"The Yesterday Man"

Part of the Zero Hour event

Action Comics Vol 1 #0
October, 1994

Executive Editor

Jenette Kahn

Cover Artists

Jackson Guice, Suzanne Bourdages, Brett Breeding

Writers

David Michelinie

Pencilers

Jackson Guice

Inkers

Denis Rodier

Colourists

Glenn Whitmore

Letterers

Bill Oakley

Editors

Mike Carlin, Frank Pittarese, Chris Duffy

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Appearing in "The Yesterday Man"

Featured Characters:

•  Superman 

Supporting Characters:

• Frank Berkowitz
• Lois Lane
• Martha Kent
• Ron Troupe

Villains:

• Conduit

Other Characters:

• Bristol
• Ruby
• Siskel (First appearance)

Locations:

• Metropolis

• New Troy

• 344 Clinton Street
• Centennial Park
• Daily Planet
• Lois Lane's apartment
• Metro Palace Theater
• Metropolis Bay

• Suicide Slum

• Simbalia (flashback only)
• Smallville

• Kent Farm

• Virginia

Items:

• Kryptonite
• Superman memorial statue

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "The Yesterday Man"

After his most recent bout with Conduit, Superman returns to Lois' apartment, to make sure she is okay. He then takes off to track down Conduit.

Conduit meanwhile, surveys activity within the Pipeline. He reflects upon the time some years ago when he was an operative for the CIA. Ultimately, he became too much of a loose cannon, and the CIA tried to take him down. Conduit killed his attackers and went rogue, forming his own rival intelligence network – the Pipeline.

Now he intends to disrupt a public Daily Planet dedication ceremony. Conduit flies in and tries to kill Clark Kent on the street. Clark pretends to fall through the rubble and uses the moment to change into Superman. Conduit uses Kryptonite coated tendrils to keep Superman at bay, but the hero eventually defeats his rival and Conduit is arrested. Conduit now bears a grudge against both Clark Kent and Superman.

Notes

• In October of 1994, all of the existing mainstream DC Comics titles released a special "0" issue to coincide with the Zero Hour crossover event. The purpose of the "0" issue was to reveal a previously unknown aspect of the title character's background. DC Titles under the Vertigo imprint were largely unaffected by Zero Hour and thus, no "0" issue specials were published for them. The "0" issues published for the Superman family of titles revolved around a single story-arc involving a villain known as Conduit.

• Superman navigation number 1994/40.

• This issue was published between Action Comics #703 and #704.

Trivia

• There is a character featured in this issue who makes a reference to Professor Parker's photography class. This is likely a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Marvel Comics character, Peter Parker, a photographer for the Daily Bugle. Peter Parker is more widely renowned however as the high-flying hero, the amazing Spider-Man.

• The last movie that was featured at the Metro Palace Theater was The Man Who Would Be King.

See Also

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Recommended Reading

• Superman Titles

• List of Superman comics
• Action Comics
• Adventures of Superman
• Superman (Volume 1)
• Superman (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Superman Confidential
• Superman: Man of Steel
• Superman: Man of Tomorrow
• World's Finest

Links and References

• Action Comics #0 entry at the Grand Comics Database
• Action Comics #0 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
• Superman at Wikipedia.org
• Superman at DC Comics
• Superman Wiki
• Supermanica Homepage
• Superman Homepage
• Superman at TV Tropes
• Zero Hour article at Wikipedia
• Zero Hour Frequently Asked Questions
• Zero Hour series index at the DCU Guide
• Zero Hour series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Zero Hour series index at the Grand Comics Database

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