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The Man of Steel #5B

The Man of Steel

#5B

The Mirror, Crack'd...

MPI Audio Edition
Release:   1986
Cover:   1986

Though he hates Superman for swaying the citizens of Metropolis away from him, Lex still wants to have a Superman on his payroll. To this end, he funds a chinese scientist to scan Superman on a molecular level in order to duplicate him exactly. However the plan is flawed, built around the assumption that Superman is human. Lex is intrigued by the revelation that Superman is an alien, but this causes the duplicat to be disfigured and useless to him.However, the clone still has Superman's memories and feelings and escapes to Metropolis. Superman has to reign the clone in before it does something that might clue Lois Lane into the fact that he's really Clark Kent.


Creators View all

Writer John Byrne
Penciller John Byrne
Inker Dick Giordano
Colorist Tom Ziuko
Letterer John Costanza
Editor Andrew Helfer

Characters View all

Superman Kal-El / Clark Kent
Lois Lane
Lex Luthor
Bizarro
Lucy Lane

Details

Format Comic
Series Group Superman
Country USA