Adventures of Superman #425 (February 1987)
Adventures of Superman #425 (February 1987)
Continued from Adventures #424: Superman is still fighting those terrorist robots from Qurac, who have combined to form a larger robot, like Voltron. Superman is about to win when Professor Emil Hamilton butts in and traps Superman and the terrorist Megazord in a force field, desperate to prove that his force field-making machine works. Superman beats the robot anyway and everyone cheers him, but no one gives a shit about Hamilton.
Dejected, Hamilton goes nuts: he kidnaps a hooker at gunpoint, lays traps for Superman in the street and tells him he’ll let the hooker live if his inventions kill Superman. You know, to prove his genius. That’s a great plan, man. Naturally, Superman ends up saving both Hamilton and his chesty friend from being exploded to death, at which point Hamilton just gives up and goes to jail.
Plotline-Watch:
Qurac My Love: The Middle-Eastern country of Qurac had been mentioned in an issue of New Teen Titans before, but they definitely didn’t have giant killer robots back then. Superman would pay them a visit in a few issues and go all Desert Storm on them. After that, they became the DC Universe’s go-to location for when they needed a terrorist nation but didn’t feel like being sued by Iraq or something.
WTF-Watch:
More of a WTF in hindsight: in a few years Professor Hamilton would become Superman’s comically absent-minded scientific advisor, but in this issue he’s a fucking nutjob. He starts out with good intentions but by the end of the issue he flat-out tries to blow up a perfectly innocent prostitute. On the other hand, I can see why Superman would want to keep a close eye on the guy.
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