Story: "Eye of the Hurricane" (22 Pages)

Credits: Roger Stern (plot, script); Norman Felchie (pencils); James Pascoe (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Chris Duffy and Frank Pittarese (assistant edits); Mike Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman (last in Adventures of Superman #512; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34)

Supporting Characters: Lois Lane (last in Adventures of Superman #512; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #698; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 2 #89; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Guardian III (in between Superman: The Man of Steel #33 and #34), Ron Troupe (in between Superman: The Man of Steel #30 and #34), Bibbo Bibbowski (last in Adventures of Superman #505; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Frank Berkowitz (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #33; next in ???), Emil Hamilton (last in Adventures of Superman #512; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Ella Lane (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #14; next in ???), Sarah Olsen (last in Adventures of Superman #487; next in ???), Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (last in Adventures of Superman #512; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34)

Villains: Lex Luthor II (last in Adventures of Superman #512; in Supergirl Vol. 3 #4 in between pages; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Gretchen Kelley (last in Supergirl Vol. 3 #4; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Carl Packard (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #32; next in Adventures of Superman #513), Clawster (in between Superman: The Man of Steel #32 and #34) and other Underworlders (last in ???; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34)

Guest Appearance: Supergirl (appearance same as Supergirl Vol. 3 #4)

Other Characters: Team Luthor (last in Superman Vol. 2 #88; next in Superman: The Man of Steel #34), Davida Perkins (first appearance; the host of "Public Forum", a GBS News programme) Wilton Fredericks (first appearance; a Newstime columnist), Jeff (first appearance; the head of the Daily Planet Printing Plant), Jane Stewart (first appearance; Jeff's assistant)

Comment: This is the beginning of the Battle for Metropolis (the other parts are Superman: The Man of Steel #34, Superman Vol. 2 #90, Adventures of Superman #513). The next storyline is then the Fall of Metropolis.

Synopsis:

After his encounter with the Parasite, Superman's powers are back to normal. . . just in time, with a three way war between Cadmus, Lexcorps and the cloned Underworld mutants erupting onto Metropolis' streets!

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