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The final installment of Last Son of Krypton. It all comes together. Chapters 34, 35 and 36, and the Epilogue.

Superman tracks the Master back to Earth and finds that everyone at Clark Kent's office is a zombie, patiently waiting at their desks for the interstellar real estate developer to announce that he's taken possession of the Earth. Chapter 32 and 33 of Last Son of Krypton and Significant and Enduring Theme Number 4 - the penultimate episode of this series of podcasts.

Here's where the euphemism hits the proverbial. The Master has initiated his outrageous plan and Superman and Luthor decide they are the team to stop him. And the game is afoot. Last Son of Krypton Chapter 28, 29, Significant and Enduring Theme Number 3, and chapters 30 and 31.

You'd think powers and abilities far greater than those of mortal men would be enough, but no. The Creator of the Universe shows up to help - and we don't mean Jerry and Joe. Chapters 25, 26 and 27 of Last Son of Krypton and a few extras.

Luthor takes to life in the orbit of Vega like a gryzmish to gerstenzang. This is a guy used to thriving in stir. Meanwhile, Superman isn't doing nearly as well. He's about to come in contact with his mortality. Last Son of Krypton chapters 22, 23, Significant and Enduring Theme Number 2 and chapter 24.

This is the buddy segment of the story. Superman and Luthor go together on a road trip to Oric, the mercantile world orbiting Vega 28 light years from Earth, to track down the purloined Einstein document. And a real-life story about a palm reader, a liar and a lot of shade. Chapters 20 and 21 of Last Son of Krypton.

The Guardians of the Universe have an important message for Superman and they get it to him through characteristically unconventional means. Also, a proposition for a major motion picture. Chapters 17, 18 and 19 of Last Son of Krypton: Oa, The Sociologist and Old-Timer.

A master thief gets ripped off and has to go to his arch enemy for help, and we learn more about Luthor and Superman's past. And Elliot talks about a threatening phone call that came about as a result of this book's original publication. Chapters fifteen and sixteen of Last Son of Krypton: The Caper and The Contact.

Luthor struggles with a succession of employees trying to get the stolen Einstein document translated, and Superman deals with the return of Towbee the space minstrel to Metropolis. Chapters 12, 13 and 14 of Last Son of Krypton.

On a faraway world, the mercantile center of countless civilizations for hundreds of light-years around, a wealthy slavemaster plots to build an interstellar real estate empire. And on Earth, Superman agonizes over Luthor's having gotten the best of him in a petty theft. There's more.

Lex Luthor steals the last bequest to the world of Professor Albert Einstein by distracting Superman with a platoon of hang-gliders intent on plundering downtown Metropolis.

The story moves from ancient Smallville to Eighties Metropolis. We meet the adult Clark Kent and Lois Lane and speculate on the nature of their relationship.

Beginning Elliot's classic superhero novel, Last Son of Krypton. A planet blows apart, a space probe lands on a window sill in New Jersey and a prophesy ancient beyond time presages inevitable doom.

The thirteenth and final installment of Superman: Miracle Monday. Reckonings, conclusions and one estimable miracle.

Big fight: Superman versus the devil.

In the wake of the death of Clark Kent and encroachbing chaos on Earth authored by a demon in possession of the body of the innocent Kristin Wells, the world considers the fate of the planet and that of Kristin herself.

With the death of Clark Kent, Superman feels lost. And we spend a few moments talking about another kind of spiritual loss as well.

I've got a story to add to this week's post. But that involves waiting a ay or two. Sorry.

The demon takes full possession of Kristin, the Itching Sickness breaks out all over the world, Saturn unleashes scads of disasters and assaults a newsroom full of pundits, including Clark Kent, in a television studio. We really leave our hero hanging out to dry this time.

A demon from Hell makes a deal to get a valuable token from Luthor and Superman has just too much to do.