...the Man of Steel, now cured of the Kryptonian disease Virus X, returns to Earth to find, instead of a world in mourning for it's greatest hero, a planet where he's alive and well...but that Caped Kryptonian isn't him!
(BTW, the Neal Adams-illustrated cover is a cheat!
The other Superman isn't Kryptonian/Kandorian!)
The conclusion of this never-reprinted, multi-issue saga from DC's Action Comics #366 (1968) leaves several questions...
1) Do Kandorians (and Kryptonians) vote on everything...even emergencies?
This would explain why Krypton blew up!
They were busy taking a vote when it occurred!
(Good thing Jor-El and Lara probably used mail-in voting, eh?)
2) Why are the JLA members with masks still wearing them under their Superman masks?
(Especialy Batman and Flash, with those pointy earpieces!)
And why didn't J'Onn J'Onzz just metamorph into Superman's form?
3) Whatever happened to evil ventriloquist Ventor, whose plan to gain revenge on Superman started this whole storyline?
He's never arrested or punished!
The pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths multiverse ended in 1984 with him free as a bird!
And, yes, this story is in pre-Crisis continuity!
4) Was Luthor tried for murder (or at least, attempted murder, since everybody thought Superman was still alive)?
Writer Leo Dorfman, penciler Ross Andru and inker Mike Esposito made a valiant try, but it never really holds together...
Next Week:
Though this story arc is loosely-based on an earlier, much-reprinted Silver Age tale...
...which we're not re-presenting (though you can buy it below), that story was based on a never-reprinted Golden Age tale which, in pre-Crisis continuity, happened to the Earth-Two Superman!
You'll see that story
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