Superman #10/1974
In "Nacht der Vergeltung," Superman faces a chilling threat from a man shaped by cruel manipulation in the 21st century, whose mind was forged into a weapon of absolute lethality. Written by Cary Bates and illustrated by Curt Swan with inks by Murphy Anderson, this story explores a desperate time-traveling gambit to erase one’s own existence—only to find that even nonexistence can carry a heroic cost. The cover by Neal Adams, inked by Dick Giordano, captures the haunting tension of a future man fighting his past.
In "Nacht der Vergeltung," Batman is drawn into a violent crime that echoes the trauma of his parents' murder, triggering haunting memories of Thomas and Martha Wayne. As he confronts the gangsters responsible, the line between justice and vengeance blurs—leaving a young Bruce Wayne alone with the weight of his past and the image of his parents.
In a chilling twist of time and fate, a man from the 21st century—known only as 5607—wakes in the past to stop his own creation, his mind shaped by cruel experiments into a weapon without will. With Superman caught in the crossfire, the line between hero and monster blurs as 5607 confronts a monstrous version of his ancestor, determined to erase his own existence. But in a story where the past is a battlefield and the future a ghost, one man’s sacrifice may rewrite history in ways no one can foresee.
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↩ Reprints Action Comics #427 (1973), Detective Comics #439 (1974)
Reprinted in Batman Superband #13 (1981), Superman Superband #28 (1986)
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