Action Comics Vol 1 0
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"The Yesterday Man"
No one dies today! 
- -- Superman
Appearing in "The Yesterday Man"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Bristol
- Ruby
- Siskel (First appearance)
Locations:
- Simbalia (In flashback only)
- Smallville
- Conduit's safe-house
Items:
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Yesterday Man"
After his most recent bout with Conduit, Superman returns to Lois' apartment, to make sure she is okay. He then takes off to track down Conduit.
Conduit meanwhile, surveys activity within the Pipeline. He reflects upon the time some years ago when he was an operative for the CIA. Ultimately, he became too much of a loose cannon, and the CIA tried to take him down. Conduit killed his attackers and went rogue, forming his own rival intelligence network – the Pipeline.
Now he intends to disrupt a public Daily Planet dedication ceremony. Conduit flies in and tries to kill Clark Kent on the street. Clark pretends to fall through the rubble and uses the moment to change into Superman. Conduit uses Kryptonite coated tendrils to keep Superman at bay, but the hero eventually defeats his rival and Conduit is arrested. Conduit now bears a grudge against both Clark Kent and Superman.
Notes
- In October of 1994, all of the existing mainstream DC Comics titles released a special "0" issue to coincide with the Zero Hour crossover event. The purpose of the "0" issue was to reveal a previously unknown aspect of the title character's background. DC Titles under the Vertigo imprint were largely unaffected by Zero Hour and thus, no "0" issue specials were published for them. The "0" issues published for the Superman family of titles revolved around a single story-arc involving a villain known as Conduit.
- This issue is triangle number 40/1994
- This issue was published between Action Comics #703 and #704.
Trivia
- There is a character featured in this issue who makes a reference to Professor Parker's photography class. This is likely a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Marvel Comics character, Peter Parker, a photographer for the Daily Bugle. Peter Parker is more widely renowned however as the high-flying hero, the amazing Spider-Man.
- The last movie that was featured at the Metro Palace Theater was The Man Who Would Be King.
- This comic book features advertisements for the following products:
- —NBC – Television fall preview highlights
- —Sega – Taz: Escape From Mars video game for Sega Genesis and Game Gear
- —Sega – Tradewest, Troy Aikman NFL Football video game for Sega Genesis
- —Stridex facial cleanser
- —Sunsoft – The Death and Return of Superman video game
- —Fox TV – M.A.N.T.I.S. television series
- —Comic Cavalcade comic book back-issue catalogue
- —Rain-Blo bubble gum (featuring Batman and Robin)
- —American Entertainment comic book back-issue catalogue
Related Articles
- Superman image gallery
- Superman appearances list
- Superman quotes page
- Superman Rogues Gallery
- Conduit image gallery
- Conduit appearances list
- Conduit quotes page
- Lois Lane image gallery
- Lois Lane appearances list
- Lois Lane quotes page
- Martha Kent image gallery
- Martha Kent appearances list
- Martha Kent quotes page
- Ron Troupe image gallery
- Ron Troupe appearances list
- Ron Troupe quotes page
See Also
Recommended Reading
| The Conduit Saga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVENT:Conduit Saga | Part I:Superman: The Man of Steel #0 | Part II:Superman #0 | Part III:Adventures of Superman #0 | Part IV:Action Comics #0 |
Links and References
- Action Comics #0 entry at the Grand Comics Database
- Action Comics #0 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Zero Hour article at Wikipedia
- Zero Hour FAQ
- Zero Hour series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Zero Hour series index at the Grand Comics Database
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