Superman Special: Action Comics 1000 #[nn]

In "Von der Stadt, die alles hat," Metropolis throws a grand ceremony to honor Superman, but Clark Kent would rather be out saving lives than standing on a stage. As the city celebrates its hero, a quiet moment of connection with Lois and Jon Kent is interrupted by a sudden crisis that pulls Superman into action—just as the spotlight turns away.

In "Die ewige Schlacht," Superman is trapped in the Hyperzeit, forced to battle through relentless conflicts across history—facing familiar foes like Mongul, Jax-Ur, and the Silver Banshee, as well as echoes of himself from other realities. With each fight, he must outrun the past, outmaneuver the present, and survive the endless war, even as the line between hero and enemy blurs.

While Superman battles Brainiac in Japan, Maggie Sawyer faces a tense hostage situation in Metropolis, where a young woman named Linda Davis and an unnamed hostage are caught in the crossfire of a volatile standoff involving Officer Lopez, Dan Turpin, and an unnamed hobo. The story unfolds with the weight of personal stakes and the city’s fragile peace hanging in the balance.

Butch Matson brings his car in for repairs, only to find no one believes him when he claims it was destroyed by a man in red underwear. The strange tale unfolds with a mix of dry humor and superhero absurdity, as the truth behind the damage begins to blur the line between myth and reality.

In "Die Wahrheit," Superman confronts a chilling new threat determined to erase every last Kryptonian from existence—yet he’s forced to reckon with a haunting question: what truly ties him to Krypton? As tensions rise in Metropolis, a mysterious figure emerges from the shadows, and the city’s ordinary citizens, from a quiet bookstore customer to a wary waitress, find themselves caught in a web of secrets that challenge everything Superman thought he knew.