| "Enemy Mine" | |
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| Man of Steel | |
| Title: | "Enemy Mine" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Cover price: | 75¢ |
| Cover date: | November, 1986 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Ex. Ed: | Dick Giordano |
| Writers: | John Byrne |
| Pencilers: | John Byrne |
| Inkers: | Dick Giordano |
| Cover artists: | John Byrne |
| Cover inker: | John Byrne |
| Colorists: | Tom Ziuko |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Editors: | Andrew Helfer |
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"Enemy Mine" is the title to the fourth issue of the Man of Steel comic book limited series published by DC Comics. This series serves as a jumping-on point for readers to learn about the revised origin of Superman in the Post-Crisis publishing continuity. The story was written and illustrated by John Byrne with inks by Dick Giordano. It was colored by Tom Ziuko with lettering by John Costanza. The story was edited by Andrew Helfer. This issue shipped with a November, 1986 cover date and carries a cover price of .75 cents per copy (US).
Synopsis[]
Lois Lane and Clark Kent are guests at a party to be held on Lex Luthor's luxury liner. Upon arriving, they are entertained by Luthor in his private chamber on the ship. When Luthor insinuates his desire of Lois, the latter is offended having some knowledge of Luthor’s past. Lois refuses to be one of Luthor’s trophy wives and decides to leave the ship.
She and Clark are then confronted by South American terrorists who promptly throw Clark overboard. As the terrorists are trying to cordon the hostages, Clark changes to Superman and lifts the liner ship which surprises everyone on board. This opens an opportunity for Lois to seize control and knock out the terrorists. Luthor then reveals that he allowed the terrorists to get on board just so that he could coax Superman to come and include him on his payroll. Superman refuses Luthor’s offer and is deputized by Mayor Frank Berkowitz to arrest him.
A few days later, Luthor confronts Superman and warns him of a day of reckoning.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue was reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 trade paperback collection, the Superman vs. Lex Luthor trade paperback, and the Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain! one-shot reprint edition.
- This issue shipped in the same month as Man of Steel #3.
- Many elements from this re-imagined origin story have since been excised from continuity in lieu of the Jeph Loeb continuity overhaul from 2001.
- This is the first appearance of Mayor Frank Berkowitz.
- The scene of Clark Kent pumping his arms to simulate lifting weights is similar to a scene in Superman II when Christopher Reeve tells a diner employee that he's been working out after inexplicably shoving a guy across the surface of a counter-top with one hand.