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Crypto, take me home.

Home.

No need to thank us, sir, as we will not appreciate it. We have no consciousness

whatsoever. Merely automatons here to serve.

Meet Twelve.

She's new.

He looked at me. I put your parents' message on to soothe you. Thank you. He

finds it soothing.

The message was damaged in transit from Krypton to Earth.

But what is there?

We love you more than heaven, our son.

We love you more than land.

Our beloved home will soon be gone forever.

But hope vitalizes our hearts, and that hope is you, Kal -El.

We have searched the universe for a home where you can do the most good and live

out Krypton's truth.

That place is hers.

And the rest of the message is lost.

Damage to bladder, kidney, large intestine, lungs. Our poor Superman.

With a healthy dose of yellow sun, we'll have him up and adamant no time.

He landed somewhere near here. I can't see where.

Well, keep looking.

Pally.

Sir, you are only 83 % restored to health. You must rest. No can do, Four.

gotta get back to the fray. But this Hammerfellow just beat you at full

Sir?

What is this?

Crypto!

What the hey, dude? I thought you destroyed the whole Superman robots. I

I told you to keep an eye on him. We feed the canine, but he is unruly.

And he realizes we are not flesh and blood and couldn't in our heart of

care less whether he lives or dies.

Stop, Crypto. Leave it.

Ow. Ow. Stop.

Ow. Stop.

Crypto. Ow. Ow. Stop it. Stop. Sit.

Sit. Stay.

The alien is on its way back.

Your Superman has abandoned you. The people of Bravia will not ignore him

inserting himself into our affairs.

I'm

inside

Choco's, Larry. No fatalities.

Can't win them all.

Target's back.

He's back.

You're five o 'clock.

Copy.

12 -D.

18 -A.

34 -B.

98Z. 88.

7040.

4040.

4040.

Edgy, can you watch? Yeah.

It's like he knows Superman's every move before he makes it. He does.

He's been studying him for years.

He's developed over 2 ,500 fight moves for any situation.

Superman!

Bravo. You got him.

Malik Ali.

A local.

Lex, we have the engineer.

The target has led us to the Ice Castle.

The rumors are true. I don't know how in the hell this thing hasn't been

spotted.

Mierda.

Coms two to one.

Oh, joder.

Lex, the entire structure has descended into the eye.

We have what we need. Return to base.

I can drill into it, Lex.

Your pride won't be making our choices today, Angela. Well, thank you. We'll

need more than you when we enter.

Coms one to two.

Done what we need to do.

Wrap it up.

The United States will continue to feel the wrath of the Hammer of Bravia.

It's me, Marley.

Once I gave you free falloff when you saved a woman from being hit by a taxi.

Are you all right, Superman?

Marley, you gotta get out of here. It's not safe.

You've saved us so many times.

Now it's our turn.

Maybe you shouldn't have done that thing in Jarhand, poor Superman.

Flawless people.

Way to bring it home.

Ultraman's back. Ultraman!

You did so good!

What did you know? What?

Do these unelected medic humans

think they can dictate international policy?

There's a big story.

Put it above the fold. That's where you put it.

You're late again, Kent.

Sorry, Perry.

Hey, loser.

Hey, Steve.

Hey, what do you got against adverbs, Kent?

How are we supposed to know how we feel when we read this malarkey? In sports

writing, you learn the sentence is the modifier.

Hey, Ma.

Ma! Hey, Clark.

Me and Pa just wanted to call and say congratulations on that front page boy.

That is something.

Hey, ask Mom if she barbecued up any good roadkill lately. Shut up, Steve.

What's that, Clark?

Sorry, Mom, just in the middle of the big news. What are chitlins?

Chitlins are in Tufton. Thanks, Cat.

You read this crud? I thought it was great, Clark.

Great? Yeah, big time.

Well, we don't want to keep you, but, uh, wanted to say congrats and tell you

we're thinking about you, Clark.

It's been a minute. Tell him don't be a stranger.

Pa says don't be a stranger.

I, uh, yeah, I heard him, Mom.

Okay, I gotta go. I gotta run.

Okay, love you.

So this guy just flew into Midtown and started attacking people, demanding for

Superman to show up? Yeah. It's all there in my article.

I don't actually have to make it through your writing, Clark. Knowledge is worth

many sacrifices.

That isn't one of them. Ha ha ha, very funny, Willis.

Oh my God, I feel fine.

22 people in the hospital, over 20 million in property damage. It does make

wonder. Wonder what? As great as he is, maybe...

Superman didn't completely think through the ramifications of the Bravia thing.

Well, if this guy is even from Bravia.

What do you mean? His name is the Hammer of Bravia. Yeah, I doubt his parents

named him that, Jimmy. We have no clue what his actual goal was here. I think

it's pretty obvious the bull was kicking Superman's ass. He didn't completely

kick Superman's ass. Pretty thoroughly, Clark. Show me! You show me what ties

there are between Bravia and this hammer!

Yeah, see, Superman did say he thought the hammer might be faking a Bravian

accent. Superman said that.

Yeah, I interviewed him right afterwards.

Great guy.

You know, it's funny that you keep getting all these interviews with

Clark. I don't think there's anything funny about good journalism, Lois.

Uh -huh.

The relationship between Borrelia and the United States has been like

iron for 30 years until Superman came along.

What you're looking at, my friends, is the most...

Powerful being on planet Earth.

Ultraman.

You created this man.

Check this out. The Engineer.

The former special operative whose blood I infused with microscopic machines

called nanites, which she can form into anything she can imagine.

And of course, you're familiar with my flying armored forces, the Raptors.

Altogether, they're an unstoppable force we call Planet Watch.

More than capable of containing any otherworldly threat.

So you want the Defense Department to hire your metahuman to take down the

Kryptonian? After Superman acted with violence against our Barabian allies, I

think it'd be worth considering. Big Blue stopped the war.

Naive, maybe, but well -intentioned. Well, I don't know the intentions of an

unattended fire hose, General Flagg. I just do what I can not to be splashed.

Mr. Luther.

The disarming Director Crawley.

The country of Baravia has purchased over $80 billion worth of arms from

Corp in the past two years.

And? And no one would profit more from a war with Baravia and Jaron poor than

you. A cynic might say that having Superman out of the way might not be bad

business. Well, what's particularly bad for business is dying.

And I have a distinct feeling that's where we're all headed with the

running wild. So we're going to lock up all metahumans now? Look, other

metahumans aren't going off half -cock, interfering in foreign affairs.

They don't have, and I have proof of this, a hidden headquarters in

that violates 12 international treaties, and they aren't aliens.

Shouldn't all that be more than enough reason for Planet Watch to at least

the Kryptonian in for questioning?

Admittedly, I'm not comfortable with a being from another planet as dangerous

him on the loose.

But the optics?

Superman is popular.

Less so every day, according to Chatter Online. Not to mention the potential

risk of failing to contain him. I assure you, Secretary, we can contain him.

Yeah, they got this stuff.

What's this kryptonite stuff called?

It's called kryptonite. Well, it kills him, right? As far as we can ascertain,

there's none left on the planet. I have a workaround for that as well. You know

what? It doesn't matter, Lux.

Because without solid proof of malicious intent, it's just not worth the risk.

What are you doing here?

Three months ago, we had our first date. And so, to celebrate, I am making you

your favorite.

Breakfast for dinner.

That's your favorite.

You love breakfast.

Yeah, for breakfast. You love it for dinner.

What? It's very funny today.

What? It's hilarious.

The little back and forth we had going.

You're giving me guff for my article.

Jimmy was eating it up.

I wasn't acting, Clark. If you keep interviewing yourself, eventually people

going to figure it out.

With the glasses?

They won't fool everyone forever.

And ethically, these interviews are hugely problematic. I mean, you

know the questions in advance.

Okay, so I'll let you interview me.

I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like that. Come on, Lois. I'm media savvy. I can

handle any question that comes my way.

Are you being serious right now?

Yeah.

You'd let me interview you as Superman?

Sure.

How about now?

Um... Ready?

Let's do it, Cronkite.

Superman. Miss Lane.

Recently, you've come under a lot of fire. I don't know if it's a lot of

It's a lot.

Today, the Secretary of Defense said he was going to look into your actions in

Bravia.

That's funny?

It's not funny funny. It's just, I mean, come on. My actions?

I stopped a war.

Maybe. Not maybe. I did. Okay.

How? Well, Bravia invaded Jarhanpur, and I showed up and told them that wasn't

right. And? And smashed some tanks and things and a couple of planes and some

other stuff.

There were no casualties and no significant injuries.

Did you interact at all with the president of Bravia, Vasil Gurko?

A very small amount.

What's a very small amount?

That was between us.

This is all on the record.

Yeah, but that conversation was between the two of us.

Yeah, and I would ask that question whether or not I knew the answer to it.

Really? Really?

After I stopped the war, I went to see Gurkos. Where?

In the capital of Luchabik at the royal palace.

And? And I took a private audience with Gurkos. How?

I flew him out to the desert and I... And?

And I placed him against a cactus.

A cactus?

So, torture?

No, not torture.

Spikes were, like, not even that big. What did you say?

I told him that if he ever messes with Jarhand for again, he'll have to

personally answer to me. What did you mean by that?

That if such events occurred, we would have a more serious discussion, that's

all. More serious than tearing up his back on a cactus? Gurkhas was going to

kill people. You seem to keep forgetting that. In effect, you...

illegally entered a country, inserting yourself in the middle of an incredibly

heated geopolitical situation, siding with a nation, Jarhanpur, which

historically has not been a friend to the U .S., against a nation that's

technically our ally, and then threatened to murder their head of

of all, whether or not Jarhanpur is an imperfect country does not give another

nation the right to invade it. Yes, but the Barabian government maintained

they're freeing the Jarhanpurian from a tyrannical regime. Yes, but you know

that's very silly. I do? The Barabian government of all people is saying this?

Come on. This is on the record, Superman. No, no. Now, see, now you're

dishonest, Lois. How am I being dishonest?

Where's the button?

You're being dishonest because you know as well as I do that the Arabian

government is not well -intentioned. I think that's almost certainly the case,

but do I know that?

No, I don't.

Can we go on now?

Yeah, fine.

You think this is going well? Do I think this is going well?

I think I'm doing a good job.

Superman, did you consult with the president before entering Bravian

No. The Secretary of Defense? No. Or any U .S. official before you took matters

into your own hands and decided unilaterally how to handle this

delicate situation? Jerkos and his goons were going to kill people. Yes, but the

results of you seemingly acting as a representative of the United States will

cause more problems around the world. I wasn't representing anybody except for

me.

More than a war that lasted between 12 and 24 hours and was just replacing one

tyrannical regime with another. Is that really how you feel? I'm not the one

being interviewed, Superman, but...

I question it.

Yeah, I would question myself in the same situation and hold off a beat and

consider the consequences. People were going to die!

Okay, I'd like to change

the subject, if I could.

Okay. You've gotten a lot of heat on social media lately.

I don't read that stuff.

Superman doesn't have time for selfies.

Third person.

You're referring to yourself in third person now? No, it's just a thing I came

up with that I thought I'd try to work into the next interview.

This is on the record, Superman.

Okay, well, not the part where I said that. Yeah, that part. No, that part was

an aside. That was off the record. You have to say off the record beforehand,

not afterwards. Why are you being like this? It's fine. I won't write that you

spend your spare time trying to think up sound bites, which are terrible, by the

way. Social media.

Yeah. As you may know, or maybe you don't, since you claim not to read any

that stuff. Very seldomly. Maybe sometimes people catch you reading it

looking very upset.

Okay, well, you can't use that. People on social media are suspicious because

you are an alien, yes?

Yes. I've been very honest about that from the beginning.

I come from a planet called Krypton.

Okay. Which is gone now, by the way.

Destroyed. Along with all of my history, my parents.

They sent me here as a baby to save my life. Here? Where? I'm not going to say

that. You know I'm not going to say that.

Okay.

What do you know about these biological parents of yours?

Just that they sent me here to serve humanity and to help the world to be a

better place.

They said that?

They did.

They sent a message along with me.

That message is why I do what I do. I cherish it more than anything.

Because you understand.

Now, there are an awful lot of people out there maintaining you're here for

nefarious purposes.

Hashtag super spy, hashtag super shit.

Super shit? Come on, Lois. You know that one specifically irritates me. It's on

the record, Clark.

I didn't make it up. It's what people on the internet are saying.

I'm gonna go.

Really? Yeah.

Come on, Clark, don't do this. I'm not doing anything.

No? No, that's not you? Packing up your shit and walking out of an interview?

I'm not walking out of an interview. It's late. This is what you do every

you're faced with conflict. You get mad, you pout, and then you pretend like

nothing's wrong. Nothing is wrong.

Look, I gave you a nice long interview.

Longer than I ever gave myself, by the way. Oh, you can time your imaginary

interviews with yourself? That's the thing you can do? You've got a lot of

stuff.

Some stuff you can't use. I am well aware.

I knew this would never work.

What does that mean?

Lois?

What does that mean?

Nothing. I just told you I wasn't good at relationships.

The real Antarctica.

So cool.

It was right ahead.

But how are we going to gain access?

Know ye a little bit.

Superman, I preemptively put up this soothing... Oh, my, I do apologize, but

this is a restricted area.

Wait. Wait.

This is what we came for.

Hopefully there's something on here we can use to convince the general Superman

requires immediate action.

I can't stand the metahumans, but he's so much worse.

Superman.

He's not a man. He's an it.

A thing with a cocky grin and a stupid outfit that's somehow become the focal

point of the entire world's conversation.

Nothing's felt right since he showed up.

I know, Lex.

I've sacrificed my own humanity to help get rid of it.

Can you get in?

It might take a while.

What if the Kryptonian shows up? Don't worry.

I'm creating a distraction.

What? This message.

From his parents.

It's damaged, but there's more.

I can recover the rest.

Quiet! An

awfully

small distraction.

It'll get bigger.

Get out of here.

The giant animal was first spotted early this morning in a Jitters coffee shop

about seven feet tall, but it has apparently been growing.

Everybody okay?

Hey, buddy.

Eyes up here.

Deep, slow breaths, ma 'am.

You're gonna be fine.

Everybody, clear the area!

This is so cheap.

So obnoxious. You know what I mean?

You can afford $1 ,000 concert tickets for your 20 -year -old baby.

The Justice Gang has arrived on the scene. That's Green Lantern, Hawk Girl,

Mr. Terrific. They're funded by the Lord Tech Corporation.

Get out!

Hey!

This hide is tough, but it's off balance.

I've been trying to figure out a way to get it out of here alive.

Get it someplace where we can study it.

Oh, come on, man.

What?

Good gosh, there's got to be a better way to do this.

How's it going with that guy you were seeing?

You were saying you weren't sure about him?

Yeah. He's... a little... strange.

Woo!

Had your steaks all round, huh?

I was hoping we could capture it and take it to an intergalactic zoo or at

euthanize it less painfully. Come on, bro. Don't be such a wuss.

Hey! Just another day in the life of the Justice Gang!

It's not our name. It's just a working name.

Very well proved to be pervert, though. Probably not.

Good chance, though, I'm saying. You okay? Everybody okay?

I'd just like to say thank you on behalf of Lord Tech Industries for the

opportunity.

Why is nobody clapping?

This has to be BS.

Well, they couldn't be mistaken. Oh, no. Well, that sounds very disturbing, Lex.

28 of the world's top linguists have confirmed the translation, and 30 of the

top forensic computer techs have confirmed the validity of the footage

Any chance that they're mistaken?

Unfortunately, no.

You have the footage? Yes.

Let's take a look.

We love you more than heaven, our son.

We love you more than land.

Our beloved home is soon to be gone forever.

But hope vitalizes our heart.

And that hope is you, Kaleth.

We have searched the universe for a home where you can do the most good and live

out Krypton's truth.

That place is Earth. I don't get it. What's bad about that?

The people there are simple.

and profoundly confused, weak of mind and spirit and body,

lord over the planet as the last son of Krypton.

Dispatch of anyone unable or unwilling to serve you, Khaled.

Take as many wives as you can so your genes and Krypton's might and legacy

live on in this new frontier.

Do us proud.

Our beloved son, rule without mercy.

What about all the kind acts Superman has performed over the years, saving

countless lives? No, he's grooming us, lulling us into

complacency so he can dominate without resistance, forging a path for his super

-powered descendants to rule the Earth.

I will not accept that.

Will you?

You seem upset.

I'm scared.

I will admit that. I am scared.

Because who knows how large his secret harem is already.

Dude, you got a secret harem? No, Guy, of course I don't have a harem. If any

that message is even remotely true, then you are exactly the kind of alien

threat I was commandeered by the Green Lantern Corps to protect this planet

against. Back off, Guy.

Make a move, Big Blue.

Guy, relax.

Was the message real or not?

The first half. The first half is real.

The second half was damaged in the trip from Krypton to Earth, so it's got to be

doctored. No, Wade Clark.

I know there's computer forensics, guys. They're not going to say it's legit

unless they are sure.

I'm so sorry, man, but there's no way that message is fake.

Where'd they get this footage, though?

Are you considering bringing Superman in for questioning?

We're talking with the president, and we are reviewing our options now. Now I'm

sure, but I have to go, Ms. Lane. And if you did, when would that be?

You buying this? I don't put anything past Luthor, Rick.

But the message is authentic.

If the Kryptonian is a danger, we have to act.

I was a big Superman fan. I supported him all the time online and stuff, but

now? I mean, I hope he rots his hair. I don't care if you're supposed to get

out.

Where is he? Get there now. Don't call me chief. Okay, I'm going to do my job.

It's no wonder the Kryptonian interfered with Boravia's interests.

Boravia wants to save the people of Jarhanpur, and Superman wants to keep

them in state.

As though, from what I hear, he finds Boravian women

the most physically attractive.

and wants to add them to his secret harem.

I wouldn't celebrate until the alien is off the board.

Oh, here. Brought you a donut from Doe's Holes. New shop in Park Ridge, of all

places. It's a fake message.

A stroke of genius.

It's not fake.

He's here to kill us.

I knew it. At Superman's fortress, I hope to get the knowledge to help

him. Little did I know his own parents would be providing it.

Oh, my boy. Right? Yeah.

Been thinking of opening one in my half of Jarhandpore.

Four. Four.

What happened?

I tried to protect Superman.

How did Luthor get in here? It's keyed into my DNA.

Must protect Superman.

Four.

I'm sorry.

Crypto? Crypto?

Well, yeah, that's gonna be... I tried to stop him. It's fine, Heather.

Superman, we finally meet. Would you like a coffee?

Where's the dog?

Dog? The dog, loser! You took the dog! That's right, Eve. Get all of this.

Where's the dog?

I have no clue what you're talking about.

He's just a dog.

I don't know what dog you're talking about.

Huckle dog and cake.

What did you say? I didn't say anything.

You heard what he said.

You heard him. He took him. I mean, it seems to me that the only rabid animal

around here is Superman.

Ever since the discovery of the Kryptonians' master plan, he's gone off

end. Thoughts, Chris?

Can't say I'm surprised, Cleavis.

It's guys like this, they always got a whole bunch of dark, ugly secrets. What

do you mean, guys like this?

Think he's better than everybody else.

Makes his declarations against killing people unless it's absolutely necessary.

Really, dude?

It kind of sounds like you're trying to make the guys who are a little more edgy

than you look like jerks. You know what I mean?

A lot of these guys, he's, uh...

You have a dog?

No, not really. It's more of a foster situation.

Coco.

You were out there helping them?

Oh, no, that's just, uh, that's just some dimensional imp.

They've got that handled. I was looking for the dog.

You okay?

The footage is not what it looks like, Lois.

Okay. The ship my parents sent me in was damaged in transit, so I only ever

heard the first part of the message.

And I believed I knew how it ended.

That my parents had sent me here to serve the people of Earth and to be a

man.

I'm not here to rule over anybody, Lois.

I never thought you were, even for a moment, Clark.

We do.

But we're bound to, though.

We're so different.

I was just some punk rock kid from Baker Line, and you're Superman.

I'm punk rock.

You are not punk rock. I like the Strangle Fellows and the P .O .D .s and

Mighty Crabjoys. Those are pop radio bands. They're not punk rock.

The Mighty Crabjoys suck.

Okay, well, a lot of people love them.

My point is I question everything and everyone.

You trust everyone and think everyone you've ever met is, like,

beautiful.

Maybe that's the real punk rock.

Lois, what did you mean when you said that you knew this would never work?

I don't know.

I'm gonna go.

The DOJ has a warrant out for my arrest, so I'm gonna turn myself in. Wait,

what?

Why? Maybe they'll take me wherever they took the dog.

I don't know how else to find him. It's a dog.

Yeah, and he's not even a very good one, but...

He's out there alone, and he's probably scared.

I love you, Lois.

I probably should have told you that a long time ago.

Is that necessary?

I'm coming into my own accord.

No one read me my rights.

Course decided those rights don't apply to extraterrestrial organisms.

Therefore, at this point, Superman, you don't have any rights to read.

The government is very well aware of potential limitations detaining you, so

we've outsourced your confinement and your interrogation to Planet Watch.

Watch.

I'm sorry about this.

twice in two days what a pleasure luther

Your obsession with me is getting a little creepy. Don't worry.

Tall, dark, and Martian isn't my type.

Kryptonian. Yeah, same deal.

Where are we?

A pocket universe.

I replicated the Big Bang with a Luthor Corp. megacollider tearing a tiny hole

between the two universal fabrics.

I'm able to access it from multiple dimensional portals I've set up around

globe.

Rex, the metahuman known as the Element Man, has been called into service for a

specific purpose. He can metamorphose into any known substance, even

foreign to this planet.

Like...

Kryptonite.

Once again, Vassil Gurkos is sending troops to the Jahanpurian border.

Superman's been out of commission less than a day and already Bravia's pulling

this crap?

Right? What?

Sorry, I'm trying to figure out how Lex Luthor's connected to all this.

How's that a mystery? Luthor Corp sells arms to Bravia. Bravia goes to war,

Luthor sells more arms and gets richer than ever.

Nope. No?

Uh -uh.

I have a connection at Boda Bank. Boda handles the transactions between Luther

Corp and Bravia. Yes, Luther Corp sold them approximately $80 billion worth of

arms, but for those arms, Bravia paid only $1 .625 billion.

So Luther gave them arms for free.

For what? That's the $78 ,375 ,000 ,000 question.

Have you found out where they're holding Superman?

No one in the government will say.

Luther seems to be working to disable Superman just so he can't stop the

invasion of Jarhampore.

Why?

That's way too much sugar, Lois. I party like a rock star choir boy.

Still can't hide the taste of petroleum.

God.

Lex, it's holding Superman in a pocket, Universe.

A what?

I don't know what a pocket universe is, neither does my source. They don't know

anything about anything, really. But for sure, he's in a pocket universe.

Who's your source? I can't say, but you owe me.

Big time.

Like... I can't even tell you how big.

I love you, Jimmy Olsen. I love you. Love you.

With my monkey bots here, farming outrage 24 -7, thrashing you online.

Hashtag super shit.

Super dog.

Well, how do you contain a super dog?

You beam super squirrels into its brain.

And we'll learn what we can.

And we'll put the varmint down.

It will undoubtedly be painful.

This is our private correctional institution.

Most cells are rented out to governments who want to keep their incarcerations

of political agitators private.

Others, if more personal transgressions.

Florent wrote a blog about me.

There are few things I hate more than petty ex -girlfriends.

You wouldn't be telling me any of this. Have we ever planned on letting you out?

No.

You'd be terminated already if it was up to me.

But first, the government has some questions they want answered.

Rex, look who it is.

Will you be sure to keep our guests in check?

Well, Joseph certainly wouldn't want it any other way.

I'll be back tomorrow to get the answers we need.

We had to meet here, but Lex is always accessing the traffic cameras so he

where I am. I really don't understand why you stay in that relationship.

Because he made a point to tell me about all these ex -girlfriends he had in

prison in his pocket universe.

What? Right?

How's your mom?

My mom? Oh, I love her so much. I think of her as my mom even more than my own

mother. Oh, she feels the same way from the one time that you guys met. Yes. So,

hey, okay. Yes.

There seems to be some sort of connection between Bravia and your

I'm not hearing what...

What's wrong?

What's oh?

I thought you wanted to see me, Jimmy.

I do, but Eve, how could I even really feel you would like to throw in the

picture? You're just trying to get information out of me. I swear to God,

not it. I just know that if I could get some real dirt on him, then maybe the

two of us could... Could be together again?

Those look like someone spilled shrimp cocktail on the floor. You have

unconventional toes. Who cares?

There's other parts of you that people would find very attractive.

Lex tortured a dog the other day.

Jesus Christ!

I know. I have to go.

Eve, please see what you can find out.

Okay. Yes, yes, yes.

I'm putting them in my pocket.

Joseph, he's your son? Don't talk to me.

Please.

I can fly over and get him if you'd stop with the cryptic. There's no way out of

here, okay? There's always a way. I said don't talk to me!

I told you!

Don't talk to me!

Yeah, so what do you want me to do? Where's the creamer? On the counter

always is.

He's in your group, right? The, um, what's it called again?

The Justice Gang.

No. We're not called that. Yeah, your name is Mr. Terrific. You don't get a

with a name like that. I also voted against it. Yes, and as leader, I get

tiebreaker. No, Superman is not officially a member. Because you don't

to vote. You know which way that would go. Shut up. He's kidding. So, how do

even know Superman anyway?

I just...

Do. So you know about the hypnoglasses?

Now she does.

Well, I'm not saying who he is, just that he wears hypnoglasses. They make

face terrific. How do they work? They make his face look different in your

when he wears them, so that you know who he is. Yes, I know this, first of all.

But second of all, you really shouldn't be telling me this in case I don't know

who he is.

So you know he's Clark Kent?

Oh, my God. Why does he trust everyone?

He doesn't. Just us, because we are also of the class.

Of the cloth?

What are we gonna do?

About what?

Superman! He's your friend!

Some friend came here to rule over me? It would be difficult to find him.

I put nano -by -GPS trackers into Superman's bloodstream.

You can see where his trail ends abruptly right here at Fort Kramer, a

military post across the river about ten miles down. Even if he was dead, those

trackers would still be there.

So, all this leads me to believe, as your article surmised, he really is in a

pocket universe.

You put nanobot GPS trackers in your friend's bloodstream?

Oh, I do that to everybody.

So, okay, come on. Let's go to Fort Kramer, then.

The four of us, and find out what's going on. And then do what?

Save him.

You want to break a federally incarcerated prisoner out of jail? Look,

this is being done to keep him from interfering with the Barabian invasion.

No, you look. I'm a Green Lantern lady. That means I took a vow not to get

involved in politics. Oh, that's part of the vow. It's implied.

Yeah. An implied vow. Every time there's something he doesn't want to do, he

says it's part of some vow. Oh, I swear to God, I'm two seconds away from

forming a giant hammer and beating you both today.

Is Supes here to take over the world?

I don't know. Probably not.

But the risk is just not worth a beef between the U .S. government and the

Justice Gang. Not our name makes it sound like cowboys, but I agree with the

rest.

See, you're just going to let your friend rot in the pocket universe.

That haircut should be against your vows.

That what?

That what should be what?

I'll have you know, 348 chicks say otherwise.

Hey.

What? I'm not saying we're going to save him, but I think we can at least check

out what's going on with your boyfriend at this Fort Kramer.

He's not.

We're just seeing each other.

Thanks.

You want me to drive?

We'll take my ride.

You have a flying saucer, but you couldn't get a faster garage door?

I haven't worked on that yet.

I'm not even sure how I feel, honestly.

What?

That Clark, he's not my boyfriend. We've actually just been dating for a couple

of months. Yeah, lady, just to be clear, I'm not into people's emotions.

Yeah, no, totally.

I'm just thinking out loud.

I was going to break up with him, actually. I mean, we had this huge

he told me he loved me, and it just didn't...

Q &A time, alien.

Today we have a special guest.

I'm familiar with him.

And the smell of his piss as we flew across the desert.

That is a lie!

No, not with feel. He's just here as an observer.

Now, the U .S. government has a few questions.

For you. Luther, I barely know him. He gave me food one time.

Who are you working with here on Earth?

I'm not working with anyone, Luther.

Don't tell him nothing, Superman.

I have no family or nothing.

Luther, don't do this. You think my food was a great honor, Superman?

No.

Got lucky on that one.

No, Luther, don't do this.

Let's try another question, shall we, Superman?

Who raised you as a child?

I believe in you, Superman. Don't tell him nothing.

I didn't imagine that

would go so quickly.

I love you.

Mr. Handsome.

I'll be back later with someone else you've chatted with and I'll kill them

Maybe that reporter you always do interviews with.

Maybe I'll kill Clark Kent next.

vehicle get out of here

that's

his path dna trail leads to that tent isn't that one of those justice guys

just a smart one hey you heard the man i am giving you one last chance to

start i was just about to say the same to you

Look out!

Thinking about them as I'm lying in bed And it's all that is real You might not

be contrary But in my mind I'm having a pretty good time with you Holy

shit.

Unbelievable. That jackass did create a pocket universe.

And that's fat.

When creating a pocket universe, if you are just one picameter off, you will

have a black hole where Earth used to be. And every time you enter or exit,

risk tearing a hole in the fabric of reality.

You're kidding.

It's the type of reckless science Lex Luthor specializes in.

What are they doing?

They're trying to hack it.

So I guess you decided to help.

Only because it'll piss off Green Lantern.

Thanks.

You just killed that poor guy.

Molly. His name was Molly.

And I didn't.

I didn't.

You said you can get to my son, right?

He's so gross looking.

I don't know.

I thought there must be the sun.

What did you... What sun? There's no sun here.

That's the problem. I need to heal.

I get my powers from the yellow sun.

Just give me a second.

An anti -proton river.

Do we repel?

Repel?

Where am I going to get the gear to repel into a pocket universe?

I don't know. Maybe it comes out of your circles or something.

Circles? What?

T -spheres.

Okay. They're three -dimensional. Circles are flat.

Sorry.

Unbelievable.

This place is filthy with black hole vortexes, and that anti -proton river

tear us apart in seconds. We cannot go in ourselves.

Copy.

I can't make a sun.

I know.

I can only make something kind of like a sun.

What? All right.

Okay. Here we got hydrogen, and deuterium, and we got helium, and...

What are you doing? Hey, hey, no, no, stop!

Enough! You're going to get all of us in trouble! Hey, bro, what are you doing?

Stop that!

He's doing something in here!

Guard! Guard!

He's doing something!

No, you are not going to take me into this. I am the one that saw it first.

make you hide, Barbie. I'm your friend.

These two are going to get us killed!

Joey! You have to take him.

I can't carry him when I change forms.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, no, no, no! Crypto! Crypto!

Stop! Crypto! Crypto! Faster, let's wash the baby!

What do you see?

Did you find him?

Oh, God!

What is that? The portal's been open too long.

I can't stand it much longer.

Oh, you look like shit.

I'm fine.

I think we need to get to those portals up there.

Right. How do we work them?

I don't know, but we'll figure it out.

What are you going to do?

Splash us?

Yeah.

With where I went to Monacacid.

Do you have him?

Hot damn.

What? It's a flying dog.

Uh -oh.

What?

Come on, come on.

I can't get out of this!

Crypto!

It's a black hole! We'll never get out of it!

Pull it down!

Crypto!

Stop it!

Crypto! Help us out!

Bad boy!

You're so weird.

Do you have them?

Them? Superman, the mean dog in a cape, a weird baby in a squiggle man.

What?

Terrific. Follow me.

Oh, my gosh.

Thank you.

Hey, buddy.

Hey. Hey.

You came to get me.

Yeah.

There's more people being held prisoner in there.

We gotta go get him.

Not through here, you can't.

Not with you like this.

Clark, what the... It's kryptonite poisoning.

He'll heal, but it'll take a day or two.

Get him someplace safe.

Take the T -Craft.

The controls are easy and intuitive.

I need to stay back here and make sure the portal is secure.

Dog, I really need you... No.

Dog, I really need you to...

Get out of here, you idiot!

Move!

How the hell could he have gotten free?

We need to find him.

Eve? Oh, I'm so done, Jimmy.

Oh, um...

You need to ruin Lex forever.

What? Where?

Oh, I have it over here.

How dare he throw a pencil at me?

But if

I send you this, Jimmy...

Uh -huh.

You have to promise me we get to hang this weekend.

Just the two of us.

Uh... Okay?

Yeah, okay.

Uh -huh. How, uh... How long?

A weekend.

A weekend?! Oh, my God, Jeannie. I'm sorry this is such a major imposition on

your life.

No. It's not an imposition. I... I can tell you don't really think so.

Martha, this is John. I love you.

I love you.

Here,

son.

I don't know.

They sent me here to rule over you.

They sent me here to kill people. Clark, that ain't, that ain't...

Is our boy going to be okay?

Yes.

Mr. Terrific said yes.

Don't mind him, Lois.

He's just a big old mush.

Especially when it comes to Clark.

This girl is obsessed with you?

Uh -huh.

How do you do it, Jimmy?

Look, I didn't even want to bother you, but you told me to call with anything I

got, so I... Yeah, but I thought you said she disappeared off the line.

I don't know. She might have dropped her phone in the toilet. She does that a

lot.

Well, I'm not really sure that sexy selfies are...

Your hot ex is a genius.

Hot? We have to talk to Perry. I'll be there as soon as I can, okay?

Sending sexy selfies behind the back of Lex Luthor?

She has to be the biggest idiot in the world.

Lex, I just told you the portal was destroyed!

The dimensional aperture is still there, which we can open remotely. It is not

safe! We can close the aperture later by inputting the coordinates, correct?

Theoretically. Great.

If we can't find him, we'll need to draw him out.

But Lex, that could tear a dimensional ridge into the surrounding area. Is this

something you think I don't know?

That shouldn't happen. Oh, you don't say.

Can you stop it? Can I stop it?

This is why you don't create a damn pocket universe.

There. Superman won't be able to ignore that.

Now we know where he'll be next.

Thought she was out of here.

Hey, Bob.

Never seen you sleep that long.

Last week, me, Ma, Hector, and them, we took a drive to

Beer Keys Burritos down in Lettuce.

Like the one that used to be out by that old blue barn out on that I -9. You

remember that?

Mm -hmm.

Berita's still just as good.

That Luann, she seems nice.

It's Lois.

Hmm? Her name's Lois.

Yeah, she's nice.

But you don't seem quite yourself.

Yeah, well, the message that my parents sent with me, I had never heard the

second half before.

Well, I'd say what you wanted that message to mean says a whole lot more

you than what anyone meant for it to me.

You don't understand.

I'm not who I thought I was.

They sent me here to hurt people.

Parents aren't for telling their children who they're supposed to be.

We are here to give you all, to help you make fools of yourselves all on your

own.

Your choices, Clark.

Your actions.

That's what makes you.

Say something, son.

I couldn't be...

...more proud of you.

Oh, mush.

Clark, there's something on the box you might want to see.

And over in Eastern Europe, Arabian troops gather at the border seemingly

minutes away from invading Jharampur once again.

Now, nearby villagers are willing and ready to defend their country despite

exponentially superior firepower of the well -trained Arabian military.

cling on to what little hope they have left as they're surrounded by the

military.

Without Superman here to stop it this time, the Jaron Purians don't have much

hope. I cleaned your boots. I'll go get them for you.

Superman, we need you here in Metropolis now.

I have to get to Baravia, terrific.

There won't be a Baravia or a Metropolis or a planet Earth if you don't get here

soon.

This rift is about to tear into the city. I can't stop it. I need your help.

All Metropolis citizens.

This is a mandatory evacuation.

This evacuation is not an option.

This is a mandatory evacuation.

This evacuation is not an option.

This is a mandatory evacuation.

She didn't care, but find her.

Yeah, we're all equally scared.

Come on, just put her on.

Please, Juanita, can you put Persephone on the phone?

Yes, she will care. Can't you know the sound of your voice? I was able to

connect with our contact at Bodevay.

Luther's was selling arms to Gurkos for pennies on the dollar for years.

Why, you ask?

I do ask why.

He did it in exchange for half of Jarhan's work.

You're kidding. At first, I thought Eve was just sending me selfies.

But in the background?

of the shots are maps, contracts, all kinds of documents chronicling Baravia's

agreement to cede half of the country to Lex Luthor once the invasion is

complete. He wants to make himself king.

King? King.

Should we really still be standing here?

Lois, you got that flying saucer deal up on the roof? Yep.

Grant, group, come on. Grab the board, Jimmy. How many does it hold?

Five or six. Six.

Okay. Lombard, you too.

Why the hell would Lex want half a desert?

His cultish acolytes believe he's going to create a technologically advanced

utopia. Utopia?

There's a profit factor as well. I mean, the petroleum deposits alone are worth

multiples of his investment.

Whatever his motives are, we know Luther did everything he could to ruin

Superman's reputation.

Steve's photos showed he was behind the whole Hammer of Bravia scam.

And all the bops during our anti -Superman sentiment online.

Mr. Terrific believes Luther's also behind the spreading rifts between

out there. All of it seems to be geared towards stopping Superman from standing

in the way of the Bravian invasion, Chief.

Call me Perry, kid. Post the story. Fast.

Jimmy, will you transcribe?

Uh -huh.

The Daily Planet has obtained exclusive information

proving that billionaire Lex Luthor is in league with Arabian dictator Vasyl

Gorko.

Clark, are you close?

About to hit Metropolis.

And my codes are not shutting it down.

The rift is almost here.

So slow it down.

I can't unless I can put the coat in. Hold on a minute, then.

You got to go, man.

Hold it.

Not sure where we're going to land when the world is gone.

There's a code to close the rift, but it's too complicated to hack.

Luther will have the code at Luther Corp.

Just give me a minute, I'll get Krypto and we'll go... You brought that dog,

man! Yeah, I didn't want him killing my parents' cows.

Gone white. Bro, focus on the engineers. I'm on the alien narrative. 7R.

It's not too late for either of you. 5A. You don't have to do it, Luther.

Angela as planned, fill his lungs and kill the son of a bitch.

Can't he hold his breath for over an hour?

Not without air in his lungs.

He'll be dead in a minute.

The nanites are suppressing his optic nerve.

Sight and eye provision should be completely muted. Lungs breached.

I love you.

I love you.

What's his game?

Using friction to get the nanites up? Doesn't matter if he gets them off his

face. The nanites are still in his lungs.

Engineer Ultraman, keep up.

We're trying!

We'll take another one of them. Yes, go get Larry, hurry!

He'll suffocate any minute.

Engineer, envelop him completely.

You won't be able to sustain that impasse at this speed.

No, Angela, unsheathed. He's the only one protected.

Entering the hole.

Infrared please.

Switch to night vision.

Still beating, but she's unconscious.

Call in the raptors.

That's right.

Cloning you was relatively simple.

All it took was combing the aftermath of your battles until I located a strand

of your hair.

That's how you got into the fortress.

You had my DNA.

Yes, but as is often the case with cloning, the match was imperfect.

He might be even stupider than you, if that's possible.

But easier to control. 3L. And stronger.

22K!

31D. 2A.

5B. 5B.

6K. 9A.

My brain will always win.

Superman. Superman.

Superman.

Superman.

No matter what you do to me, Luther, your plans in

Barabia won't work. Oh, really?

Why that?

Because I called in some friends.

Mr. Luther, there is an anomaly at the border.

Sorry, kid.

Superman couldn't make it.

So you got an upgrade.

No, no, no!

You are too delicate and weak like Superman.

I'm not like Superman.

It's perfect.

Post it, kid. On it.

I think you overestimate the importance of jar hand pour to me, Superman.

That was just a bonus.

I'm not killing you so the Barabian military conflict can proceed.

I created the Barabian military conflict so I'd have an excuse

to kill you.

Once you involved yourself, I knew I could easily get our government support

nullifying you. Why?

Because you're destroying us!

10Y13B.

You're driven by envy, Luther.

He couldn't be more obvious.

No shit. I'm not dim. I'm aware envy consumes my every waking moment.

13L.

I know.

When they mention Galileo or Einstein or one of these other twits in the same

breath as me, I feel a tide of vomit burn the back of my throat. But at least

Galileo did something. He wasn't some dopey Venusian catapulted onto this

just to have the world fawn over him because his strength illuminates how

we all really are.

So my envy is a calling.

It is the sole hope.

For humanity, because it is what has driven me to annihilating you.

1A! 1A!

1A! 1A! 1A! 1A! 1A!

Oh,

what are you smirking at, you idiot?

Brain pit.

You watch him through those?

Tell him what to do?

Crypto!

Get the toy.

Uh, th -thirties! Oh, the stupid dog!

Harley down!

That's what 12 feet. Delta down.

36 feet.

No. Hotel down.

No. Bravo down. Bravo down.

I just did that already.

Black the Raptors have arrived

Kill him

good luck with that

the Luther to stop the rift.

I'm not messing around. I'm doing important stuff.

We're going to reach Baker Line any minute.

There are people there.

We have to go. We'll never make it in time. Come on.

I'm closing the frickin' rift. No, they chose him. Let them die.

We'll close it from the bunker before it gets to the city I care about.

Open the portal.

Wrap it up.

Let's go.

Safety first, people.

Cut the close rift is in here.

I can help. I don't need your help.

I'm a goddamn Mr. Terrific.

You piece of shit alien!

That is where you've always been wrong about me, Lex.

I'm as human as anyone.

I love, I get scared, I wake up every morning and despite not knowing what to

do, I put one foot in front of the other and I try to make the best choices I

can. I screw up all the time.

But that is being human.

And that's my greatest strength.

And someday, I hope, for the sake of the world, you understand that it's yours

too. Oh, that's beautiful.

But none of this matters, you patronizing clown. The government gave

authority to kill you. If not today, then tomorrow.

Crypto, drop him. Drop him.

Dude.

Lex. What?

Well, this just in, an absolute bombshell from the daily planet.

Luthor aligning himself with a foreign entity, believe it or not. Luthor has

been giving them billions and billions of dollars worth of free weapons. Lex

Luthor has been working covertly with Vafil Gurkos and the Barabian government

to overthrow the country of Jarhanpur.

We had Luthor on this show many times.

Little did we know he was a traitor.

It seems like the one thing conservatives and liberals can finally

on is that Lex Luthor sucks.

The whole world turned against Superman, and we all owe him an enormous apology.

He is, of course, the hero we always thought he was.

Join the group.

Please. I mean, no offense, but that creepy mug is what you want representing

the Justice Gang?

Justice Gang?

That's a cool name.

You're in.

Glad you're not concerned about the metahumans, Rick.

Because now they're the ones making the rules.

He is bold as the bell rings.

be together forever.

Miss Lane.

Oh, hi.

I thought I might give you an interview.

I could fill you in on all the behind the scenes.

Sure.

I think that would be great.

Um, how about over here?

for an interview.

I love you too.

How long have they been hooking up?

About three months, I think.

Got this place cleaned up pretty good.

Cleaned yourself up pretty good, too.

You think so? Yeah.

I think it gives you character.

Maybe one day you'll give me a name.

Well, four's a name.

So is Gary.

Sir, I think your cousin has returned.

Yeah.

What the hell, dude?

Why did you move the door?

I didn't move the door. Hey, where is my dog?

Okay,

well, this is why he has behavioral issues.

No boundary.

How healthy is it?

Come on.

Thanks for watching him, bitch.

She likes to go and party on other planets.

Planets with red suns. Because of our metabolism, you can't get drunk on a

planet with a yellow sun.

If I had any emotional capacity... I'd be concerned about her partying. Yeah.

Superman, would you like to see the footage of your parents?

He finds it soothing.

Oh. Yeah, Gary. That'd be nice.

I'm driving to my star.

Everything you see, see it for the first time.

I'm listening to the music with no fear.

This is for me!

Clark!

You did

it!

And you can't stay on your feet.

And you're baking in your sleep.

You wish that you were deep.

You can't hear me laughing to myself.

If you could, you would be someone else.

Because I'm a pawnbroker, yes I am.

Well, I'm a pawnbroker, yes I am.

Because I'm a pawnbroker, yes I am.

See me die on Leaker Street.

I'm bored with being God.

See me steering in my car.

I'm driving to my star.

I'm listening to the music with no fear.

You can hear it too if you're sincere.

from the bones of the ones that we KO'd.

Gonna dig an early grave for the daughters and the prey done with those

depressing days.

Not gonna take this. Ain't gonna take this. I am a halion. The new rebellion.

Say our name, boy. Just say our name, boy.

It's the mighty crab joy.

I know you said this wouldn't last. That's a voice that's from your past. I

don't listen to those rats.

My mother says that I'm a fool. Dad says obey the rules. They can't see the

stunning jewel.

Gonna take this. We will not take this. We are the aliens.

The new rebellion.

It was your world, boy.

What? Yeah?

It's just a little off. What do you want me to do?

Do you want me to take it apart and put it back together? No, no, no, no. It was

just... You just what?

Hey, man, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bum you out.

I shouldn't have brought it up.

Darn it. I can be such a jerk sometimes