Superman #20/1976

In a tense interstellar showdown, Brainiac 5 leads the Legion of Super-Heroes in a desperate evasion from the relentless Lorca, whose forces disable their ship during a chaotic escape. With the crew forced to land on a distant planet, the battle shifts to strategy and survival as Brainiac 5’s tactical mind guides his allies—Superboy, Schattengirl, Riesenboy, and Waldwolf—through a high-stakes Schachturnier that becomes a deadly game of wits.

In a tense moment aboard a ship, a young woman named Christy is overcome with fear at the sight of Superman—fear that runs deeper than any ordinary panic. When Clark Kent takes flight from the vessel, Christy secretly follows him in a plane that crashes over an island, where an alien war robot, brought by a meteor, now lies hidden. As the truth behind her trauma begins to surface, Christy shares a haunting memory from childhood: the moment Superman saved her from a burning house, but a falling beam struck her beloved doll—shattering her connection to movement, and her life, forever.