Action Comics Vol 1 0
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- No one dies today!
- -- Superman
Appearing in "The Yesterday Man"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
Other Characters:
- Bristol
- Ruby
- Siskel (First appearance)
Locations:
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- 344 Clinton Street
- Centennial Park
- Daily Planet
- Lois Lane's apartment
- Metro Palace Theater
- Metropolis Bay
- Simbalia (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Smallville
Items:
- Kryptonite
- Superman memorial statue
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Yesterday Man"Edit
After his most recent bout with Conduit, Superman returns to Lois' apartment, to make sure she is okay. He then takes off to track down Conduit.
Conduit meanwhile, surveys activity within the Pipeline. He reflects upon the time some years ago when he was an operative for the CIA. Ultimately, he became too much of a loose cannon, and the CIA tried to take him down. Conduit killed his attackers and went rogue, forming his own rival intelligence network – the Pipeline.
Now he intends to disrupt a public Daily Planet dedication ceremony. Conduit flies in and tries to kill Clark Kent on the street. Clark pretends to fall through the rubble and uses the moment to change into Superman. Conduit uses Kryptonite coated tendrils to keep Superman at bay, but the hero eventually defeats his rival and Conduit is arrested. Conduit now bears a grudge against both Clark Kent and Superman.
NotesEdit
- In October of 1994, all of the existing mainstream DC Comics titles released a special "0" issue to coincide with the Zero Hour crossover event. The purpose of the "0" issue was to reveal a previously unknown aspect of the title character's background. DC Titles under the Vertigo imprint were largely unaffected by Zero Hour and thus, no "0" issue specials were published for them. The "0" issues published for the Superman family of titles revolved around a single story-arc involving a villain known as Conduit.
- Superman navigation number 1994/40.
- This issue was published between Action Comics #703 and #704.
TriviaEdit
- There is a character featured in this issue who makes a reference to Professor Parker's photography class. This is likely a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Marvel Comics character, Peter Parker, a photographer for the Daily Bugle. Peter Parker is more widely renowned however as the high-flying hero, the amazing Spider-Man.
- The last movie that was featured at the Metro Palace Theater was The Man Who Would Be King.
See Also[edit source]
- Discuss Action Comics Vol 1 0 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
- Images from Action Comics Vol 1 0
Recommended ReadingEdit
Links and ReferencesEdit
- Action Comics #0 entry at the Grand Comics Database
- Action Comics #0 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
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- Comics
- Week 36, 1994
- 1994
- 1994, October
- Modern-Age
- Original Price $1.50
- Comics Published in USA
- Action Comics Vol 1
- DC Comics
- DC (bullet)
- USA
- Zero Hour
- Jenette Kahn/Executive Editor
- Jackson Guice/Cover Artist
- Suzanne Bourdages/Cover Artist
- David Michelinie/Writer
- Jackson Guice/Penciler
- Denis Rodier/Inker
- Glenn Whitmore/Colourist
- Bill Oakley/Letterer
- Michael Carlin/Editor
- Frank Pittarese/Editor
- Chris Duffy/Editor
- Franklin Berkowitz (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lois Lane (New Earth)/Appearances
- Martha Clark (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ronald Troupe (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kenneth Braverman (New Earth)/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- New Troy/Appearances
- 344 Clinton Street/Appearances
- Centennial Park/Appearances
- Daily Planet/Appearances
- Suicide Slum/Appearances
- Smallville, Kansas/Appearances
- Kent Farm/Appearances
- Virginia/Appearances
- Kryptonite/Appearances
- Editor-in-Chief Credit Needed
- Synopsis Written
- Notes Written
- Conduit Saga