Clark Kent of Earth-Prime
DC COMICS PRESENTS 87 (November 1985)--1st story, "Year of the Comet" by Elliot S! Maggin, Curt Swan and Al Williamson;
SUPERMAN 414 (December 1985)--"Revenger is Life--Death to Superman" by Maggin, Swan and Williamson:
"Year of the Comet" opens with Superman on the Moon, mourning the death of Supergirl [see CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 7 (October 1985)]. Two Superman Revenge Squad shipmates witness their hated enemy at a vulnerable moment and take advantage of the situation.
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Their beam shifts the Caped Kryptonian from Earth-One to Earth-Prime, where a young Clark Kent flies up (for the first time in his life) to meet the World's Greatest Comic Book Hero.
As this Clark is new to being a "Superboy," the Earth-One Action Ace plays the role of teacher. When Superman first tries to return to his Earth, he can't. Later, the two counterparts finally succeed in bridging the barrier between two worlds, with Superboy now on Earth-One. But not for long as young Clark is sucked into a cosmic vortex.
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The Revenge Cycle Must End
However, because of the coded message she got, Sylvia Van-Zee has been carrying a miniature Phantom Zone projector with her at all times since receiving that message. When the enslaved Kandorians are brought aboard the Revenger ship, to witness Kal-El's humiliation, Sylvia passes the projector to the imprisoned Superman, who blasts his captors with it.
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This story ends with Kal-El retrieving the body of Kara Zor-El from orbit around the Earth and bringing her to Rokyn; and Superman delivering the bad news to his aunt and uncle that their daughter is dead. It breaks your heart.
[u]Reality Check[/u]: The people of Kandor were enlarged and came to Rokyn, which is in another dimension of space, in SUPERMAN 338 (August 1979)--"Let My People Grow." Rokyn means "Gift of Rao."
In DC COMICS PRESENTS 87, the back-up story is "The Origin of Superboy-Prime" by the same creative team as the first story. It's one of the best re-interpretations of the classic origin story--with a touch of Richard Donner's movie thrown in.
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Superboy-Prime was written so well here, that it's shocking to think what was done to him years later.
The one world where Lex Luthor is a hero
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When Superman arrives in the city and the two childhood friends renew their duel, Lex ends up throwing the fight.
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The Action Ace pilots their rocketship back to Earth, with Luthor in his custody. However, once beyond the red sun, with the Big Red S back at full strength, the defeated desperado begs the Man of Tomorrow to land on a frozen world and use his super-strength to pitch masses of ice toward the dying planet.
On Earth and returned to prison, Lex is visited by his former pal who shows him that a statue has been erected in his honour by the inhabitants of the one world where he is a hero.