It's even a plot device in Superman: Earth One as right out of college, Clark lands every job he tries out for that involves technical skill (though he doesn't get the Daily Planet job at first because being a reporter or journalist is a very subjective job).

On the other hand, Clark absolutely wants to save her, and even with the slimmest available chance, it's something he feels he has to do. Amicable Exes: He generally gets along quite well with Lori Lemaris, though in fairness, they don't bump into each other that often. However, said moral code ends up being just as unwavering and virtuous as it's always been, and the story is an unambiguously hopeful one where Clark's greatest strength is his compassion, reminding readers why he's such a beloved and inspiring icon inside and out of universe. Death Montage: The entirety of chapter 5 sees Superman impatiently waiting in a huge alien lobby to see if he's gotten contact back from Lois on Earth.The voice however panics after Superman defeats all his robots, stating that's not what was supposed to happen and he kidnapped Alice to study humans.

Combat Breakdown: After Superman resorts to charging straight through Luthor's Kryptonite-powered warship, the two of them wind up on a beach, Superman depowered and Luthor's armor in tatters. Clark finds himself dealing with this in chapter 1, amidst the broader conflict of his constant worries that even he can be outstretched in his ability to save everyone. It even has a variation on the Noah Flood story, with the prophet Jaf-El (one of Superman's ancestors) predicting a flood, but with the difference that the Kryptonians are saved by winged animals who lift them above the flood waters — so that, on Krypton, the animals saved the people instead of vice versa. Although Lex had obviously always had a father, albeit barely-glimpsed in flashbacks, in recent years his father has officially been referred to as "Lionel," and in Superman: Birthright he was depicted as having a beard and long hair just like on Smallville.He was pragmatic and harsh, he caught criminals by surprise and left as soon as he solved the situation. Galactic Conqueror: The ultimate Big Bad of the series is an unnamed robot leader of an army of "Robotiens", who simply decided out of boredom to take over the universe. he's shown to be somehow not fast enough to stop a supervillain from executing a bunch of captured soldiers with ordinary machine gun bullets. He may be the quintessential nice-guy, but he's also generally considered to be the most powerful being on the planet. While traveling, Alice she asks how he flies and he states that it's due to the radiation signature of yellow stars.

Countrystan: In one story arc, Pokolistan is a fictional Soviet state that was conquered by the reimagined Post-Crisis General Zod. A Freak Lab Accident involving Kryptonite turns Russell Abernathy into the latest version of the Kryptonite Man. It's happened on a few other occasions too, notable ones being after Infinite Crisis and during Superman: Truth. Teleportation: The zeta beams from Adam Strange make an appearance in the series, being the teleportation ray that allowed Alice's kidnapper to disappear into space with her, seemingly without a trace and without anyone being able to track them down. As they banter, he states he knows he can't save everyone but wants to save Alice, before he flies away from the Earth.In Krypton No More, Kara appears to smash it when she tries to convince her cousin that Krypton is not real, but in reality she destroyed a replica. While on Krypton, which was fifteen times as massive as Earth and orbited a relatively low-heat Red Giant (or in some versions Red Dwarf), their physical abilities were about identical to humans. When not fighting evil, he masquerades as a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, The Daily Planet; this career helps him find disasters and emergencies that much sooner and does not require him to closely account for his whereabouts to his employers. Reconstruction: Taking a page from All-Star Superman, Up in the Sky is a re-evaluation on just how challenging yet rewarding it would be to be the Man of Steel.

Sensory Overload: After one year without his Super-Senses, Superman gets briefly overwhelmed by sensory input from his surroundings and the memories from his youth.The Dog Bites Back: Pre-Crisis, when Superman is Brought Down to Normal, Clark won't have to pretend to be a mild mannered reporter, as he did to Steve Lombard ◊ and Morgan Edge in Who Took the Super Out of Superman.