Fate." "We're nothing alike." "Superman, my own powers would be useless against Karkull." "But this talisman might help you." "Thank you." "You've just sent him to his grave." "What do you care?" "We've searched everywhere, even the vents." "There's no way out. ls he still at it?" "Like the guest that won't go home." "Holy--!" "Bad choice of words, Jimmy." "What gives?" "Where's your pal?" "He's not coming." "However, I have this." "What's that supposed to do?" "We'll all find out together." "It's opening." "Come on!" "Great!" "Hey, mister." "We're ready." "Where do you want us to chant?" "Oy." "Jimmy!" "I don't remember inviting you." "Kill him!" "Careful now, it could be someone you know." "You continue to surprise me, but as I said you don't have the tools to defeat me." "But I do." "Fate, I thought our dealings had come to an end long ago." "No such luck, I'm afraid." "What magic do you have that's powerful enough to defeat me in my own lair?" "The artifact of Lorta. I destroyed it!" "What has been made can never be unmade." "No!" "The artifact!" "It's the only power that can trap him." "Get it!" "But you" "Go!" "Fate!" "Don't let go!" "Did we miss something?" "It's okay." "Hold on." "The healing balm should do its work." "What made you change your mind?" "You." "Something I said?" "Something you did." "You went back." "You didn't stand a chance, but you went back." "Till then, I thought it was only the forces of evil that wouldn't give up." "I was wrong." "Your helmet." "I'll be needing it." "[english]" "Turn your vehicle around." "No one's allowed past this point." "Luthor has buried his connection to that cloning lab long enough." "Do you wanna be his stooge, or help a free press?" "Lady, you had one warning." "My orders are to" "There a problem here?" "Yeah." "This beefhead" "No problem at all, as long as the lady turns around." "Don't bother. I checked already." "There's nothing left up there." "I guess that includes Bizarro." "He must have been completely vaporized." "Just think what it would have been like for him if he'd lived." "First finding out he wasn't well, you, and then his home his whole world destroyed in one day." "Could you imagine?" "Yeah, I think I can." "He'd probably feel a lot like I did when I learned I wasn't human." "You don't know who you are where you belong why you're here." "Well, I'm up here training for the Olympics" "Who's that?" "lt's a monster!" "l'm out of here." "Let's get out of here." "Run!" "This no am home." "After all this time, Metropolis still knows so little about the real Superman." "Only one person is known to have pierced the iron wall around the Man of Steel:" "Professor Emil Hamilton of S.T.A.R. Labs." "Rumor has it that he's even been to Superman's secret hideaway a mysterious fortress hidden somewhere near the North Pole." "I tried asking Hamilton if this was Superman's home but the professor declined to comment." "North Pole?" "Home?" "Why am you locked up?" "Me bet you do nothing wrong." "Doggie, you am new friend?" "Welcome to Krypton." "What is it you wish to know?" "Who am me?" "Where am home?" "One moment, please." "This is your home the planet Krypton." "A majestic world of scientific achievement and prosperity." "You are Kal-El, son of Jor-El." "Your father was a world-renowned scientist and member of Krypton's ruling council." "An only child, you were born shortly before the end of Krypton's seventh age." "Who let you out?" "Don't tell me we've had visitors." "Oh, no." "Me make Krypton." "Then me am home." "Too many chairs." "Me make room." "He's up there!" "He's wrecking everything in sight." "Dada?" "Dada." "No be scared, me am Kay-Lil." "Me take you home." "That's just dandy." "Now we got a hostage situation." "I want this area locked down." "Get those people out of there." "Scram, Lane." "This is a police matter." "Yeah, Turpin." "Like that really works with me." "Loiz?" "Bizarro?" "You know this guy?" "Figures, all the wackos come to you." "Me show Loiz new home?" "Hold it, bub." "You're not showing anyone any" "Hey!" "Wait." "I'll go. I'd love to." "I can't let you do that." "It's too dangerous." "And duking it out with him is safe?" "Superman will be here soon." "I'll keep him calm in the meantime." "Okay, let's go." "Oh, great." "Now we got two hostages." "This my house." "What you think?" "It's you." "Hey, you scare Krypto." "But me forgive you." "Let me guess." "Bizarro?" "Any idea what he's doing?" "Remodeling." "He thinks he's me, so he's trying to create..." "...his own version of Krypton." "Naturally." "That building won't last long." "I'll be right back." "If Krypton is what Bizarro wants, that's what he's gonna get." "I had to take this beat." "Humans weren't nuts enough." "Loiz sit?" "Sure." "So, what is all this?" "lt am Dada's house on Krypton." "Krypton?" "You remember Krypton?" "Shiny ball show me." "It say me am Kay-Lil, and it show me baby me." "Unfortunately, shiny ball was confused at the time." "Superman!" "Me am happy to see you." "Likewise, but why don't we continue this reunion outside." "Me not give up home." "No, of course not. ln fact, I brought you a housewarming present." "Catch." "Pretty." "Thanks." "Kryptonite didn't knock him out." "Our cell structures must be too different." "Time for plan B." "Superman play with Krypto." "Here, fetch!" "No!" "Superman!" "This am nice." "Superman, Krypto, Dada, Loiz, all here with me." "Krypton pretty." "So sad now it have to blow up." "Wait." "Superman!" "Superman!" "Help!" "Superman!" "Can you hear us?" "Which way?" "Like a bullet." "The Fort Sherman Missile Base." "Get people underground." "He wants to blow up the city." "Call me crazy for asking, but why would he wanna do that?" "To play out the end of Krypton." "Naturally." "All right, men, just hold your positions." "Hold your positions." "Hold your fire, hold your fire!" "You no stop missile." "Krypton need missile." "Bizarro, you've gotta listen." "You'll kill millions of people." "That how Krypton end." "But this isn't Krypton." "Me make it Krypton." "Now Krypton explode." "And what about Lois?" "If you do this, Lois will die." "Loiz?" "Loiz not on Krypton." "Right, but she's down there now." "Me save Loiz." "Lois." "Loiz no want to be saved?" "Sure she does." "It's all right." "Lois is safe." "I'm fine." "See?" "Now, how would you like to know what happened after Krypton exploded?" "After?" "This can be your new planet." "A place to protect." "Me hate planet. lt am empty." "How can me be protector when no one here to protect?" "Actually, I thought of that." "Krypto!" "Me am happy now." "[english]" "The Lexcorp police battlesuit is the last word in law enforcement." "Once Metropolis City Council approves the prototype we're prepared to build enough suits to create a police force where each individual officer is as efficient as Superman." "Trying to put the Man of Steel out of business, Lex?" "I would think, Ms. Lane, that with your knack for getting into trouble you'd appreciate a few extra rescuers." "Touche." "Whose side are you on?" "Now I'd like to introduce you to our test pilot the S.C.U.'s most decorated officer, Sergeant Corey Mills." "Gentlemen, ladies, prepare to be amazed." "The Series Alpha police battlesuit is a totally self-contained fighting machine." "In addition to being virtually invulnerable it sports a powerful cache of weapons including black-light lasers." "An impact grenade launcher." "Jetpacks for flight." "Infrared scopes for night vision." "Lex, this is a mistake. lt's too soon." "There is a time and a place for dissension, Mr. Irons but never with me." "And the agility and strength of 20 men." "What is it?" "Five-alarm fire at Cooper Towers." "There's civilians on the roof." "An excellent opportunity to test the prototype in action." "Fighting fires is hardly in the S.C.U.'s jurisdiction." "But saving lives is." "All right, Mills." "l'm on my way." "What's going on?" "Hey, Smallville, how far is your car?" "Right around the corner, toots." "We going to your place or mine?" "Guess we're working together on this one, huh?" "Happy to have an extra hand." "What's going on here?" "Superman!" "l'll start with the ones on the right." "No time." "That roof is gonna collapse." "You're right." "The suit's feeding me options." "Look up there!" "What are they waiting for?" "Superman!" "Move in tight and lie down." "I'll smother the fire!" "Where's Mills?" "Do you see him?" "Look!" "Nice job." "impressive handshake." "l was hoping you'd notice." "Honey, you were wonderful." "Looks like he's got them in the palm of his hand." "They'd better be careful he doesn't make a fist." "But, Lex, this goes way beyond biofeedback." "This man's entire nervous system is integrated into the suit." "We've got to consider the psychological effects the aggression factor." "If there are problems, we'll deal with them as they arise." "That's not how I operate." "Oh, yes, it is." "You work for me, remember?" "Not anymore." "We have more dramatic film today of Sergeant Corey Mills the man in the police battlesuit, foiling yet another bank robbery." "We caution parents that the footage you're about to see may be too intense for younger viewers." "This is what the bank cameras caught on tape earlier this afternoon." "My Lord." "Corey, you're on TV again." "Yeah?" "How does it feel to have a famous husband?" "You're so strong in that suit." "Don't you think you should be more careful?" "Not so violent?" "Look, I'm doing a great job for this city." "Why can't you just appreciate that?" "I know, but-- lt's better for the suit." "Makes the contact points static-free." "That's just great." "You could've at least prepared me." "What do you want?" "It's my job." "What's that?" "Brochures, for our vacation." "Forget it. I can't go now, not when I'm getting used to the suit." "This is becoming an obsession." "You don't understand, Trish." "You don't know how it feels." "The rush, the power." "It's so perfect." "And every day we get stronger and stronger." ""We," Corey? "We"?" "You talk as if that thing were a person." "Oh, God, what's happening to you?" "Nothing, baby." "Nothing, it's just the excitement of it, that's all." "Really." "Corey?" "Where'd you pick up that one?" "Royal and Park." "Business is good, huh?" "Business is closed." "Who is this guy?" "I was hoping you'd do that." "Look out!" "He's crazy!" "Come on, man, out of here." "Let's do it." "Come on, Pauly." "Get it in gear!" "Another junkyard rat." "Help." "Help us." "Somebody." "Please." "Get this thing off me." "Come on, over here!" "Superman." "That robot guy, he's gone nuts." "I give up." "We all give up." "You don't say." "What do you think you're doing?" "What do you think you're doing?" "Mills!" "He's interfering with police business, inspector." "Yeah, well, maybe you better explain this police business right now." "Sergeant Mills remains on medical leave pending an investigation." "Until then, the suit will be off-limits to all personnel." "No." "The suit is mine!" "We belong together." "They can't just take it away from me!" "Corey!" "They can't." "Gin." "The suit." "I warned Luthor this might happen." "Mills isn't wearing the suit, he's become the suit." "Taking it away from him is like removing an arm." "He'll never give it up." "Does it have a kill switch?" "There's a jamming device." "Attach it to the suit and it'll scramble the neural connections, paralyze him." "Where's the device?" "Where else?" "Luthor's pocket." "Hey, hold it." "You can't go in there." "Something I can do for you, Sergeant Mills?" "They're after me." "Who?" "Who?" "Superman, the S.C.U., everybody." "They want the suit, but they can't have it." "I need it. I have a purpose." "Of course you do." "If you remember, I created that purpose." "Then you can explain it to them." "You can make them understand." "Of course I can." "We'll go see them together and straighten this all out." "There's no problem I can't solve." "See?" "Problem solved." "Get me security." "Yes, there's some garbage that needs to be..." "...disposed of." "lt's been recycled." "I thought we were allies." "I thought you were my friend." "We are. I am. I was just" "Liar." "You're just like all the other scum in this town, Luthor." "Always picking on the little guy." "How does it feel to be on the receiving end?" "I'm not done with you!" "Air ball!" "You should have stayed away, Superman." "The suit and I grow stronger by the second." "Not even you can stop us." "You'll never take it away." "Never!" "He's still in withdrawal from the suit." "The doctor said it'll take a while, but he should recover completely." "The suit seemed like such a good idea." "It still is, if someone could find a way to make it work safely." "It'd be nice to have a little help for a change." "[english]" "He's in a better place now where he'll be rewarded for the kindness and thoughtfulness he showed so many of you." "I didn't know him myself but based on what I've heard I wish I'd been lucky enough to have met him." "He seems to have led an exemplary life filled with courage, dedication and modesty." "Luck." "That's what it boils down to, doesn't it?" "The smallest break one way or the other." "It can save a life or destroy one." "And you can't fight it no matter how strong you are." "But we mustn't let this tragedy dominate our memories of him." "We mustn't forget the good times and warm feelings we have for a colleague and a friend named Clark Kent." "It seems like an eternity now." "A few days ago, Perry asked me to interview Ernest Walker." "He was a smalltime thief who was convicted of murdering a woman during a burglary five years ago." "He'd soon pay the ultimate price." "I'm telling you, I wasn't there." "I never touched her. I never saw her." "l didn't take nothing!" "But, Ernie..." "...you tried to fence the victim's necklace." "l found it outside my door!" "It was a setup." "Look, Mr. Kent, I stole." "Yeah, lots of times but I never hurt no one." "Never." "You gotta believe me." "You're my last hope." "His heartbeat was steady." "His eyes never wavered." "I was beginning to wonder." "There you go, Kent." "The file on the Walker case and the trial transcript." "Thanks." "Kent, a word of advice:" "Walker's got a rap sheet longer than my tie." "I know. I was on the case." "Don't lose too much sleep." "Halfway through the transcript I was starting to think Detective Bowman was right." "Give it a rest, Smallville." "Time for dinner." "Can't, Lois." "Only a couple of days left before...." "Before what?" "They execute a killer?" "Everyone knows he did it, Clark." "Everyone thinks he did it, Jimmy." "Come on, kid." "He's a sucker for lost causes." "Let's get some burgers." "Dinner was hard to pass up." "I hadn't eaten all day." "Not that I needed to." "But old habits die hard." "I figured Ron Troupe wouldn't mind if I got rid of his leftovers." "Then it hit me." "On the night of the murder Walker claimed he was home alone watching TV, eating pizza." "Not much of an alibi but his public defender didn't even bother to follow up." "I found the place closest to his old apartment and prayed the delivery boy had a good memory." "Five years ago?" "Forget about it!" "I'm lucky if a delivery boy lasts five days." "is there anyone else here who might remember?" "Excuse me." "Round Th' Clock Pizza." "Yeah." "Yeah. I got your address right here, Mr. Caan." "Be there in half an hour." "Tell me, did you have that computer five years ago?" "Yeah, but we purge the database of old customers every year." "Walker wouldn't be on...." "Wait a second." "We got backup disks somewhere." "There." "Walker's deliveries could be on these along with a million others." "It looked like I was gonna lose some sleep after all." "Hello." "Hey." "Score one for the sucker." "Kent?" "I found Walker's alibi." "It's all here on a little computer disk." "You can clear Walker?" "What?" "How?" "Sorry, Lois. I gotta make a quick trip to the governor." "You can read all about it in the afternoon edition." "According to the computer disk, Walker got his pizza almost the exact moment the murder was committed which proved he was innocent." "I could have flown to the governor as Superman and given him the disk but that could have raised some questions." "Maybe there was some ego involved too." "I wanted this to be Clark's victory, not Superman's." "I had to get out of the water and get back as Kent but there was one little problem." "If the fisherman saw me come out as Superman he'd know my secret." "I was in hot water, all right." "But more importantly how was I going to save Walker without the evidence?" "Who else but the real killer would have done this?" "He was afraid Kent was getting too close." "Kent was a reporter." "Who knows how many enemies he had?" "This might come as a kick in the pants but nobody likes you guys." "Any sign of him?" "What if he made it to shore?" "From that?" "He could have gotten blown out." "Then where is he?" "Maybe he's lying low." "I mean, someone did try to kill him." "Lane, listen." "See that guy?" "He was out there fishing at the time." "He saw the whole thing." "When Kent's car went down, nothing came up except the bubbles." "Mind if I ask him a few questions?" "If it gets you off my back." "All right, everyone, let's not waste too much time here." "I think it's a sure bet we've seen the last of Mr. Clark Kent." "Yes, detective, I heard you." "My son's car blew up and went into the ocean." "But are you sure you understand?" "I mean, this is serious." "I know. I guess the shock just hasn't set in yet." "If you hear anything else, give us a jingle." "Bye, now." "Well, this is a fine mess." "It's not like he's really dead, Martha." "He just can't be Clark anymore." "But I am Clark." "I need to be Clark." "I'd go crazy if I had to be Superman all the time." "There must be a way to bring back our boy." "I don't see how." "Not with an eyewitness and all." "Don't forget, there's someone else to consider." "Pa was right." "I still had to help Walker." "I couldn't let his friends go through this even if it meant that I had to tell the world that Clark Kent is Superman." "Well, so much for sentiment." "I figured I'd change into Clark one last time and go to the governor and tell my story." "If he asked me how I survived the wreck?" "Well, I was ready to show him." "What are you doing here?" "Same as you, I imagine." "Trying to figure out who killed Clark Kent." "He told me he had some evidence on a disk." "I was hoping he'd made a backup." "Wish I'd thought of that." "Wouldn't have done any good." "Clark's computer is gone." "Somebody's been through here." "Apparently, but look what they left." "I found it in Clark's phone." "A bug. I've seen others just like this one." "Lois?" "I always teased him." "But I had so much respect." "And I liked him too. I really did." "Wish I'd told him." "Well, maybe he'll show up yet." "I thought for sure he would especially after I talked to that so-called eyewitness." "The fisherman?" "Yeah." "I found out he has 20/200 eyesight." "He wasn't wearing his glasses." "It's a wonder he saw the ocean." "Then Clark could have made it to shore after all." "Yeah, but he would have contacted someone by now." "That's the real proof he's dead." "Superman!" "Bowman." "Detective Bowman?" "I need to talk to you a minute." "What do you want, Lane?" "I'm busy." "You're the busiest cop on the force, aren't you?" "You were the lead detective on the Walker case." "You caught him fencing the necklace." "Good police work, that's all." "Good?" "I think it's downright unbelievable." "Like how you were the first cop at Clark's wreck." "Tonight, you just happened to be near his apartment when the bomb went off." "Coincidence." "The bug in his phone wasn't a coincidence." "It's the same model you cops use for wiretaps." "I don't know anything about it." "Come on, detective." "Just between you, me and the wall." "You framed Walker." "You killed that woman, made him a scapegoat." "And when Clark started looking into it, you put a bomb in his car." "And tonight, you burned his place, just in case he'd hidden evidence there." "Keep talking, lady." "I smell a big libel suit." "Not when we see whose fingerprints are on this." "Give me that." "Hey!" "Let go!" "What took you?" "You were going to get Bowman to incriminate himself, remember?" "I think this qualifies." "But it wasn't over yet." "Luck still had to play its part." "He's not here?" "We've got the real killer." "I'm sorry." "At the last minute, the governor decided to attend the execution." "It is an election year." "We barely had time for him to make the phone call." "No!" "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "lt's Superman." "Somebody stop him!" "The gas!" "Great story, Lois." "Thanks, Jimmy." "But the fun's sure gone out of it." "I know what you mean." "Lane here." "What?" "After I swam to shore, I guess I must have found a phone and called Lana." "You've been sitting here in the lap of luxury while I'm out risking my neck." "He was recuperating." "Poor thing." "When I picked him up, he could barely remember his name." "But he sure remembered yours and your telephone number." "Clark and I go back a long way." "Are you jealous?" "Yeah." "Jealous of his endless luck." "It's time." "How did he survive that car bomb?" "How?" "He's Superman!" "[english]" "This is a lot lighter than the last one, Uncle John." "You ready to go out and whup some bad guys now?" "Got to do more testing, Nate." "Lots more." "But that's all you've been doing ever since you quit working for Mr. Luthor." "Grandma and I hardly ever see you anymore." "Once I get it right, things'll be different." "Back to the way they were before?" "Yeah, except for the Luthor part." "You gonna be home for dinner tonight?" "What are we having?" "Pork chops and bean curd in a cilantro sauce." "Hey, you're the one who bought Grandma a California cuisine cookbook." "Maybe I should be building myself a cast iron stomach." "We interrupt this program to bring you a channel six special bulletin." "Now from our studios in Metropolis, the Six Scene news team." "Daily Planet media reporter Angela Chen has just located a witness to today's multimillion dollar diamond district robbery." "We go to her now, live." "Angela?" "This is nonfat decaf, right?" "I don't wanna be up half the night again." "Angela, you're on." "Yes, Angela Chen here, and I've just found a witness to the robbery." "His name is Mr. "B. Bibbowski. "" "Exactly what did you see today, Mr. Bibbowski?" "Oh, yeah." "I couldn't believe it." "This guy in a mask, see he comes over to the side of the bank and he gives it a karate chop." "Bam!" "Just like kung fu." "Are you saying that was done by one karate chop?" "Yeah." "That mook was almost as strong as my favorite guy, Superman." "You know, I remember one time we was fighting this big monkey" "Well, there you have it." "One witness but no suspects in this fast-breaking story." "Angela, we understand from earlier reports that this super strong thief may have ties to Intergang." "Really?" "Cut!" "Superman was right." "Plenty of crime to go around." "How about a little target practice before dinner?" "All right, everybody." "Down!" "I don't know the combination." "Really." "I don't even have key to the men's room." "Shut up!" "Hey, we could use a hand here." "l don't do grunt work." "You do what we say." "You owe us." "After today, I'll owe you nothing." "I'll catch up." "Let's go!" "Whoa." "That's one part of the suit that doesn't need any more testing." "Wait here." "Hey!" "Tell Grandma we're gonna be late for dinner." "Gonna have to address this problem." "Maybe later." "Look, it's a dead Samaritan." "Say good night, chump." "Good night, chump." "That's putting out the trash, Superman." "My pleasure, Mr. Irons." "Guess you really do know him, Uncle John." "Working on the prototype again?" "You said if it could work you'd be glad for the help." "And I meant it." "But be careful." "You're not invulnerable, you know." "Well, I'm working on that too." "Hey, look!" "Time to throw in the old towel." "You were just too much for us." "Metallo." "In the flesh." "My new friends from lntergang found me right where you left me." "Dug me out and fixed me up as good as new." "Some might say better." "Keeping your distance." "Wise, but pointless, I'm afraid." "My friends at lntergang have done much more than a simple repair job." "They've also added a few improvements." "Get to the van." "But, Uncle" "Now!" "You don't expect me to walk all the way up there, do you?" "Remember how you left me, Superman?" "Buried in rock." "I couldn't move. I couldn't see." "I couldn't hear." "But I could think." "And all I thought about was how I was going to make you pay." "Goodbye, hero." "You still here?" "A lovely shade of chartreuse." "You can't." "You ought to be paying attention, my friend." "The tabloids will be all over you." "You're about to become famous:" ""The man who watched Superman die."" "We have to go after them." "How?" "The truck is toast." "Here comes our ride now." "We've got company." "Better let me drive." "No time, Uncle John." "Nate, what are you...?" "Uncle John, we're out of gas." "Must have busted the fuel line when you hit Metallo." "l'll remember to aim better next time." "You did great." "Need some help, sister?" "I could make it run good." "All I want you to make is some space." "Coming through." "Hey, who's he got there?" "lt's Superman." "Superman." "You sure you don't need help?" "Well, I could use a head start." "Somebody call the police." "Somebody help him." "Call an ambulance." "Something happened to him." "Where's he going with him?" "What's that?" "lt's a full-spectrum light generator." "I'm gonna give him intensified yellow sunlight." "Might help him recover, if it's not too late." "Finally." "Go tell them about Superman." "l don't think so." "What's the matter with you?" "Officer!" "Hey, officer!" "We've got an emergency...." "indeed you do, madam." "What is this?" "All right, people." "Where's Superman?" "Watch out!" "Somebody speak up or I'll tear this neighborhood apart brick by brick." "We got nothing to say to you, Robobutt." "Uncle John, what are we gonna do?" "You're staying here with Superman." "Where are you going?" "For a test drive." "Want me to do that to you?" "Now, where's Superman?" "Try the planet Krypton." "I'm going to ask you one last time." "Where is he?" "There's a good lad." "Looks like the erector set's got a big brother." "Well, what have we here?" "Call me Steel." "Steel, Metallo." "The meeting of the metals." "Well then, Mr. Steel, may the best alloy win." "Yeah!" "Don't think I'm going to be as easy as my men, Steel." "Sorry, Steel, I've still got some business in the 'hood." "Come on, Superman, this ain't no tanning salon." "Nice air show, Superfly, but I have a few aerobic moves of my own." "A hammer." "Nice touch." "Bet you think you've got me." "Well, surprise." "He's got Superman." "He's gonna kill him." "Not on my watch he's not." "No escape, Superman." "Not this time." "You can drown me." "You can bury me." "You can send your foot soldiers to do your dirty work but I can take anything you can throw at me." "Anything." "Yo, Metallo." "Take this!" "He got him." "Yeah." "Look." "That was the end of him." "Hey, Steel!" "Steel, huh?" "Well, Steel, you're gonna be getting this a lot so you might as well hear it from me first." "What?" "Thanks." 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