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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Chapter 6: A Noble Sacrifice

by Starsky Hutch 76 Return to chapter list The conspirators filed out of the conference room, doing their best to huddle as close to Rat’lar as possible. His face was hidden by a heavily hooded robe, shielding his identity from anyone they might run across as they left the building. They were so focused on . . .

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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Chapter 5: Devil’s Bargain

by Starsky Hutch 76 Return to chapter list If looks could kill, the entire Scrubb Empire’s defensive fleet would have perished under the icy scowl Brainiac gave them as he stared with impotent fury at his view screen. His computerized brain ran another thousand possible scenarios with which he might give attack. In all of . . .

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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Chapter 4: Debt of Honor

by Starsky Hutch 76, with Frank G. Murdock Return to chapter list The Supermobile poured on the speed as Lobo rapped at the blue metal hull, and Lobo tightened his grip on the chain even tighter. In the distance, Brainiac clutched his pet monkey Koko tightly in anxiety as he struggled to keep pace. “This . . .

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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Chapter 3: The Main Man

by Starsky Hutch 76, Doc Quantum and Frank G. Murdock Return to chapter list Lobo sat in his cell on the prison planet of Takron-Galtos, passing the time as he usually did these days, fuming over the situation — and the man — who had put him there. Thanks to his Velorpian physiology, it had . . .

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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Chapter 2: Father and Son

by Starsky Hutch 76, Libbylawrence, Immortalwildcat and Frank G. Murdock Return to chapter list “K… Kal-El?” Jor-El gasped, raising up, shocking Superman. “A-are we back in my lab?” Superman suddenly remembered that fateful trip back in time when he’d visited Krypton and taken work as Jor-El’s lab assistant, even attending his parents’ wedding. (*) That . . .

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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Chapter 1: Superman’s Darkest Secret

by Doc Quantum Return to chapter list The horror… was the only thought that flashed through Kal-El’s mind as he watched his father slowly open his green-hued eyelids, knowing that his only thoughts right now were that he could feel nothing but unending pain. He prayed to Rao that his mother would just remain sleeping, . . .

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Superman: The Unkindest Cut, Prologue: Space Casket

by Starsky Hutch 76 Return to chapter list The skull ship of Brainiac rarely encountered any interstellar traffic. Its skull-shaped visage had become a terrifying legend among travelers. If their sensors ever happened to pick him up, they knew to give him a wide berth and alert anyone else in the area. It was for . . .

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Superman: Gotcha!

by Libbylawrence
Superman of Earth-1: The Five Earths Project
Superman discovers how the Martian conspiracy has affected his own life when he encounters several old foes who aren’t exactly what they appear to be! What are the secrets that he discovers about a not-so-new foe — and a friend? Guest starring the Supergirl from 500,000 years in the future, and introducing Miss Martian!

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Superman: Gotcha! Epilogue: Miss Martian

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Later, in the Fortress of Solitude, Superman sat across from the Martian girl and listened to her story. “My name is M’gann M’orzz. My uncle raised me. He was a member of the Red Brotherhood. When they decided to replace someone close to you with an agent, they naturally . . .

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Superman: Gotcha! Chapter 2: Performance Art

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list A lone flower blossomed incongruously in the middle of the empty factory. Suddenly, it opened its artificial petals, and an acidic spray erupted from within the weird device. Superman turned to block the deadly substance from touching Perry White. “A giant-sized version of the old squirting flower gag,” he . . .

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Superman: Gotcha! Chapter 1: Old Foes

by Libbylawrence Return to chapter list Continued from Justice League of America: The Martian Chronicles In his comfortable suburban home, Clark Kent smiled with pleasure as he kissed his wife, the lovely red-haired Kristin Wells Kent, and glanced down to where little Jasma was playing with a stuffed Cannonball doll. (*) [(*) Editor’s note: See . . .

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Batman: Meanwhile, Back in Gotham City

by Immortalwildcat
Batman of Earth-1: The Five Earths Project
For the past four years, the team of Batman and the second Robin have fought the good fight together! But when a dark secret surfaces concerning Jason Todd, it threatens to topple not only the Dynamic Duo, but the Wayne family itself! Can the Batman Family weather this storm?

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Batman: Meanwhile, Back in Gotham City, Epilogue: Part of the Family

by Immortalwildcat Return to chapter list One month later: Jason Todd walked down the hallway of Washington Junior High in Gateway City. It was still a new experience for him, being in the school itself. According to his own memory, he’d spent the last three years on the road with his parents, being home-schooled by . . .

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Batman: Meanwhile, Back in Gotham City, Chapter 2: Imposed Personality

by Immortalwildcat Return to chapter list Batman contacted Alfred and told him to drive on home, then made his way to one of several locations in the city where he kept caches of equipment. Moments later, a sleek black car roared out of the unused courtyard of an old hotel. The car slipped through the . . .

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Batman: Meanwhile, Back in Gotham City, Chapter 1: Spotting Patterns

by Immortalwildcat Return to chapter list Continued from Justice League of America: The Martian Chronicles In a darkened cavern under the suburbs of Gotham City, a low humming sound grew louder, and a glow lit one corner of a room carved from the rock. The sound and light came from a cylinder eight feet tall . . .

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