Superman #16/1977

When Terraman turns his sights on Metropolis, he manipulates the city’s citizens into watching his televised showdown with Superman, turning a battle for the city into a spectacle broadcast to all. With Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White on the scene, and Morgan Edge pulling strings behind the scenes, the line between heroism and entertainment blurs — and the real danger may be in what the people are willing to watch.

In a Metropolis shadowed by cosmic dread, Superman stands at the edge of a quiet moment—watching Terraman surrender his weapons after a final, devastating victory. But when the space-farmer’s victory turns to spectacle, the city’s fate hangs in the balance as a new threat emerges, and the line between hero and weapon blurs. With Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White caught in the storm, even the mightiest of champions may not survive the next act.