- Relax, Professor! As long as you're a part of me-- They'll never find you! Besides, we've got a few people to see, starting with a fellow Justice Leaguer over in Metropolis... Name of Superman!
DC Comics Presents #45 is an issue of the series DC Comics Presents (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1982.
Synopsis for Superman and Firestorm: "The Chaos Network"
Superman and Firestorm are opposed by Kriss-Kross, a terrorist whose body fused with the high-tech equipment he was stealing to give him super-powers.
Appearing in Superman and Firestorm: "The Chaos Network"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Kriss-Kross (First appearance)
- Mr. Corply
- Soviet Communist agent (Unnamed)
- Arab terrorist (Unnamed)
Other Characters:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Agent Gleason
- Basketball coach (Unnamed)
Locations:
- New York City, New York
- Manhattan
- Concordance Research
- Bradley High School
- The Federal Building
- Manhattan
- Gibraltar Straits
- Metropolis
Items:
- U.S. Defense Satellites
Vehicles:
- U.S.S. Rayburn an aircraft carrier
- Poseidon Nuclear Submarine
Notes
- Reprinted in Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents Superman Team-Ups Vol. 2.
- The basketball coach may be either Coach Mason or Coach Lacey.
- This issue came out the month prior to the premier issue of Firestorm (Volume 2) #1.
Trivia
- Gerry Conway apologizes to Claire Sterling and "her brilliant book" "the Terror Network" for the name of his story.
- Ronnie loses the basketball game to Pierce High School.
- Clark Kent reveals to Firestorm (in this issue) that he is Superman. Clark also states that all Justice League members are entitled to know each other's secret identities for mutual defense purposes. The incident that first established this rule within the JLA is detailed in Justice League of America #122.
- The narrator refers to Superman as "A Blue Blur" in this issue.
- According to the "Statement of Ownership" in the letters page, total paid circulation for this title, on average over the previous 12-months was 127,399. Actual paid circulation for issue nearest filing date was 135,604.
- Gerry Conway's name is misspelled "Jerry Conway" on page 3.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Firestorm Recommended Reading
- Firestorm (Volume 1)
- The Flash (Volume 1): The Flash #289– #304
- Firestorm (Volume 2)
- Justice League of America (Volume 1): Justice League of America #179– #225 & Justice League of America Annual #1–2
- Extreme Justice (Volume 1)
- JLA #69– #82
- Identity Crisis #5
- Firestorm (Volume 3)
- Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men (Volume 1)
- Legends of Tomorrow (Volume 1)