Superman #17/1984
In "Die Wiedergeburt von Kryptonitman!", Superman faces a terrifying new enemy whose radioactive fury is tied to a forgotten past—long before Krypton’s rise, another civilization fled to the planet’s core, only to awaken now, blaming Superman for their millennia of exile. Written by Paul Kupperberg and brought to life with striking art by Eduardo Barreto—pencils, inks, and colors—this 1984 issue delivers a chilling mystery rooted in ancient betrayal, with the cover by Barreto capturing the menace of a long-buried foe.
In a chilling twist from the past, Superman faces a vengeful survivor of an ancient race long buried beneath Earth’s surface—Kryptonitman, awakened by the very explosion that destroyed Krypton. As the Keim-Lord stirs from stasis, seeking retribution for a genocide he blames on Kryptonians, a deeper conflict emerges: the Keimer themselves have their own reckoning with the Kryptonitman. With Lana Lang, Josh Coyle, Commander Dun, and Tom Payton caught in the crossfire, Superman must confront not only a vengeful enemy but the echoes of a forgotten war buried in the planet’s core.
When Superman returns from a mission and reverts to Clark Kent, he’s startled to find his suit behaving strangely—almost as if it has a mind of its own. A hidden alien intelligence, long concealed within the fabric, begins to stir, turning the familiar costume into something far more mysterious.
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