TITLE: Superman vol. 2, issue #79
YEAR: July 1993
COMPANY: DC Comics
WRITER: Dan Jurgens
PENCILLER: Dan Jurgens
INKER: Brett Breeding
LETTERER: John Costanza
COLORIST: Glenn Whitmore
EDITOR: Mike Carlin
Superman died while protecting the world in his fight against Doomsday.
Afterward, four different heroes begin calling themselves Superman.
And in “Superman” issue #79, a Daily Planet staff writer named Ronald Troupe wants to write about Cyborg Superman.
For Ron, he doesn’t want to capitalize on the death of Clark Kent, but with Clark Kent gone, the Daily Planet needs a writer who will uncover the news, not afraid to take risks and Ronald knows this is an opportunity. Not the way he would imagine it, but someone has to write about these people claiming to be Superman.
And it happens, he had the opportunity to be around Cyborg Superman.
The issue is written like an article in a newspaper. Ronald writes about a terrorist attack on the White House and the U.S. President (at the time it was Bill Clinton), but Cyborg Superman was able to stop the terrorists and save the day.
The issue to my knowledge was the first time I saw President Bill Clinton featured in a comic book. Granted, we see it more often during the presidency of Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
And while the issue was an interesting read, I do have some problems with it.
Superman would never asked for classified information, nor would the government, who was supportive, yet cautious about superheroes, would give any or all classified information to anyone not involved in the government.
But in this case, Cyborg Superman integrated with the White House computers and gave him the opportunity to interface, download and do whatever while connected to it.
In fact, Ronald Troupe wrote about how the cyborg now had information on all military branches, federal agencies and worldwide governments. How he now had the largest database of information ever assembled.
Technically data that could have been utilized, he perhaps could have integrated himself into the data, possibly keeping himself alive through the network.
Overall, it was an OK story, the cover was much cooler though!