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Title: Clark Kent, You're a Nobody!
Writer: Mark Millar
Penciller: Aluir Almancio
Inker: Terry Austin
Colorist: Rick Taylor
Letter: Lois Buhalis
Cover Art: Rick Burchett & Terry Austin
Summary:
Clark Kent finds out that he
doesn't have any powers. There's some guy flying around saying he's Superman.
What the--?
Description:
It's a typical day at the
Daily Planet; the computer systems are down and Clark, Lois and Jimmy are
sitting around the office. How come all jobs aren't like this? A plan is in need
of a quick emergency landing, Clark Kent goes into action as Superman. He pulls
open his shirt and jumps out the window. Problem. All he has under his clothes
is an undershirt, and it's a long fall down from the top story of the Daily
Planet Building! Superman swings by and saves Clark on his way to stop the plane
from crashing into the streets of Metropolis. Clark is confused as what's going
on. Who is this...Superman???, he thinks.
And that's the first couple pages.
Clark, understandably shaken up by the event of
the morning, goes with Lois to hear Professor Hamilton give a speech on
Kryptonite and the effects. Usual boring teacher stuff. After the lecture, Clark
asks to see if touching it has any effect on "Normal humans". As he
grabs the glowing kryptonite, he is astonished, and a bit peeved to find it has
no effect on him. What the heck?
Superman continues to save people, avert
disasters etc. and whatever else he usually does. As an odd turn of events,
Clark is mugged and beaten up while on his way home. Clark goes home to Smallville,
and talks to Ma and Pa Kent, trying to figure out what has happened to him, but
they have no idea what he's talking about. He asks them about the spaceship that
brought him and about his super feats growing up. This puzzles the heck outta Ma
& Pa and they (of course) think he's just been working too hard and is
having delusions that he once was Superman.
In the middle of their conversation, a tornado
blows in. Superman arrives and saves both Clark and the farm, using the
techniques that Clark would once have used. This right here is what possibly
gives Clark his first clues to what is going on
Clark heads back to Metropolis, promising to seek
professional help if he can't straighten things out on his own. When he gets
back to the Planet, the computer systems are up, and Clark gets an e-mail that
says "Today's the day" which is automatically generated every 90 days.
Bingo!!!
Now I'm not gonna say anything more about this
issue, because if you haven't figured it out by now then that's a darn shame. Ah
heck, I ain't mean. Do you wanna know what's going on? Well, Clark is able to
draw Superman's attention and he find out that Superman is...NOT TELLING! If you
haven't read this issue before, then I'll give ya guys a break. If you wanna
know who Superman is, then highlight the text below:
Superman is Mxy!!
The hint was "Every 90 days". Remember, Mxy can come to Earth every 90
days and cause trouble, and that is what he did.
Comments:
A great story which shows us promise for Millar! Millar will be taking over
SUPERMAN ADVENTURES in a few months, and if this story is any hint, then we are
in for one heckuva writer! This story paired with Aluir's art makes the story a
"can't miss" and awesome. The best that DC has to offer is in this title! I was
really surprised by this issue. The mystery had me going until I saw the words
"90 days" on Clark's screen. I knew what was going on. Kudos for
Millar to making one heckuva mystery!
Rating: 
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