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Warning : SPOILERS ForAction Comics # 1002
A new criminal syndicate is trying to muscle their way into Metropolis in the dull elbow room potential : framingSupermanfor slaying . The thus - far nameless group has raised the stakes , having previously tried to finger Superman for a serial of inscrutable fires around Metropolis that were lay for seemingly no reason , yet were too well direct to be the work of a simple pyromaniac .
Despite their arson dodging being a part of the story of theMan of Steelmini - series , the new felonious syndicate was not revealed untilAction Comics # 1001 . Led by a world know only as " Mr. Strong , " the syndicate only meets when they recognize for certain that Superman is not in Metropolis and then , only indoors of a lead shipping container in a distant location . The fire had been coiffe as a substance ofdistracting Superman by endanger civilian , and grow his aid away from the gang ’s other activities .
The design serve up that purpose admirably until one of the gang ’s fellow member - a professional firebug with the improbable street name of Yogurt - resolve to get clever and pay a untried boy to tell the authorities that he see Superman starting one of the fires .
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Yogurt was quickly killed for his stupidity , but this still left Mr. Strong with the problem of distracting Superman away from investigating the ardor . This led to him somehow arranging for Yogurt ’s consistence to be dropped into the middle of downtown Metropolis in panoptic daytime in full view of slews of people and doing so in a way that would direct them to believe Superman was responsible . After that , it would be a simple matter for Robinson Goode - a reporter secretly in Mr. Strong ’s employ , who was latterly engage by The Daily Planet to replaceLois Lane- to pen a storey accusing Superman of put Yogurt ’s messy demise .
There are just two things incorrect with this plan . First , they do n’t account for publisher Perry White ’s steadfast impression in the good of Superman and refusal to consider for a moment that it was possible he became a cold - full-blooded killer . The other problem ? Superman had been spotted struggle a elephantine starfish with theJustice Leaguein Seattle at the accurate same sentence , with pictures to prove it . Even ignoring his personal notion , it ’s a no - brainer to a reporter like Perry White to run with the narration that has a visual ingredient . To make matters worse for the outlaw , after translate Robinson Goode the riot act , White formally task Clark Kent with investigating the rumors behind Superman becoming a killer .
This new reprehensible mob ( and Robinson Goode ) are going to have to step up their game if they want any hope of ruining the good name of Superman in Metropolis . ignore how well - see the Man of Steel is , any attack to frame him for crime through hearsay alone seems downright idiotic in a world where evil clones , robot duplicates , mind - control , holographic illusions and aggregate hypnosis are all valid opening worth considering when someone reports seeing Superman flatten a serviceman to his end . Then again , it could be argued that a grouping of smart malefactor would never seek to move intoSuperman ’s hometown in the first place .
Action Comics # 1002is now uncommitted fromDC Comics .
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