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Tweak says, "Why didn't you call me?"

Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-13 23:31:00

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char: black lightning/jefferson pierce, char: lex luthor, char: lois lane, char: sam lane, char: sgt. rock, char: superman/clark kent, creator: andy lanning, creator: dan abnett, creator: joe kelly, creator: john byrne, creator: kano, event: our worlds at war, publisher: dc comics, title: action comics

Sam Lane: To Death and Back

With Sam Lane showing up in the Superman books again, I thought I'd post how he apparently died and when he first came back.

Sam Lane apparently sacrificed his life in Action Comics #781, during the "Our Worlds at War" crossover. It's written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Kano (the pseudonym of Jose Angel Cano Lopez).

Meanwhile, Lois Lane is calling Superman for help.

Next up is Action Comics #832, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and illustrated by John Byrne. It's Halloween night, the barriers between life and death are down, and ghosts are roaming the city.

Lois Lane's truck goes off a bridge after almost getting struck by lightning.

This issue came out at the end of 2005; Sam Lane would make his next appearance towards the end of 2008 in the New Krypton storyline.

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	starwolf_oakley 2009-08-14 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Well, now we have to wait until we get... "Lucy Lane... Rise." Whether Lucy will be angrier at Sam, Kara, Lois or maybe even Ron (her husband) is anyone's guess. (Reply to this)

	superfan1 2009-08-14 04:14 am UTC (link)
	One wonders how sam went from a remorseful father, that knew he screw up with his family. Can be hotheaded, but deep down had a good heart. To a mad obsessive maniac,who manipulated one of his daughters for his own purpose. So he can eliminate a alien species, he deem dangerous and will do anything to exterminated (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-08-14 04:19 am UTC (link)
	To be fair I don't think he thought he was manipulating Lucy, and he seemed pretty upset when she apparently died. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lynxara 2009-08-14 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	By a writer going, "Eh, this is a side character... if I don't know much about him, I doubt anyone else does. I'll use him for this idea I have and it'll be great!" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shanejayell 2009-08-14 04:17 am UTC (link)
	So the ghost was a hallucination? Or did the REAL Sam Lane sneak out to help her? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-08-14 04:21 am UTC (link)
	The latter. He was only pretending to be a ghost. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	crinosg 2009-08-14 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Have to admire Luthor's class here. A lesser villain may have rubbed Supes failure into his face, But Lex has too much integrity for that. (Plus the fact he has feelings for Lois, but that's neither here nor there). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-08-14 11:54 am UTC (link)
	I don't think current continuity Lex is interested in Lois. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-08-14 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	He was pursuing her in the first Post-Crisis stories. http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/514265.html#cutid1 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cf105 2009-08-14 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	i agree, its well written imo that the two people who know him best (ie his wife and greatest enemy) are sitting there knowing that he's doing everything to save everyone he can but even superman can't be everywhere. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-08-14 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Luthor's dialogue feels odd. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-08-14 04:58 am UTC (link)
	Because he's not blaming Superman, like he usually is? I dunno, I found it a lot more... like Luthor. As much as he hates Superman, he realizes he can't be everywhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-08-14 05:33 am UTC (link)
	Plus, as I said above, Luthor has too much class to try and kick Supes when he's down (at least in this instance). (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2009-08-14 05:54 am UTC (link)

Disagree; I think he's subtly knifing Superman in the back. He knows that, even grief stricken, Lois isn't going to hear an out-and-out attack on Superman, so instead he's playing on her fears. The unspoken implication here is that sometimes the love of your life is just going to be too *busy* with other concerns to save your family. No, *I* don't know how that could happen, but there must be a reason, right? Because if there's not a reason, it would almost be like he doesn't actually love you at all....

So yeah, somewhere between 'damning with faint praise' and 'sowing the seeds of discontent.'

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	jlbarnett 2009-08-14 11:55 am UTC (link)
	nah, I don't see it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xdoop 2009-08-14 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think he knows Superman is the love of Lois's life, since he doesn't know Superman is Clark. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-08-15 05:54 am UTC (link)
	Reminds me of the JL episode "Hereafter." Lex shows up at Superman's funeral; Lois starts giving him hell for it, and then comes apart in his arms. Lex just holds her and admits that he misses him too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lynxara 2009-08-14 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, he's being awfully... like, heroic. It's weird. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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