| Characters |
Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Xenofobe; also as Father Time]; Jimmy Olsen; Josh Coyle; Lois Lane; Jaxon the Mighty; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Duo Damsel; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]; Time Trapper (behind the scenes); Madame Olga; Fortress of Solitude |
| Synopsis |
A character calling himself Father Time steals Superman’s costume, and Superman traces it to a future very unlike the future he knows from his time with the Legion of Super-Heroes, an “Earth after disaster.” Traveling to 2975, Superman meets Jaxon, who wears his costume. The two battle until they end up back in 1975. Father Time arrives and reveals that he is really the Green Lantern Xenofobe from the 30th century. The Green Lantern Corps of his time fought the Time Trapper, who had eliminated all the other possible timelines, leaving only the one in which civilization is destroyed by a Great Disaster. Xenofobe explains that he pitted Superman against Jaxon so that the energy their fight would generate could restore all of the possible futures. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Elliot S! Maggin |
| Pencils |
Curt Swan |
| Inks |
Bob Oksner; Terry Austin? (backgrounds) |
| Notes |
The Green Lanterns’ battle with the Time Trapper must have been earlier than contemporaneous Legion stories, as Duo Damsel (retired) and Invisible Kid (deceased) are shown as active members. This story was part of a larger attempt by DC to explain their two primary timelines. See Amazing World of DC Comics, The (DC, 1974 series) #12. |
| Reprinted |
in Superman: Past and Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] |