"Where did that come from?" "Look at you, Miss Innocent." "You attacked me, that's where that came from." "I remember being in the kitchen browning the sausages, and then you came in and then the rest is a blur." "Well, I am Superman." "The Man of Steel." "Clark if you only knew how different you are from other men." "I forget, and then..." "I forgot." "What?" "I forgot, you know..." "So we didn't use precautions?" "I mean, I know I didn't." "Me neither." "I wasn't thinking." "So..." "We're sort of pioneers in this area." "I can't say that we're completely safe." "Well, honey if it happens, then it happens." "But I'm not even absolutely sure that it can happen." "You should talk to Dr. Klein and find out." " Yeah, I..." " Shots fired at Adams and..." "I gotta go." "We'll talk about this later." "I love you." "Please, sir." "Just drop the gun." "I'm gonna give you one last chance to give yourself up." "Anything else I can do for you, officers?" "You all right?" "You okay?" "One minute we're in a shootout then suddenly the perp's in the back of our unit and there she stood in all her glory, like Wonder Woman or something." "Only in leather, with a gold V on her..." "You know, her chest area." "Even Superman was surprised." "Hey, CK, have you heard about this new superchick?" "I mean, gal, girl woman in town?" "Jimmy, do me a favor." "Go drool over at your desk while you run a background check for me." "The heads of three top corporations have disappeared in the last 48 hours." "So run a cross-reference, see what you come up with." "You got it." "So, what's the deal with this babe?" "Well, I don't know." "She had a head start on me." "I couldn't catch up with her." "All I know is, she's fast." " Fast?" " Very fast." "Superman fast." "I hope she's not some Kryptonian leftover from Lord Nor's visit." "Any idea what the V on her chest stands for?" "Lois, Clark, I want you all to meet somebody." "Leslie Luckaby, I'd like to introduce you..." "Well, now, these two hardly need introductions." "Lois Lane and Clark Kent." "It's a sincere pleasure to meet you two." "Well, thank you." "I've been a fan of your work for quite some time." "Really top-notch journalism." "Had a lot to do with my final decision." "Final decision?" "Mr. Luckaby here, he's the new owner of the Daily Planet." " New owner?" " That's right." "Disappointed?" "No." "No." "It's just that we didn't even know the paper was for sale." "Well, neither did I up until about an hour ago." "The negotiations were all handled through my home office in Australia." "I didn't want the competition to get wind of it beforehand, you understand." "Of course." "So you're Australian?" "Born and raised." "Wondering where the accent is?" "Well, I watched too many American movies growing up, I guess." "Anyway, I want to reassure everybody that I am not planning on making any wholesale changes here." "Last thing I want to do is ruin a first-class operation." "My philosophy has always been, "The best way to lead is from behind."" "Sun Tzu, The Art of War." "That's right." "I'm impressed, Clark, though hardly surprised." "You obviously didn't win that Kerth Award for nothing." "At any rate, as I was telling Perry, here the only thing I know about a paper is how to buy one." "The rest, I hope to learn from you three." "If you don't mind." "Not at all, Mr. Luckaby." "Leslie, please." "Leslie." "Okay." "Come on, let me show you around the rest of the place." "Looking forward to working with you two." " Likewise." " Yeah, absolutely." "Nice grip." "He seems like a nice guy." " Young to own a paper." " Yeah." "Guys, I just got a call." "It looks like another CEO disappeared." "Vanished is more like it." "Just like the other three guys." "Our forensics have been all over this, but they've come up with nothing." "No prints, no fibers, no nothing." "I mean, I'm stumped." "There's just no rational explanation for what happened to him or the others." " Were there any witnesses this time?" " Yeah, sure, dozens." "All saw the same thing." "The bank chairman walked out, took a couple of steps and then all of a sudden, he's not there." "He's just gone, without a trace." "You don't have any leads?" "We got squat." "The only thing we found was this." "And it's not even what you'd call a clue." "It's the victim's toupee." "Right here where he last was." "It's the damnedest thing." "Maybe we can get that new superhero to help us find the guy this hair belongs to." " Where am I?" " A long-abandoned subway tunnel." "Regaining your wits, I see." "Who are you?" "What am I doing here?" "Who I am is not nearly as relevant as who you are." "And who you are is someone who betrayed the master and took full advantage of his downfall." "Which brings us to your second query what you're doing here." "What master?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "I demand you release me immediately." "I'm afraid your days of demanding are over." "Your demise, of course, will leave your banks ripe for a hostile takeover." "A takeover which the master will orchestrate in his quest to rebuild what was once Metropolis' greatest financial empire." "An empire so powerful and so brilliantly pieced together that no one dared to challenge it until..." "Sorry to talk your ear off." "I don't get out much, you know." "No, no, it's okay, really." "Talk all you want." "I'm in no hurry." "Wait a minute." "If you put all those companies together, you'd have..." "I know who your master is." "I'm glad." "He'd want you to know." "I don't care what he says." "There's got to be an explanation." "People just don't vanish." "We're gonna have to just keep digging see if we can figure out what exactly it is." "We'd better figure it out fast before another CEO disappears." "Hey, Jimmy." "Anything?" "Did you guys hear?" "That superwoman did it again." "Stopped a carjacking, then bagged a purse-snatcher a minute later." "She's taking out bad guys left and right." " Did anybody get a chance to talk to her?" " She just took off." "Leslie thinks she might be related to Ultra Woman." " Remember her?" " Rings a bell or two." "Ultra Woman, yeah, she..." "She was beautiful." "No offense, hey, I'm sorry, but she was absolutely stunning." "Anyway, did you find anything to connect up the CEOs?" "Actually, yeah." "Turns out they're being investigated for embezzlement." "A couple of them have even been indicted already." "Including the bank chairman." "Maybe they just embezzled from the wrong guy, and he's getting even." "Call the FBI." "See if they'll let us look at the bank ATM tapes." "If we're lucky, the chairman's disappearance was recorded." "You got it." "So I think our next step is..." "Armored-car robbery, Metropolis Security, two men... for you to save the day and me to work on this alone." "Armored-car heist." "What's going on out there today?" " Hot lead?" " Excuse me?" "Clark seems like he's in quite a hurry." "Well, he's just Johnny-on-the-spot, all right." "Well, that's what makes him such a great reporter, I suppose worthy of all those accolades." " Handsome brood." "How old are they?" " What?" "This isn't my desk." "I don't have any kids." "I'm sorry." "I just assumed..." "We've only been married for a couple of months." "I mean, I'd like to have kids someday." "Well, it's better to wait, especially with your demanding careers." "I mean, when I was born my father was still building his business." "I hardly got to see him growing up." "Well, anyway, I'm off to meet the board of directors." "Tell me that they are not a bunch of stuffed shirts, I beg you." "No comment." "Maybe you, Clark and I could have a bite sometime help me figure out what I've gotten myself into here." "Sure, anytime." "Wish me luck." "Good luck." "Nice cape." "Who are you?" " You're Superman, aren't you?" " That's right." "You're supposed to be very strong." "Thank you." "You mind telling me who you are?" "I am Vixen." "I eradicate evil, just like you." "Well, I don't exactly eradicate evil unless I don't have a choice." "Interesting." "They say you're faster than a speeding bullet." "Is that true?" "Actually, I'm much more interested in who you are." "What you're doing here." "And I'm more interested in seeing how fast you are." " Wanna race?" " Race?" "First one to Paris wins." "What's the matter, afraid you're gonna lose to a girl?" "Look, I don't want to race you." "I just wanna... talk to you." "Make sure those two get arrested." "That's the best you can do?" " How did you...?" " I ran." "Ran?" "Across the Atlantic?" "I ran fast." "Where are you from, Vixen?" "Let's just say I'm not from around here." "Wanna race again?" "What are you doing here?" "What do you want?" "I wanna help bring order to your violent world." "Come on, two out of three." "I'll race you to China." "No, I..." "You lose again." "Enough of the games, Vixen." "Get off." "Let's see how strong you really are." "Okay." "Not bad." "I'm impressed." "Although I don't understand the blue suit." "It's not very intimidating." "I'm not trying to intimidate." "Look, if you want to help keep law and order, that's great." "I welcome the help." "But you can't go around hurting people." " Not even the bad guys." " Why not?" "Because you are not judge, jury and executioner." "You make the arrest, then turn them over to the proper authorities for prosecution." " That's the way the system works." " The system's flawed." "That's why I'm here." "Nice speech, though." "Great." "Yeah, I'm still holding for Special Agent Casey." "Jimmy Olsen, Daily Planet." "I'm trying to get approval on a videotape." "No." "No, no!" "Please don't connect me to the operator again." " I hate this job." " Better not say that too loud." " The owner might overhear you." " Mr. Luckaby, hi." "I didn't see you coming, or I wouldn't have stuck my foot in my mouth." "Don't worry about it." "Truth is, sometimes I'm not crazy about my job either." "Really?" "We haven't formally met." "You're Jimmy Olson, right?" "Right." "Yeah, you got it, sir." "Leslie's fine." "Someone giving you a hard time?" "Yeah, the FBI." "Lois asked me to get her an ATM tape for her investigation." "Problem is, more often than not, the FBI stands for "forget about it."" "I see." "So tell me, what's it like working with such a celebrated reporter like Lois Lane, day in and day out?" "Lois?" "It's great, she's incredible." "I'm like the luckiest guy I know except for Clark." "He's way luckier than me, if you know what I mean." "Yes, I think I do." "They must have a special relationship, being married and working together." " Quite remarkable in this day and age." " Yeah, no kidding." "Sure hope it lasts." "Well, anyway, nice meeting you, Jimmy." "Carry on." "Okay, Mr. Luckaby..." "Leslie." "His name is Leslie Luckaby." "He's the new chairman and owner of the Daily Planet." "Do you want him brought here or do we take him out ourselves?" "The master wishes Mr. Luckaby's demise to have certain witnesses." "Therefore, you should take care of the situation above ground then forget you ever saw this place." "No problem." "First, the money." "In a moment." "I'm almost done." "Doing what, pruning that weed?" "This weed, as you call it is actually a 200-year-old specimen tree." "A bonsai." "Really?" "Yes, really." "It's a living art form." "Connoisseurs admire them for their heroic struggle to survive against external adversities." "They actually consider them quite beautiful." "Despite its gnarled and twisted and unsightly appearance." "Still looks like a weed to me." "The money." "Of course." "Forgive me." "I do go on." "A hundred thousand dollars in bearer bonds was the agreed upon price." " When do you want the hit made?" " Tonight." "All right, everybody listen up." "Anyone who is not working on anything concrete is now working on this Vixen character." "I want features." "I want photos." "I want editorials." "I want the works." "I wanna know everything there is to know about her." "Who she is." "Where she comes from." "But most importantly, is she friend or is she foe?" "Let's show our new owner here what we're capable of." "Okay, okay." "Let's hop to." "Let's hop to." "Lois, I want you and Clark on this." "Page one." "Get me an exclusive." " What about the missing CEOs?" " I'll reassign it." "Honey, this could be the biggest story since Superman came to town." "By the by, where is that husband of yours?" " You know, he's..." " Hey, check this out." "Superman and Vixen were seen in China." "Reports from all over the world... on top of things." "Great shades of Elvis!" "Amateur video captured him wrestling with her in what appeared to be a playful manner." "All right, Superman." " It looks like he's found himself a mate." " It's about time." "I don't think it looks like he's found a mate." "Superman would never cheat on his..." "Superman has proven again... principles." "He's far above tawdry behavior." "Everybody knows that." "I meant, mate, as in friend." "Australian." " Right." " Right." "However, the growing public debate over who exactly Vixen is and what her intentions are only intensified after the incident." "All right, all right." "Let's go, let's go." "Lois I want you to ask Superman if he can get us an interview with Vixen." "He obviously has some sort of relationship with her." "I'll see what I can do." "Since we're going to be here a while, maybe we should order some food?" " Sounds great." "I'm starved." " What about you, Perry?" "Well, I just had a T-bone, mate." "Well, then, I guess it's just you and me." " What do you feel like having?" " I don't care, anything." "Mexican?" "It's something we don't get a lot of down under." "There's a great little place right around the corner." "You know what, it'll just be faster if we go." " But what about Clark?" " I'll leave him a note let him know where we are." "So it's just this little-hole-in-the-wall restaurant." " Sounds intriguing." " It's very authentic Mexican." " Clark." " There you are." "I left you a note." "We're going to Roberto's." " You are going to join us, of course?" " Yeah, I love Mexican food." "Hey, Luckaby!" " You okay?" " Yeah, I think so." "Friendly town you've got here." "That was so cool!" "Did you guys see that?" "Yeah." "I'm gonna go call the police." " You're bleeding." " No, it's nothing." "No." "Here." "Here, let me see that." "That's all right, Superman." "I've got it under control." "Vixen, what are you doing?" "You just killed them." "I don't understand." "They tried to kill him." "Yes." "But with your speed and your strength you could've easily arrested them instead." "Why would I have done that?" "Because that's the way the system works here." "But they just would've gotten out to kill again." "You don't know that, and it's not your decision to make." "You have to use your super powers responsibly." "Whatever." "You do it your way." "I'll do it mine." "No, you'll do it the right way or you won't do it at all." "This is LNN." "Public pressure on community leaders is intensifying after last night when Vixen used lethal force in stopping the perpetrators from fleeing the scene." "Witnesses described her actions as grossly excessive which has only added to the fear that she's either a crusading vigilante or an out-of-control superhero." "Well, that will keep people from panicking in the streets." "Well, obviously Vixen has to be stopped." "What I can't figure out is how she showed up so fast last night to save Leslie." "Well, you said she was fast." "Yeah, but there was no advance warning before the attack." "No gunshots." "No screams." "No cries for help." "Nothing." "Then suddenly, there she was." "Almost like she knew it was going to happen." "Clark." "There you are." "I didn't get a chance to thank you last night for saving my life." "It was no big deal, really." "How's your head?" "It still aches but thanks to you, at least I still have one." "You took a big risk for me." "I won't forget that." "It was no big deal, really." "Have you had talked to the police?" "Did they have any leads?" "No, and since Vixen vaporized them, we probably won't find any." "I take it you didn't recognize who they were?" "Well, I only caught a glimpse, but, no, I didn't." "I hope this doesn't mean you're the next CEO on the hit list." "Your attack was a different m.o. than the others." "They weren't shot at." "They just disappeared." "I'm not as concerned about myself as I am about what Vixen's capable of." "I mean, if push comes to shove, I just hope Superman..." " ...will be able to stop her." " Me too." "By the way, I almost forgot." "Here's the bank's ATM tape you wanted." "Great." "How did you get it?" "Jimmy said the FBI was giving him the runaround." "I gave them a call, promised them a favorable article down the road." "Well, you learn fast, Leslie." "I've got good teachers." "I'll be interested to know if you find anything on that." "Okay, here we go." " There's the bank chairman..." " Did you see that?" "He literally did vanish." "No." "There." "There, see that?" "See what?" "Right here." "The blue pixels." "They turn a goldish hue but only in the one frame where he disappears." "Gold?" "You mean, as in..." "Vixen." "So that's how the CEOs vanished?" "Vixen just whisked them away?" "Well, why would she do that, unless...?" "She treats embezzlers like she treats every other criminal." "Which means she is taking the law into her own hands." "I have to stop her before she hurts anyone else." " How do you know where to look?" " I don't." "It could take a while." " Wait up for me?" " Always." "Even couples completely committed to the idea of parenthood should carefully examine their lives to see if they're up to the responsibility of children." "Mothers and fathers of today are often busy professionals and may not understand the impact a little one is going to have on already chaotic lives." "It's okay." "It's okay, sweethearts." "Little Lois." "Little Clark." "Jimmy." "Jimmy." "Not you too." "Hi, honey." "How's it going?" "Clark." "I'm so glad you're home." "The twins are hungry." "Jimmy needs burping." "I've got the Queen of England here for an interview." "The queen?" "Great!" "Boy, raising kids sure is a piece of cake, isn't it?" "Your Highness." "Well, thank you for waiting." "And thank you so much for feeding little Perry." "Could I offer you some tea?" "Jimmy's so cute." "He just spit up his Pablum." " Is he sick?" " No." "About your speech to Parliament." " Does he feel warm?" " No, he just wants a bottle." "Martha and Jonathan are all upset." "Honey, did I tell you the pope's here?" "No, you didn't tell me that the pope is here." "He's here?" "How could I schedule the pope and the queen on the same day?" " Prison riot." " How about if I go?" "Can you manage?" "I'll just be a sec." "Hi, Your Highness..." "Holiness." "I really appreciate you burping Sam and Ellen or are..." "Are those Lucy and Lana?" "No." "No, these are Lucy and Lana." "So about your speech yesterday, did you feel that...?" "I forgot to warm the bottle." "Thank you, Your Holiness..." "Your Highness." "Actually, I forgot to warm this bottle." "You're a busy woman." "Was it like this for you with Andrew and Anne and Charles?" " Hi." " I am so glad you're back." "Buffalo stampede." "Buffalo stampede?" "Would you look at the little nipper." "Flying already." "Boy, this really is a piece of cake?" "They're still crying." "I'd better take them." "It's okay, Lois." "It's okay, Clark." "How's it going out there, Your Holiness?" "I'd better go check on the pope." "It's a piece a cake." "A really big piece a cake." "Hello, Lois." "It's Leslie Luckaby calling." "Leslie, wait." "Hi, hi, it's Lois." "I'm sorry to phone you so late, Lois." "I do hope I'm not disturbing you and Clark." "No, no." "Actually, Clark's not home." "Really." "Well, the reason I called is because I think I've come up with a terrific plan on how to stop Vixen." " You did?" " Yes." "I wanted to persuade you and Clark to come down to the Planet so I could go over it with you." " Now?" "Why?" " Well maybe I've acted impulsively, but you see I've already put the plan into motion." "I didn't have a choice." "The only way it'd work is if I moved quickly." "Well, what's the plan?" "It's really too complicated to explain over the phone." "But the bottom line is, Lois I'm going to need yours and Clark's help to pull it off." "Now I realize this is an imposition but I'd consider it a personal favor if the both of you would just hear me out." "Okay." "I'll be down there as soon as I can." "Terrific." "Thanks." "Copy boy!" "Copy boy!" "Run this down immediately." "I want it to make the morning edition." "Okay." "Hey!" "I don't care what anybody says." "Nobody wrote an opera like Puccini." "I wanna kill Superman." "Not an opera lover, I see." "That was my failing." "I should have educated you." "He's an obstacle to my mission to eradicate evil." "I wanna kill him." "An admirable desire, to be sure, Vixen but a bit premature, I'm afraid." "By the way, where have you been?" "I was starting to get worried." "There were children playing in front of the entrance." "I had to wait for them to leave." "You should have killed them." "But they were not evil." "Just checking." "Wanted to make sure you were still on the program." "And to that end I picked up an early copy of the morning paper." "I found our next target." "I don't understand." "That's Leslie Luckaby." "You wanted me to save him last time." "Why do you want me to eradicate him now?" "Because now we know he's an evil man." "And your mission is to eradicate evil men, isn't it?" "Absolutely." "Lois?" "Honey?" "Lois?" "I'm home." "Hello, Lois." "It's Leslie Luckaby calling." "Leslie, wait." "Hi, hi, it's Lois." "Well, what do you think?" "Honestly, I think it's dangerous." "Hello." "Clark, hi." " I was getting worried about you." " Why didn't you tell me you were here?" "Clark?" " But..." "But how did you...?" " Cell phone." " I left you a note on the coffee table." " You did?" "I'm afraid that this is all my fault." "You see, I'm the one that co-opted your lovely wife for the evening." "It's no big deal." "I'm glad you're okay." "It's perfectly understandable." "Listen, if she were my wife, I'd probably never let her out of my sight." "You work out a lot, don't you?" "Clark, Leslie's come up with a plan to catch Vixen." "But he needs our help implementing it." "This may all be moot if Superman's already located her." "From what I understand, Superman hasn't located her just yet." "I spoke to him before I got here." " Then I hope this works." " Have you seen this morning's edition?" "It implicates Leslie in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme." "Yes, my first byline." "Too bad it's fiction." " What?" " That's part of the plan to make it appear as if he's as dirty as the other CEOs..." " ...so that Vixen will grab him next." " Baiting the hook, as it were." "How do you know that Vixen won't just kill you?" "That's where we come in." "He wants Superman to follow wherever she takes him." "Then he can stop her, once and for all." "Yes." "The only hitch, of course is whether or not Superman will be able to keep up with her." "Well, we could get Dr. Klein to rig up a transmitter to track Leslie." "That way Superman would definitely know where to find him." "Now, all I have to do is hope that Superman will be able to defeat Vixen." "Of course, if he can't, well then we're all in a lot of trouble, aren't we?" "Mr. Luckaby, you realize of course that if Vixen snatches you up at superspeed that you may not survive?" "I'm willing to take that risk." "Why?" "I mean, why are you willing to put yourself in such danger?" "I like challenges." "It's all clear." "Now, then, the evil Mr. Luckaby should be emerging from the Daily Planet less than two minutes." "You'll have to time it just right to..." "Are you all right?" "Well to be truthful, I'm not feeling all that well at the moment." "I don't like the light, you see." " I'm uncomfortable above ground." " Why?" "You could never understand." " Why not?" " Because you're a perfect being, Vixen." "It's beyond your realm." "You weren't a child raised in seclusion." "Reared by servants behind walls." "Just a lonely disfigured troll hidden from the world by embarrassed parents who couldn't look at me even in my one good eye." "There you happy?" "Wanna mock me?" "Make fun of me?" "Go ahead." "I'm used to it." "Just get on with your mission." "Get Luckaby." "You understand?" " Yes." " But remember Superman may be onto you by now." "If he is, and he tries to stop you you know what to do." "Destroy him?" "That's right." "Now, go." "Make me happy." "Pretty brave thing he's doing." "I'll give him that." "But?" "I don't know." "There's just something about the guy that I don't trust, I guess." "Really?" "I don't see it." "He's been nothing but complimentary to you." "To both of us." " Plus, he's putting his life on the line." " That's exactly my point." "He's putting his life on the line, for what?" "A headline?" "He just seems a little bit too good to be true, that's all." "Well, I know some people that would say that about you." " Like who?" " Like me." "I'm not complaining, though." "You know, when all of this is over, I'm gonna call Dr. Klein and make that appointment, you know, for Superman..." " ...to check and see if..." " Good." "Kind of scary?" "Never occurred to me that we might not be able to have babies together." "Maybe we'll have superbabies." " Who knows?" " Yeah." "What if we can't?" "I mean, I don't even know if I want to have kids." "I just assumed we would have that option." "Lois, I married you because I love you not because we may or may not be able to have children together." "Besides, there's always the adoption option." "It worked out pretty good for me." "That's true." "Here he comes." "Okay, it's stopped in an alley by the corner of Fifth and Troy." " All right, I'm on my way." " Be careful." "All right." "Hello, Vixen." "You and I need to talk because you're going about this all wrong." " You can't stop me." " Your only way out is through me." "I've been looking forward to this." "Me too." "Two out of three?" "All right, Vixen, enough of the games." "Playtime is over." "Let's just..." "You're a machine?" " Are you okay?" " Yeah." "What happened?" "What happened?" "Vixen's gone." "Looks like your plan worked, Mr. Luckaby." "No, I don't feel like a hero at all." "I was just the decoy." "Superman's the real hero." "He's the one who saved Metropolis from Vixen's wrath with a big assist from Lois Lane and Clark Kent, I might add." "Look for their exclusive in tomorrow's edition of the Daily Planet." "Thank you, no more questions." "Still don't trust him?" "I don't know." "You know what's really bugging me, is Vixen." "I mean, she was at least partially robotic." "Albeit a highly sophisticated one with super powers." "But it still means that somebody built her." "Begging the question, who?" "And why?" "Someone wouldn't go through all that trouble just to make a vigilante." "There's gotta be more to it than that." "Well, I think ridding the world of the evil Vixen was enough work for one day." "We can wait until tomorrow to find out who created her." "And I..." "Honey." "Honey, what about precautions?" "Right." " Should I?" " No, no, no." "I got it." "Vixen, of course, was magnificent." "Best $500 million we ever spent as far as I'm concerned." "She fulfilled the primary objective flawlessly:" "To take revenge on those traitorous CEOs then make you look like a hero by helping to defeat her." "No small obstacle for a man who in reality is..." "The son of Lex Luthor." "And once LexCorp has been rebuilt cementing your stranglehold on Metropolis we move to the final phase of the plan." "Lex Luthor's ultimate revenge:" "To possess Lois Lane, and destroy Superman."