Appearing in "Up, Up, and Away! (Part I of VIII) - Mortal Men"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
- Kryptonite Man (K. Russell Abernathy) (First appearance)
Lex Luthor 
- Bruno (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Gotham Knights (Mentioned)
- Jared (First appearance; dies)
- Jonathan Kent (film representation)
- Jor-El (film representation)
- Dr. Kennedy (First appearance; dies)
- Lara Lor-Van (film representation)
- Martha Kent (film representation)
- Mahjoub
Locations:
- Krypton (film representation)
- Metropolis
- 1938 Sullivan Place
- Avenue of Tomorrow
- Criminal Courts Building
- Daily Planet
- Metropolis Park
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Up, Up, and Away! (Part I of VIII) - Mortal Men"
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Notes
- This issue is reprinted in the Superman: Up, Up, and Away! trade paperback.
- With this issue, Adventures of Superman returns to its original title, Superman (Volume 1).
- This issue is part of the One Year Later event, which follows the Infinite Crisis limited series, and the 52 maxi-series.
- This is the first appearance of K. Russell Abernathy, the new Kryptonite Man. The original Kryptonie Man first appeared in Superman (Volume 1) #299.
- Mahjoub the pretzel vendor appears next in Action Comics #840.
Trivia
- Superman appears as Clark Kent only in this issue. He lost his powers from red solar radiation in Infinite Crisis #7.
- This issue establishes that Krypton exploded sixty-eight years ago, in the year 1938. This is the same year that National Periodical Publications published Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman. Ever since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics has consistently maintained that Krypton was destroyed in 1938.
- In this issue, Clark uses a special signal watch to contact Supergirl. This is a nod towards two different sets of circumstances popularized during the Silver Age. Superman often relied upon Supergirl as his "secret weapon" for the first few years that she was on Earth. Also, Jimmy Olsen classically used a specially modified signal watch to contact Superman in times of need.
- The title for this story arc, Up, Up, and Away! was a quote often preferred forth by the Man of Steel just before taking flight. It was first used in the 1940 Adventures of Superman radio dramatization.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Infinite Crisis----
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Links and References
- Superman article at Wikipedia
- Superman biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Superman article at Supermanica
- Superman article at Toonopedia
- Superman (Volume 1) series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Lex Luthor article at Wikipedia
- Lex Luthor article at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Lex Luthor article at Supermanica
References
| Up, Up, and Away! | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part I: Superman #650 | Part II: Action Comics #837 | Part III: Superman #651 | Part IV: Action Comics #838 |
| Part V: Superman #652 | Part VI: Action Comics #839 | Part VII: Superman #653 | Part VIII: Action Comics #840 |