Adventures of Superman #426 (March 1987)
Adventures of Superman #426 (March 1987)
This is a crazy issue. After falling into a pit of fire in the planet Apokolips (at the end of Superman #3), Superman loses his memory. The amnesiac Superman then hooks up with Amazing Grace, the bum-lady he saved last issue, who is also the leader of the oppressed masses in Apokolips’ slums. Things escalate quickly and Superman, now sporting a beard and a Roman warrior costume, inspires a social revolution against the tyrant Darkseid, leading literally millions of Hunger Dogs in battle.
And then, when Superman’s followers are all gathered together in one place… Superman betrays them and they get freaking slaughtered. Darkseid’s parademons just swoop down and kill everyone while Superman watches. Turns out Amazing Grace works for Darkseid, and somehow convinced Superman that he’s Darkseid’s son (despite Superman not looking anything like a massive space Hitler made of rock and condensed hate).
WTF-Watch:
The above paragraph is not the most shocking part of this issue. In a scene that introduced 10-year olds across the world to strange new feelings, Amazing Grace gets naked and steps into the bathtub with the already-pantsless Superman. Cue funky music. For years, I kept expecting Grace to come back with a little half-Kryptonian, half-Apokaliptic Boy of Steel. Sadly this never happened.
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