Well, it took a few days to get to this, but I’m usually a late bloomer. September was pretty busy in general. It’s 2020, I’m dating again, there was a family emergency, and there’s still a lot of housework to do, so the blog and some comic reading needed a break. Sometimes, you need a break from certain things. Still, I wanted to get back and finish what I started.
The 90’s was a big time for Superman since He got married,
he died, and he grew long hair (NOT A MULLET!). He also had a crapton of
stories where stuff would go wrong. “The Death of Clark Kent” is definitely
such a story. Before I get to that, I need to touch on a newer character that
showed up after Zero Hour: Kenny Braverman, aka Conduit. Kenny was basically a
rival to Clark back in high school and even beyond. He was imbued with
Kryptonian radiation as a child (he was born the night Kal-El landed in Kansas)
which left him sickly sometimes. As an adult, he got with the government and had
a suit created to channel that energy. He also had a mad hatred for Clark Kent
since he always felt inferior to him. When he found out that Clark Kent was
also Superman, his hate went into overdrive.
“The Death of Clark Kent” spun through the four Superman books in 1995.
- Superman #100-101
- Adventures of Superman #523-524
- Action Comics #710-711
- Superman: Man of Steel #46-46
While it ended with Man of Steel #46, it truly came to an end in Adventures of Superman #525. I covered that a couple of years ago as well as Conduit’s first issue in Man of Steel #0. I’ll list the creative teams below since it got to be quite a lot. We also had a few changes around this time. Dan Jurgens draws his last issue with Superman #100, and Gil Kane takes over afterwards. Stuart Immonen had already replaced Tom Grummett a few issues before this. So, what does happen when a jilted jock decides kill his rival’s family and friends?