The Adventures of Superman Annual #3

Availability

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Details

Publisher

DC Comics

Cover date

Sep 1991

Format

Comic

Pages

64

Variant

Direct Sales Edition

Credits

writer

Louise Simonson

penciller

Bryan Hitch

inker

Bryan Hitch, Ray McCarthy, Jerry Acerno, Dick Giordano, Jim Sanders III, Nick J. Napolitano, Joe Rubinstein

colorist

Glenn Whitmore

letterer

John Costanza

cover artist

Bryan Hitch

editor

Dan Thorsland, Mike Carlin

Story

Waverider touches Superman and investigates a third and final timeline, in which again the Man of Steel marries Lois Lane, but this time she dies while trying to carry his child. Anguished over the loss, Superman flies off into space where he winds up in a battle between the Almeracians and another alien race bent on conquering them. Maxima, the Almeracian princess who was seeking Superman in order to have a child with him, comes to Superman's rescue and brings her to her home planet, where she helps him recover from his loss and fall in love with her. However, when Maxima finds out Sazu has conspired with the alien warlord De'cine to destroy Superman's former adopted world Earth under the pretense of that being Maxima's desire, she helps Superman stop Decine's plan and offers him a place on her homeworld where he can make his home. It is at the end of this timeline that Waverider realizes that Superman will never become Monarch and so ends his future timeline searches with him.

Characters

Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent) · Lois Lane · Jimmy Olsen