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2009.
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English
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The distant planet KRYPTON faces total destruction. Before it explodes, the scientist JOR-EL and his wife LARA send their only son into outer space. Later, the child's rocket crashes into a Kansas cornfield where a farmer and his wife discover the boy and his strange powers.
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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DAILY PLANET reporters CLARK KENT and LOIS LANE are covering the opening of the new METROPOLIS MUSEUM when, suddenly, a gigantic skeleton of a blue whale comes to life. With lightning-speed, SUPERMAN catches the colossal creature, but the magical mischief is far from over. The impish MR. MXYZPTLK has returned from the Fifth Dimension with dozens of troublesome tricks. Even the MAN OF STEEL is helpless against the power of magic!
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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When astronauts crash on Pluto, only one man can save them ... SUPERMAN! Faster than a speeding bullet, the MAN OF STEEL soars toward the dwarf planet, towing a high-tech rescue vehicle. Soon, he discovers an unexpected passenger aboard the spacecraft. JIMMY OLSEN, the DAILY PLANET'S young photographer, has hitched a ride, but that's not SUPERMAN'S biggest problem. When the evil KANJAR RO attacks, the MAN OF STEEL finds himself weakened by deep-space...
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2010.
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English
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When a series of earthquakes ripple across the planet, a school field trip turns deadly. Students are trapped on a crumbling mountain, and only one man can rescue them... SUPERMAN! But the tremors have exposed a large chunk of KRYPTONITE. With the MAN OF STEEL weakened by the radioactive rock, a student must save the day. Who will become the Kid Who Saved SUPERMAN?
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Evil genius LEX LUTHOR is out to capture a deep space probe, which has gathered a large KRYPTONITE meteor! But SUPERMAN has been kept busy protecting the city from a rash of crazy crimes. Can the super hero prevent LUTHOR from getting his hands on the deadly rock?
10) Little green men
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Taking a rare day off from the DAILY PLANET newspaper, CLARK KENT relaxes with his new sci-fi novel, Little Green Men. Then suddenly, the mild-mannered reporter hears a scream! Unable to ignore his other job as SUPERMAN, the world's greatest hero, he soars toward the cry for help, rescuing a construction worker from a near fatal fall. The interruptions, however, don't stop there, and the MAN OF STEEL'S lazy day quickly becomes stranger than fiction....
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2011.
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English
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ABRA KADABRA, a super-villain from the 64th century, has escaped from an alien prison and returned to Earth! Using a mind-control machine, this futuristic felon hopes to brainwash the entire planet into believing that he's the rightful ruler. To complete his evil plan, ABRA KADABRA has captured SUPERMAN, the only source of energy strong enough to fuel his high-tech weapon. If the MAN OF STEEL can't escape his dream-like state and unplug himself from...
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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SUPERMAN is the target of LEX LUTHOR'S deadliest scheme. The cruel genius has poisoned criminal John Corben. He withholds the antidote until Corben makes a promise: he will let LUTHOR turn him into a robot powered by KRYPTONITE. But once the creature named METALLO discovers that he is more machine than human, revenge fills his strange heart.
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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After being released from prison, the evil PRANKSTER vows to turn over a new leaf. Instead of using his trickster talents for trouble, he's taking them to TV. As the host of a new show, the PRANKSTER recruits teenagers to perform practical jokes for a television audience. At first, the show is a hilarious hit. Soon, however, each prank becomes a preview for a crime, and SUPERMAN isn't amused. He's sending teenage reporter JIMMY OLSEN to investigate,...
14) Bizarro is born!
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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DAILY PLANET reporter LOIS LANE discovers that the evil LEX LUTHER has created his own super hero - BIZARRO SUPERMAN! The confused creature captures LOIS and sets out on a path of destruction. The real MAN OF STEEL must stop the monster, before it destroys METROPOLIS in a warped pursuit of truth, justice, and the American way.
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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SUPERMAN has his hands full. First, he encounters his cousin, SUPERGIRL, a reckless teenager with powers like his own. Then he confronts a creature known as PARASITE, who can absorb SUPERMAN'S strength and super-speed just by touching him. SUPERMAN knows enough to not shake hands with the deadly fiend, but SUPERGIRL is still learning the ropes. Filled with her power, the PARASITE now battles the MAN OF STEEL in a fight that rocks the planet. How can...
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
Description
Christmas dreams become nightmares when toys turn deadly. Tiny helicopters attack holiday shoppers. Cannons shoot out rubber duckies. Even a bouncing soccer ball is transformed into a deadly weapon. SUPERMAN must save LOIS LANE and a group of children trapped on a runaway holiday parade float. But when the float hides inside a giant tunnel made of lead, even SUPERMAN'S super-vision cannot find the victims. Only one person can be behind all the mayhem,...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
After chasing the evil MALA through space, SUPERMAN returns to Earth, and he finds people running from him. While MALA had decoyed SUPERMAN, her partner, JAX-UR, disguised himself as SUPERMAN and terrorized the world. Now JAX-UR and MALA plan to save the people of Earth from SUPERMAN, become their new hero, and lead them in JAX-UR'S quest to take over the planet. SUPERMAN has to stop JAX-UR and MALA, but it's not easy when they have a whole world...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
Thirty years ago, BRAINIAC shrank the city of KANDOR and sealed it inside an unbreakable glass container. The evil supercomputer is still exploring the universe, collecting cities from hundreds of planets. SUPERMAN must stop BRAINIAC from bottling up METROPOLIS, and then save KANDOR - the last remnant of his home planet, KRYPTON.
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
Reporter Clark Kent investigates the theft of black crystals from a Metropolis museum. As he searches for clues, electrical transformers beneath the street suddenly explode! Clark quickly changes into his alter ego, Superman, and locates the problem. It's Acrata, a super heroine who can teleport through shadows. She insists that the power must be shut down, or the earth will be doomed. Superman isn't convinced. He stops Acrata, but soon a new problem...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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As the sun sets in METROPOLIS, the electricity suddenly goes out, and crime wave erupts throughout the darkened city. This is a job for SUPERMAN! But as the MAN OF STEEL restores order, an even bigger problem arrives ... the evil PARASITE. This power-hungry monster won't let SUPERMAN save the day without a fight. If the MAN OF STEEL isn't careful, it'll be lights out for him as well.
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