Sometimes we refer to this as the Space Age. Other times as the Nuclear Age. As if we can't make up our minds. I suppose today we made our choice. In order to survive destruction, we turned our eyes instead to hope. Today is the day we chose to stop digging our own grave just long enough... to look up at the stars.
- — Superman (Clark Kent)
Superman: Space Age #1 is an issue of the series Superman: Space Age (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 2022. It was published on July 26, 2022.
Synopsis for "Book One"
Appearing in "Book One"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Kal-El/Clark Kent) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Joins Justice League of America) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Jimmy Olsen (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Jonathan Kent (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Jonathan Kent II (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Jor-El (First appearance) (Hologram) (Flashback only)
- Justice League of America (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Joins team)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Joins team)
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Joins team)
- Lois Lane (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Martha Kent (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Pariah/Kell Mossa (Unknown Earth)
- Perry White (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Wayne Enterprises (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Lucius Fox (First appearance) (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- The Anti-Monitor (Pre-Crisis) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Japanese Army (Flashback only)
- Lex Luthor (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Eve Teschmacher (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- General Knox (Single appearance; dies) (Flashback only)
- Otis (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Nazis (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Soviet Army (First appearance) (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Bibbo Bibbowski (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Corps (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Abin Sur (Single appearance; dies) (Flashback only)
- A Guardian of the Universe (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Jacqueline Kennedy (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- President John F. Kennedy (Single appearance; dies) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Mrs. Krantz (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Leonid Brezhnev (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- President Lyndon B. Johnson (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Dr. Silas Stone (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- United States Air Force (Flashback only)
- United States Army (Flashback only)
- General Sam Lane (Single appearance; dies) (Flashback only)
- Dinosaurs (Mentioned only)
- Kryptonian Science Council (Mentioned only)
- Abraham Zapruder (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- The Beatles (On a TV or computer screen) (Flashback only)
- Ed Sullivan (On a TV or computer screen) (Flashback only)
- George Wallace (In a photograph only) (Flashback only)
- John Lewis (Flashback only)
- Walter Cronkite (First appearance; unnamed) (On a TV or computer screen) (Flashback only)
- Audie Murphy (Mentioned only)
- Lee Harvey Oswald (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse-2 (Behind the scenes)
- Antimatter Universe (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Pariah's Universe (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Space Age's Universe (First appearance; unnamed)
- 1944
- 1963
- Earth
- Arctic Circle (Flashback only)
- Arctic Ocean (Flashback only)
- Fortress of Solitude (Flashback only)
- United States of America (Flashback only)
- Kansas (Flashback only)
- Smallville (Flashback only)
- Kent Farm (Flashback only)
- New Jersey
- New York
- Metropolis (Flashback only)
- Daily Planet (Flashback only)
- LexCorp Tower (Flashback only)
- Metropolis (Flashback only)
- Texas (Flashback only)
- Dallas (Flashback only)
- Virginia
- Pentagon (Flashback only)
- Soviet Union (Mentioned only)
- Arctic Circle (Flashback only)
- Krypton (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- 1964
- Arctic Circle
- Fortress of Solitude (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- Kansas (Flashback only)
- Smallville
- Smallville Train Station (Flashback only)
- Smallville
- Mississippi (Cameo)
- New Jersey
- New York
- Metropolis (Flashback only)
- Daily Planet (Flashback only)
- LexCorp Tower (Flashback only)
- Daily Planet (Flashback only)
- Metropolis (Flashback only)
- Virginia
- Pentagon (Flashback only)
- Kansas (Flashback only)
- Arctic Circle
- 1965
- Earth
- Arctic Circle
- Fortress of Solitude (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- Coast City (Destroyed)
- Coast City Naval Base (Destroyed)
- Gotham City
- Metropolis (Flashback only)
- Daily Planet (Flashback only)
- LexCorp Tower (Flashback only)
- New York City
- Smallville
- Kent Farm (Flashback only)
- Washington, D.C.
- Coast City (Destroyed)
- Cuba (Mentioned only)
- Arctic Circle
- The Moon (Flashback only)
- Oa (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Earth
- 1985
- Heaven (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Antimatter Chamber (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Batsuit
- Bottle City of Kandor
- Bracelets of Submission (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
- Super-Computer
- Superman's Costume (Flashback only)
- Wonder Woman's Tiara (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
- Abin Sur's Starship (Single appearance) (Destroyed) (Flashback only)
- Batmobile (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Kryptonian Rocket (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Concepts:
- Antimatter (Flashback only)
- Cold War
- Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Kryptonese
- World War II
Notes
- It is implied that this story is set on a Pre-Crisis universe as the events in the present (1985) take place during the First Crisis.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
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Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.