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Jor-El was able to cure this in baby Clark before sending him to Earth. Should one leave, the Eradicator would give them a deadly weakness to the element lead. A holdover of Kryptonian civilization, he was intended by Kryptonian scientists to keep their civilization on Krypton. The Eradicator had shown up at the start of Louise Simonson's launch of the Man of Steel book in 1991. So, believing the word of the Cyborg and Superboy, they fly off into space in order to catch those allegedly responsible.Īnd, outside of another major player, that would be the last of the Justice League for this story.įor those who just asked, "wait, who?", it's certainly understandable. They claim that the Last Son was really a scout for an alien armada, and said Superman and his ship have left for space, leaving behind a destroyed city. The Cyborg, master of technology, contacts the Justice League with a fake image of Superboy by his side. With the crystal opened, Superman Black gone, and the Last Son alone, the robots try to find a way to heal the damage caused by the Cyborg and Coast City's destruction. As we saw last time, the matrix crystal that the Last Son was recharging himself on shattered to reveal a fifth Superman.

The ripped open Fortress of Solitude is once more populated, as a critically injured Last Son crashes into the Antarctic construct. Unfortunately, the surprise doesn't avail the Boy of Steel, and the Cyborg beats him into unconsciousness. The Cyborg explains that the Last Son turned traitor and wiped out all life around them, and look out, he's behind you! Flying over the devastated Santa Barbara, he locates a few survivors who were able to somehow escape the devastation of the previous issue. Now that Coast City has been wrecked, and a new structure in place, the Cyborg "Superman" resumes his cover as the real successor to Superman. This would have massive repercussions outside of the pages of Superman, though most fans remember this almost as well as the Death of Superman. Steel, a man with a suit of armor dedicated to Justice.Īnd, now, a fifth had joined them, nicknamed for the purposes of this article as Superman Black.Īlso, the Cyborg Superman and an alien spacecraft obliterated Coast City, as well as striking perhaps a lethal blow against the Last Son.

The Last Son, an energy-blasting merciless killer. Superboy, a younger imperfect clone of the Man of Steel. The Cyborg, a Terminator-inspired fusion of flesh and machine.

As we covered last time, Superman had four successors to the cape.

Fresh off his Death in 1992, the Man of Steel was back… four times over.