Superman #56

In "Red Glass, Part One: Breaking Up," Superman visits the eerie "Museum of Dead Villains," where exhibits claim he slaughtered every foe in a brutal three-week rampage starting April 15, 1998. As he grapples with the unsettling truth, hallucinations of Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen (disguised as Lex Luthor), and a parade of iconic villains—Mxyzptlk, The Prankster, Metallo, Brainiac, The Joker, and Darkseid—haunt him, blurring reality. When a desperate attempt to scan Lois with his x-ray vision goes horribly wrong, incinerating her in front of witnesses, the chaos escalates, leading him to Lexcorp—only to face a shocking betrayal from a man who isn’t who he seems.

In a quiet moment of celebration, the Newsboy Legion welcomes the Guardian back to the fold, but their reunion is shadowed by the watchful eyes of Angry Charlie, who observes from an air vent. As the boys share stories and plan their next move, Charlie’s past begins to surface—memories of a lab, a cruel experiment, and a photograph that holds the key to his twisted origins. The past is never truly buried, and some creations were never meant to be forgotten.