[DC] SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN [ENG]
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN [ENG]
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#SupermanSecretOrigin
Superman: Secret Origin was
a six-issue monthly American comic book limited series published
by DC Comics. The series was written byGeoff Johns and
illustrated by Gary Frank, featuring the superhero Superman. The story featured the "definitive" origin of Superman for the modern, post-Infinite Crisis DC Universe continuity, starting
with Clark Kent in
his pre-teens as Superboy. Within the series he goes on to meet a young Lex Luthor and
the Legion of Super-Heroes in Smallville, Kansas,
and soon heads to Metropolis where
a young adult Clark debuts as Superman.
The series featured new elements for the origin tale,
such as telling the story from the singular perspective of Clark, and not
having at least one scene set on the planet Krypton. The story instead begins with one of Clark's
"earliest memories," in a story of Clark's "self-discovery and
the world's story of meeting Superman."
While playing football, a young
Clark Kent accidentally breaks Pete Ross's arm. The next day, Clark panics when
he discovers x-ray vision and nearly burns his school down with his heat vision
upon kissing Lana Lang. Clark's parents Jonathan and Martha Kent realize it is time
and they show him the rocket that brought him to Earth. The rocket reveals a
holograph of Jor-El and Lara, who tell him about themselves and the planet
Krypton, and that he is not one of "them." Elsewhere in Smallville, a
young Lex Luthor discovers a chunk of Kryptonite and takes it to a street fair
the next morning where he is selling his stuff. There he meets Clark, who is
now wearing glasses. After Clark becomes weak and almost damages the
Kryptonite, a tornado appears without warning and he rescues Lana, while
learning he can fly.
Later, he tells his parents what
happened and that he wants to help people; Martha determines he will need an
indestructible outfit, and makes one based on one of the wardrobes from the
holographic images. Clark tries it on and swears that he will never wear it
again. A drunken Lionel Luthor, Lex's father, drives off a cliff, but is
rescued by Clark. Because he is embarrassed by the costume, no one sees the
rumored "flying boy." After Lex refuses to be friends, Lana leaving because
he wants to be just friends, and overhearing other kids teasing him, a
depressed Clark is amazed to meet Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad of
the Legion of Super-Heroes. The Legionnaires bend their rules to take Clark to
the future, but once they arrive, they fight a group of human supremacists.
After the fight, Brainiac 5 angrily reminds them of the consequences of their
actions and the Legionnaires return Clark to the present. They leave Clark with
a Legion flight ring to which to communicate, though agreeing telepathically
not to tell him about his future. As Clark describes the future to his parents,
Clark stops a rocket heading toward their house to reveal Krypto inside. Later,
upon hearing his father died from heart failure, a gleeful Lex Luthor plans to
use Lionel's insurance policy to go to Metropolis.
Years later, a now adult Clark
Kent walks around Metropolis, awestruck. Arriving at the dilapidated Daily
Planet, he meets Rudy Jones, the overweight janitor, as well as the staff that consists
of Ron Troupe, Steve Lombard, Cat Grant, photography intern Jimmy Olsen, and
finally Lois Lane and Perry White. Because billionaire and businessman Lex
Luthor nearly killed the Planet financially because of a story they had about
him, Perry forbids Lois to get involved with Luthor. Ignoring the warning, Lois
takes Clark, her new partner, to Lexcorp. Lois disguises herself and sneaks
inside Lexcorp while Clark distracts the guards as Planet reporters are not
welcomed. Lois watches as Lex unveils Metallo, his powered exoskeleton
battlesuit, but is found by the security guards. She flees, but a mistake sends
her falling from the roof. Clark sneaks into an alley, changes into his
costume, and rescues her, revealing his superpowered self to the public. While
in awe over the "flying man", others are scared and the police
question him. Clark flees, fearing that he has made a "big mistake."
Lex's daily tradition is to select
someone from a crowd around his tower, and provide them with a new life; the
newest member happens to be Rudy. Rudy is brought in and offered all he can
eat. He eats a donut that was dropped in bio-waste, which causes him to turn
into something hideous. Curious about the "flying man", Lex meets
with Lois and Clark. Clark leaves to confront Rudy as the Parasite. Clark
manages to get Parasite out of the building and freeze him. The people are
grateful, but don't know what to make of Clark. It becomes worse when Lex
arrives and claims the "flying man" isn't even human. Clark leaves,
and on the roof of the Daily Planet, sees Jimmy on the ledge. They talk about
how they're currently feeling, with Jimmy thinking of returning to New York.
Clark persuades Jimmy to stay, since he's his "only friend" in
Metropolis, and lets Jimmy take his picture. The next issue of the Daily Planet
runs with Lois's story and Jimmy's picture, naming "Superman" as the
city's new savior. Lex, furious, declares personal war on Perry White.
After Superman puts out a fire in
the Daily Planet’s main warehouse, he tells to Jimmy and Lois that the fire was
arson, part of an attack on Planet. While still wary, public opinion is
improving on Superman thanks to the Planet, and their circulation rises by
700%. Lex calls upon General Sam Lane, Lois' father, who agrees to help Lex in
exchange for weapons technology. Lex reveals that Superman is an alien, and can
likely be stopped by the kryptonite rock Lex has, which also powers the Metallo
battlesuit. Lois is greeted by Sgt. John Corben, with whom her father prefers
she have a relationship. Lois refuses to date him, but John persists, and Clark
steps in when Corben gets abusive.
John leaves to meet Lex and Sam,
and agrees to pilot Metallo. Clark takes Lois to lunch, where she continues to
notice that he's not all he seems to be. Clark hears an explosion and leaves to
become Superman but the explosion was a fake; Sam Lane had caused it in order
to meet Superman. Sam accuses him of being an alien, and wants to know what his
goals are, particularly with Lois. Superman, feeling as if he is being
interrogated, and tries to leave, but Sam tells Superman that if he leaves
he'll be declared an enemy. Superman leaves anyway, and Sam orders the Army to
attack. The soldiers do little to Superman, but John, in the Metallo suit,
manages to weaken him by exposing him to the kryptonite. Ricocheting bullets
hit the kryptonite, which explodes and injures John and allows Superman to
escape. Sam and his troops arrive at the Daily Planet, and orders it shut down
until they can get definitive answers about Superman.
Lex takes John into surgery and
replaces his heart with a kryptonite generator, turning him into Metallo. Sam
reveals to Lois, Perry, and the Daily Planet staff that Superman is an alien.
While Jimmy distracts the soldiers with his camera, Lois escapes. Soldiers find
Superman in the sewers and the battle erupts onto one of the main streets of
the city. Metallo enters the fight, injuring his own soldiers in order to get
to Superman. Lois arrives to warn him about the kryptonite and tells him to
leave, but he refuses to give up. Metallo attacks Superman with a kryptonite
ray, threatening the bystanders. Superman melts a manhole to cover the
kryptonite and flies Metallo into space until the lack of oxygen knocks him
out. Sam arrives and orders Superman and Lois arrested.
The crowd turns on the Army, and
Superman orders the crowd to stop, telling them that they, not the Army, not
Lex Luthor, nor himself, are meant to be Metropolis's saviors. Superman meets
with Lex and tells him Metropolis does not belong to him anymore. Lex angrily
objects, since Superman is not from Earth. Superman replies, "This is my
home," and leaves. Later, Lex goes to pick another person from the crowd
to give a new life, only to find no one there. The Daily Planet celebrates
becoming the top selling newspaper in the city. Superman visits Lois atop the
Daily Planet building and thanks her for making him feel like he belongs there.
He starts the Planet’s rusty globe spinning again. Lois asks, "Are you a
man or an alien?" His response is, "I'm Superman, Lois" and then
flies across Metropolis.
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