"The Oz Effect, Part One": In an A.R.G.U.S. base Metallo is tortured and dismantled. Mr Oz appears and removes Metallo's kryptonite heart apparently killing him. Mr Oz then states that tomorrow Superman will see humanity "for the sick,
Because they are petty. Self-obsessed. Incapable of looking past themselves and to care for one another. You should have realized that by now. These people don't deserve you. They haven't since the moment you arrived. Mister Oz
Action Comics #987 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2017. It was published on September 13, 2017.
Synopsis for "The Oz Effect, Part One"
In an A.R.G.U.S. base Metallo is tortured and dismantled. Mr Oz appears and removes Metallo's kryptonite heart apparently killing him. Mr Oz then states that tomorrow Superman will see humanity "for the sick, tragic, perverted, and twisted organism it is." The next day see sees Superman rescuing a shipment of smallpox vaccine which he delivers to Logamba. In the crowd people with Mr. Oz's symbol ask why Maggie is trying to save the man who stole the vaccine.
Mr Oz then presents 'options' at many different locations around the globe. Superman goes from location to location trying to stave off disaster but in some cases is too late. Superman is confronted by Mr Oz in Logamba where the village to which he delivered the vaccine has been wiped out by guerrillas. Mr Oz then teleports them both to Superman's Fortress of Solitude where Mr. Oz claims he is Jor-El.
Appearing in "The Oz Effect, Part One"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mister Oz (Jor-El) (Revealed to be alive) (Real identity revealed) (Also as a statue)
- The Anointed Ones (Unnamed)
- Logamban rebels (First appearance)
- Prison rioters (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Unnamed mob boss (Single appearance)
- Unnamed shooter (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Doomsday (Cameo)
- Lara Lor-Van (Statue only) (Cameo)
- Logamban Army (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Metallo (John Corben) (Dies)
- Stagg Enterprises
- Unnamed poachers (Single appearance)
- A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
- Bibbo Bibbowski (Mentioned only)
- Logamban Government (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Africa
- Logamba (First appearance)
- Arctic Circle
- North America
- United States of America
- Alaska
- A.R.G.U.S. Weaponization Center
- New Jersey
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Ace o' Clubs (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- Unnamed Midwest Prison (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Africa
- Krypton (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Earth
- Mister Oz's Lair
Items:
- Kryptonian Crystals (Cameo)
- Kryptonite Heart
- Mister Oz's Staff
- Super-Computer (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- GHA Van (Single appearance)
- Kryptonian Rocket (Mentioned only)
- StaggOil Ship (Single appearance)
Concepts:
- Logamba Civil War
Notes
- As a consequence of New Earth and Prime Earth timeline being merged into a single continuity during the Superman: Reborn storyline, Prime Earth Doomsday is now prisoner of Mister Oz instead of his Pre-Flashpoint counterpart.
Trivia
- The last natural case of smallpox in our world was 26 October 1977.[1]
See Also