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SUPERMAN
Seconda (anche se è numerata indebitamente come 1) delle due antologie estive brossurate in formato tascabile .
contiene 10 storie complete con protagonisti : SUPERMAN – BATMAN – ROBIN – SUPERBOY – JIMMY OLSEN – BATWOMAN – SUPERBABY – BATGIRL
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Antonio Rocca (Antonino Biasetton)
- Lois Lane
- Jimmy Olsen
- Krypto
- Cosmic Man
- Lightning Man
Villains:
- Duke Marple
Locations:
- Metropolis
Synopsis
Famous wrestler Antonino Rocca has come to Metropolis to put on a
charity match for the city, wherein he will go in the ring against
Superman. Interviewing Rocca is Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen. When Rocca
demonstrates some wrestling moves, Clark agrees to be his partner, and
hams up his routine of being a weakling by pretending to be overpowered
by Rocca and feigning injury after.
That night at the match, Superman arrives and to everyone’s
surprise Rocca manages to toss the Man of Steel out of the ring.
Everyone is shocked by Rocca’s sudden increased strength when Mr.
Mxyzptlk appears and claims to have been responsible for giving Rocca
super-strength. To further punctuate his point, Mxyzptlk then summons
Samson and Hercules, whom Rocca easily defeats before Mxyzptlk sends
them back to their own time and vanishes.
Later that night, Rocca is visited by Duke Marple and his gang,
who asks for Rocca to help him with something. Knowing that Marple is a
shady character he refuses to aid him, and is forced at gun point. Taken
to the outskirts of town he is forced to remove a boulder that had
fallen in the path of Marple’s secret hide out. When Rocca does the
dirty job, Maples sends his men in to collect the loot and then attempts
to kill Rocca in cold blood. However, Duke’s surprise, Rocca turns out
to be bullet proof as well.
As Duke is making his escape, Superman, Samson and Hercules and
Mr. Mxyzptlk arrive and capture Marple and his gang. Then to Duke’s
surprise, he is told that he fell for Superman’s trap: “Rocca” reveals
himself to be Superman in disguise, while Rocca was disguise as the Man
of Steel, Samson and Hercules are in reality Cosmic Man and Lightning
Man of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and Mxyzptlk was really Krypto in
disguise. With the crooks capture, Lightning Man and Cosmic Man return
to their own times, and Rocca wonders how he would fare in the ring
against the real Samson and the real Hercules.
Note
Pubblicato precedentemente su AdF Mondadori # 342 con il titolo AVVERSARIO PERICOLOSO
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Shag Darnell
Other Characters:
- Roger Stanton
Locations:
Synopsis
Batman and Robin look for some criminals who are hiding in a Hollywood studio lot.
Supporting Characters:
- Lanaq Lang
- Prof. Lewis Lang
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent
Villains:
- Snefron
Locations:
- Smallville
- Egypt
Synopsis
When a plague from a long-unopened pharaoh’s coffin unleashes a terrible
plague on Smallville, Superboy employs a statue of Anubis to send
himself back in time and undo the coffin-opening.
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Morgan Edge
Villains:
- Red Tucker
Other Characters:
- Marsha Tucker
- Max Larch
- Clams Baker
- Bonnie Lou Parker
- Jim Brody
- Marty Parker (death)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Appalachian Mountains
- Nashville, TN
Synopsis
The strange “death” of a Nashville country singer leads Jimmy Olsen to investigate, disguised as a country-star wannabe.
Featured Characters:
- Jimmy Olsen (as Flamebird)
- Superman (as Nightwing)
Supporting Characters:
- Nighthound
- Winged One
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Nor-Kann
- Skal-Var (flashback)
- Dakar-Ra (flashback)
Locations:
- Fortress of Solitude, Arctic
- Kandor
- Nightcave
Items:
- Solar amplification ring
Vehicles:
- Nightmobile
Synopsis
The Superman Revenge Squad
tries to lure Superman and Jimmy Olsen into a deathtrap on Kandor by
hypnotically causing Nor-Kann to become the disguised Thief of Kandor,
stealing historical treasures of Krypton and defying Nightwing and
Flamebird to capture him.
Featured Characters:
- Batman
- Robin
Supporting Characters:
- Batwoman
- Alfred Pennyworth
Villains:
- Jack Pine
Other Characters:
- Sgt. Helen Smith
- Barnes
Locations:
- Gotham City
Synopsis
Fumes from a sorcerer’s flagon appear to make Batman fall in love
with a beautiful girl, reducing his effectiveness in crime-fighting.
Featured Characters:
- Superbaby
Supporting Characters:
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent
Other Characters:
- Herb
- Marty
Locations:
- Smallville
- National Park
Synopsis
Superbaby makes friends with a family of bears and saves them from some hunters.
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Unknown Country
Other Characters:
- General Garrett
- Lieutenant Thomas Clark
- President Weiner
- Premier Leonov
Locations:
Synopsis
This issue is an Imaginary Story wherein Kal-El’s rocketship landed on Earth in the year 1976, and he did not become Superman until the year 2001.
Trivia
Superman is referred as Skyboy initially in the story, the same name as his sidekick from another planet from World’s Finest 92 (in Italy in AdF # 110)
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Mr. Brains (John Hart) (Single appearance)
- Paul Crowell (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis
One night, a group of thieves break into the Amerindian Museum to
steal solid gold insects that are on display there. Their plan is foiled
when Batgirl
arrives to break things up, she is later joined by Batman and Robin who
were alerted of the robbery, the Dynamic Duo are surprised to find her
there. With the crooks wraped up, Batman offers to show Batgirl a secret
and takes her to the Batcave
blindfolded. On the ride there, Batgirl reflects on how she got wind of
the robbery in her civilian guise of Barbara Gordon when one of the
patrons of her library (Paul Crowell) would borrow books that contained
plots that were later reinacted in real crimes.
Arriving at the Batcave, Batman shows Batgirl his real identity
as Bruce Wayne (much to the shock of Robin) however, Batgirl never says
his name out loud. As they blind fold her and take her back to the city,
Batman
silently pulls a hidden bug and shows it to Robin. After dropping
Batgirl off, the two heroes hide out in a cabin hoping that the crooks
who planted the bug, in an attempt to get Batgirl’s knowledge of
Batman’s real identity, would play into their hands.
This plan works, and Batman and Robin take the crooks by surprise
and capture them all with the help of Batgirl who had followed them to
the cabin as well. Questioning him, they find out he’s under the employ
of a crook named Mr. Brains and explains how their ring worked by use of
library books.
Returning to the Batcave, Batman reveals to Robin that although
he revealed his true identity to Batgirl, he made it look as if the face
of Bruce Wayne was really a rushed disguise job by applying a sloppy
wax and dye job, knowing that Batgirl would notice these things and
figure that the Bruce Wayne identity was a fraud. The next day, the
Brain arrives at the library to return the book detailing his next
crime. He’s revealed to be John Heart, and he is soon captured by Batman
and Robin. Later, having dinner with the Gordons, the Commissoner
remarks about how Batman “borrowed” Bruce’s face to help crack a case.
Note
Pubblicato precedentemente su BATMAN Mondadori # 9
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Doc Hastings
Other Characters:
- John Kobler
- Fred Tinney
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Batcopter
Synopsis
In the middle of the night, Dick Grayson and Alfred are roused
out of bed when someone throws the Rajah Ruby, a gem left to Bruce Wayne
by his father, through the downstairs window of Wayne Manor. Dick
wonders if this is not part of the mystery of the round-robin murders
that he and Bruce were investigating earlier that evening. After
recounting the strange turn of events wherein Batman and Robin had
prevented the murders of Commissioner Gordon, John Kobler, and Fred
Tinney, they decide to investigate to see if Bruce Wayne was also on the
death list. Opening up Bruce’s wall-safe from a safe distance, Dick’s
hunch proves to be correct when the safe explodes.
Rushing down to the Batcave to check on Bruce, they find the
place empty, and the will that Batman had drafted up leaving Dick only
$10.76 and revealing both his and Dick’s secret identities as Batman and
Robin in the case that Bruce should die. Realizing that Bruce was
leaving them a clue, because like the other intended victims of the
would be murderer, he may not have been able to outwardly expose the
plot, they deduce that the numbers 10.76 might refer to a year. They
realize that it is a historically significant year, as it was when the
Battle of Hastings took place. Checking Batman’s records for any
criminals by the name of Hastings, Dick and Alfred find the file on a
Doc Hastings, a man who vowed to get revenge against Wayne, Gordon,
Kobler and Tinney for preventing him from robbing the Gotham Chemical
Lab some seven years ago.
Checking with Alfred to see what Bruce’s schedule was for that
day, they learn that Bruce was intended to speak on television on behalf
of the Wayne Foundation. Rushing to the TV studio in the Bat-Copter,
Robin cannot find a place to land in the parking lot, and when trying
to land on the roof spots Doc Hastings through one of the windows.
Smashing in after him, he attempts to stop Hastings from activating the
deathtrap he has set for Bruce: a lethal electrical jolt from the
microphone stand he is to speak from. Robin manages to stop Hastings
from succeeding but is knocked unconscious with a stun blast. Hastings
then interrupts the interview by cutting in and ordering Bruce to come
up to the control room if he wishes to save Robin’s life.
Finding Robin unconscious on the floor, Bruce administers first
aid instead of lifting him up right away. When Robin revives, he tells
Bruce that there is something stuck under him, and they carefully pull
it out to reveal that it is a hand grenade that was primed to explode if
Bruce had quickly picked Robin off the ground. Changing into Batman,
Bruce deduces that wherever Doc Hastings is working, he would require a
massive amount of electricity to carry out his experiments. He then goes
to the electrical offices and checks the records of recent subscribers.
Hastings’ narcissism works against him when Batman picks out his alias:
“Charles Steinmetz” was a reference to a brilliant electrical engineer.
Going to the address on the registry, Batman crashes in on a very
surprised Doc Hastings. Although Hastings has various technological
devices that he attempts to use against Batman, the Caped Crusader
easily defeats him in battle and turns him over to the police. Later,
back in his guise of Bruce Wayne, Batman invites Gordon, Kobler, and
Tinney over to celebrate and thank Batman and Robin for saving their
lives, although none of the men gathered can actually talk about it.
Note
Pubblicato precedentemente su BATMAN Cenisio # 2 e su BATMAN Mondadori # 18 rispettivamente con i titoli DOVE C’E’ TESTAMENTO C’E’ DELITTO ! e DOVE C’E’ IL TESTAMENTO C’E’ L’ ASSASSINO
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