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A Day in Superman's World
Lois Lane
My birthday gift's wearing off. I can't see radio waves anymore. I can't hear the stars singing. I'm tired and sore all over, like I've been dancing all night. Thanks for letting me spend a day in your world.
Superman
You know, I do other things. I mean, besides being Superman.
Lois Lane
You do a great Clark Kent impersonation. You almost had me fooled. Wait till I tell him about this.
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Hope in the Face of Loss
Jimmy Olsen
Are you sure don't want to speak at the memorial service? Thousands of people are there paying their respects.
Lois Lane
He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back. And I'll be here waiting for him.
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Friendship and Rivalry in Superhero Conflict
Clark Kent
It's such a waste. You and Superman could have been friends and instead you're going to die.
Lex Luthor
Ah, but he'll die first.
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Facing Consequences of Kryptonite's Power
Lois Lane
He knows I'm here. Gotta stop him. God forgive me, I've gotta stop me.
[''fires Kryptonite gun at Superman and he's not hurt'']
Superman
Huh. Tickles.
Lois Lane
What have I done?
Superman
For one thing, you've confirmed my suspicion that I'm immune to Kryptonite.
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The Challenge of Lifting a Heavy Key
Lois Lane
That key can't be safe.
Superman
Why don't you give it a try? I carved it out of a piece of dwarf star material. It weighs half a million tons.
[''Lois tries to lift the key from the ground'']
Lois Lane
So you're the only one who can lift it.
Superman
I work pretty hard, Lois.
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Lex Luthor's Vision for a New World
Lex Luthor
Welcome to the new world. Lay down your weapons and you won't be hurt. I'll be moving into the White House later today. I'll make my formal declaration then.
Nasthalthia Luthor
Ooh. Can we have a show trial before we put these traitors to death? Are you okay?
Lex Luthor
Better than okay. I can see the entire electromagnetic spectrum and those must be atoms, little clouds of possibility. Einstein couldn't connect the gravitational force to the other three, but if he could have seen this... It's so obvious.
Nasthalthia Luthor
Uncle Lex?
Lex Luthor
The fundamental forces are yoked by consciousness. Everything's connected. Everyone. And this how he sees things all the time. Every day.
Nasthalthia Luthor
I don't know if I should be worried or mortified.
Lex Luthor
It's a cruel joke. The mechanistic clockwork of reality hinging on a precious impossible defiance of entropy, on life. And the clockwork doesn't care. It's like - Like it's all just us, in here together. We're all we've got.
Nasthalthia Luthor
You are embarrassing me beyond therapy.
Superman
You'll have to forgive him, Nasthalthia. He just figured out how everything works.
Lex Luthor
Gravity warps time. Superman trapped me in a reativistic conundrum.
Superman
He's trying to say his 24 hours of superpowers just ran out.
Nasthalthia Luthor
But it's only been a couple of hours.
Superman
Relative to us. The gravity gun, this clock alone.
Lex Luthor
You think I didn't make more of it.
Superman
Looking for this?
Lex Luthor
Give it back. I saw everything. I saw how to save the world. I could have made everyone see. If it wasn't for you, I could have saved the world.
Superman
If it had mattered to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.
Lex Luthor
You're right.
Lois Lane
Oh, your poor face.
Superman
No one can repair the sun but me, Lois. I'm turning into pure energy and I only have one chance to save the world.
Lois Lane
That's all you've ever needed.
Superman
I love you, Lois Lane, until the end of time.
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A Conversation About Trust and Super-Powers
Nasthalthia Luthor
Cool. When do I get my super-powers?
Lex Luthor
The same day that I can trust you with the car keys.
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A Confession of Guilt and Regret
Lex Luthor
Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. Superman.
Dr. Leo Quintum
We know all the story, Luthor. Why did you ask to see me? If this is an escape attempt...
Lex Luthor
I'd already be free. No, I've already accepted my imminent execution. This is a confession. Forgive me, doctor. For have I sinned. A lot.
Dr. Leo Quintum
You killed him.
Lex Luthor
And my deathbed claims that I've seen the error of my ways can't change that. But there is one thing I can do to honor his memory.
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Superman's Struggle with Overexposure to Power
Dr. Leo Quintum
Your trip to the sun overexposed your cells to solar radiation more than even your body can metabolize.
Superman
I see it, like tiny fireworks beneath my skin.
Dr. Leo Quintum
Your cells are over-saturated with power. Their bursting from within.
Superman
I'm dying.
Dr. Leo Quintum
I'm sorry, Superman. If I hadn't tried to steal fire from the sun, none of this would have happened.
Superman
Don't apologize. You couldn't have known.
Dr. Leo Quintum
But he knew. It was his plan all along. Luthor used me to kill you.
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Unveiling Clark Kent's True Identity
Lois Lane
Okay, how about you explain the time Clark was a witness in the Boss Grimaldi trial and you were his bodyguard?
Superman
Batman was standing in for me.
Lois Lane
And then Clark presented you with the key to the city, that was Batman too?
Superman
A robot. Lois, when I misled you, it was for your own protection. But now I'm telling you the truth. Clark Kent and Superman are one in the same.
Lois Lane
If you're telling me the truth now, doesn't that mean now you've been lying to me for years?
Jimmy Olsen
Are you sure you don't wanna speak at the memorial service? Thousands of people are there paying their respects.
Lois Lane
He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back. And I'll be here waiting for him.
Lex Luthor
Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. Superman.
Dr. Leo Quintum
We all know the story, Luthor. Why did you ask to see me? If this is an escape attempt--
Lex Luthor
I'd already be free. No, I've already accepted my imminent execution. This is a confession. Forgive me, doctor, for I have sinned. A lot.
Dr. Leo Quintum
You killed him.
Lex Luthor
And my deathbed claims that I've seen the error of my ways can't change that. But there is one thing that I can do to honor his memory.
Dr. Leo Quintum
A-A-C-C-A-T-T-A"-- Is that--?
Lex Luthor
A map of Superman's genetic code. I reverse engineered it from his 24-hour super-serum. I also finally figured out how to replicate it.
Dr. Leo Quintum
No.
Lex Luthor
Of course, it will require an ovum from a healthy human woman.
Quintum
They always said they wanted children.
Lois Lane
He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back.
Perry White
Kent, what's the matter with you? You look like hell.
Clark Kent
I saw whole thing, Perry. I've got tomorrow's big story. Just finished dead.
Cat Grant
Clark!
Perry White
He's not breathing.
Lois Lane
No.
Steve Lombard
He doesn't have a heartbreat, Lois.
Man
Look at that.
Lex Luthor
He's the least of your worries.
Perry White
You get the hell out of here, Luthor!
Lex Luthor
That's no way to talk to the future savior of the Earth. Who, by the way, you sent to the electric chair.
Perry White
The truth sent you to the chair!
Lex Luthor
I don't believe in truth. You can't measure it or hold it in your hands. I mean, what is truth?
Lois Lane
Lex, stop it! I know what the power's like! It's intoxicating, but there's more to it! Use those super-senses! Just think for a minute!
Lex Luthor
You can stop trying to stall me.
Jimmy Olsen
Ah!
Lex Luthor
And you won't be needing that infuriating signal watch any longer. Superman won't be coming to the rescue.
Jimmy Olsen
That's too bad, because without him, we're screwed. Look at these pictures from our Singapore desk, the sun is turning blue.
Lois Lane
Don't you get it?! Solaris double-crossed you and poisoned the sun! You vain, stupid little man!
Lex Luthor
Stupid?
Clark Kent
Lois.
Lex Luthor
Anyone else feel like acting out against the most powerful man on Earth?
Clark Lent
I do.
Lex Luthor
What are you trying to hide from me?
Clark Kent
Gravity gun.
Lois Lane
Clark?
Clark Kent
I told you, Lois. Superman.
Lex Luthor
Did you ever think that it would end like this? Me looking down on you?
Superman
Actually, I had the whole thing figured to end pretty much exactly like this. I've been on to you since robot seven first malfunctioned. Hard to stay in the air? I just increased your personal gravity five hundred times. That's not why I used the gravity gun, I--
Lex Luthor
No! If I die, you die first!
Man
Look.
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A Challenge Between Heroes Unfolds
Superman
Then we have a deal? If I win, you both leave the 21st century right now.
Atlas
I'll be leaving, all right, with the beauteous Lois Lane on my arm.
Samson
Not if I beat him first.
Superman
I'm sorry, have you two already started?
[''slams their arms down'']
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Forgiveness and Kinship Among Kryptonians
Bar-El
After everything we've done, you still show us kindness.
Superman
My Earth parents taught me forgiveness. Humanity has a lot to teach us.
Bar-El
Perhaps. Kal-El, son of Krypton, I'm proud to call you my kin. Our greatness lives on in you.
Superman
We don't have much time.
Bar-El
There's a way to save us both. Surely you've thought through it.
Superman
Yes. But it has to be your choice. I'll try to find a way to cure you.
Bar-El
But your own time is short. Do what you must. Send us to the Phantom Zone.
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The Importance of Supportive Relationships
Clark Kent
Why, thanks, Lois. I don't know where my self-esteem would be without you.
Lois Lane
Alone, in front of the TV.
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Desire for Parenthood in Uncertain Times
Dr. Leo Quintum
They always said they wanted children...
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Confrontation of Courage and Cowardice
Clark Kent
Gotta get away from him.
[''runs from Parasite behind a pillar'']
Lex Luthor
What's the matter, Kent? Afraid he'll absorb your cowardice?
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Hope and Patience in His Absence
Lois Lane
He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back. And I'll be here waiting for him.
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Lois Lane's Concern for Future Generations
Lois Lane
It all makes sense now. He's brought me here to be the mother of a race of super-children. Can't let that happen. They'll grow up and lie to everybody.
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Confrontation Between Solaris and Superman
Solaris
Impossible, I made your sun red. You should have no powers. I see now. Your covering protects you from red sunlight. But it cannot survive this heat.
Superman
It should work long enough for me to take care of you.
Solaris
No, your sun is dying, but I kill you first.
Superman
Stop this. Whatever Luthor offered you, he'll betray you.
Solaris
I betray Luthor first. I will eat your sun, and replace it in the sky. Your people will pray to me, or die in the cold dark.
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Identity Confusion Between Lois and Superman
Lois Lane
You're Clark Kent.
Superman
I'm Clark Kent.
Lois Lane
Sorry, Superman. But you've got to admit. That's very hard to believe. All the years I spent trying to prove you were, Superman.
Superman
You almost had me a couple of times.
Lois Lane
And you turn around and just tell me? What happened to that big golden key you used to have?
Superman
Didn't think it was secure enough.
Robot
Good afternoon, Superman. May we be of assistance.
Superman
Please bring Miss Lane's car inside and repair any damage from the flight.
Lois Lane
That key can't be safe.
Superman
Why don't you give it a try. I carved it out of a piece of dwarf star material. It weights half a million tons.
Lois Lane
So you're the only one who can lift it.
Superman
I work pretty hard, Lois. It's important to have someplace private to relax. How's the water.
Lois Lane
Mm. Perfect. You're not looking, are you?
Superman
Lois.
Lois Lane
Well, to be honest if this situation were reversed--
Superman
I'd never take advantage, Lois.
Lois Lane
So is this a date? I mean, is all this for my birthday, or are we about to get serious here? Superman?
Superman
These are for you. I picked them on Alpha Centauri four. They sing.
Lois Lane
I didn't know you collected modern art.
Superman
Actually, I do, but this is the armory. I've confiscated some incredibly destructive weapons over the years. There are things here that can even hurt me, like this Kryptonite laser or this gravity gun.
Lois Lane
I hope none of your enemies find out about this place. They'd do anything to kill you.
Superman
That's not a problem, Lois. My fortress is only for the people closest to me. Come see my new Time Telescope.
Lois Lane
What's it do?
Superman
Lets me talk to my descendants in the far future. That's Kal Kent, the Superman of the 84th century. We fought the mad god Darkseid in the year 834. I'm still working out the bugs, but someday, I'll be able to use it to stop threats before they happen.
Lois Lane
He looks a little like my dad. A thousand warriors, valiant and true. And this is a Sun Eater. I found it wandering in orbit near Jupiter. Poor thing would have starved.
Lois Lane
Ech. What do you feed him?
Superman
Suns. Little ones I make here on my Cosmic Anvil. He's just a baby. Here you go.
Lois Lane
What's in here? What the hell?
Superman
Lois, stay out of there.
Lois Lane
I didn't mean to.
Superman
You can go anywhere in the fortress except for this room. It's off-limits. It's not too early for dinner. Why don't we eat? What do you think? I've been restoring it in my spare time.
Lois Lane
It's good to have hobbies, I guess. What are you wearing?
Superman
Traditional Kryptonian formalwear. I made it myself.
Lois Lane
Shipbuilding, fashion design. You're a man of many talents.
Lois Lane
I just feel like trying things.
Superman
My trip to the sun, it not only tripled my strength, it tripled my curiosity, my imagination, my creativity.
Lois Lane
Did it triple your honesty? Is that why you're suddenly telling me the truth about your secret identity?
Superman
No, that's not why.
Lois Lane
But you are telling the truth.
Superman
Yes.
Lois Lane
Okay, how do you explain the time Clark was a witness, in the Boss Grimaldi trial and you were his bodyguard?
Superman
Batman was standing in for me.
Lois Lane
And when Clark presented you with the key to the city, that was Batman too?
Superman
A robot. Lois, whenever I misled you, it was for your own protection.
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Consequences of Actions Amidst Unlikely Alliances
Superman
You stole that necklace.
Atlas
Don't you see? We couldn't fight the Ultra-Sphinx without help, so we let it chase us here.
Samson
But we meant no harm to Lois, I swear to living Zeus.
Superman
And I swear too. If she dies, you're both going to the Phantom Zone. Ultra-Sphinx, let's hear it.
Ultra-Sphinx
Question: What happens when the irresistible force meets the immovable object?
Superman
They surrender.
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