The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet

The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet — page 4 — know he was Clark Kent If the world found out that Clark and Superman were the same person everyone he had ever met would become targets of Superman’s countless enemies And Superman refused to put other people at risk So Superman changed into Clark Kent’s work clothes in the shadow of the revolving globe atop the Daily Planet’s rooftop Clark Kent would get a stern lecture from his boss but there was nothing even the Man of Steel could do about it Clark opened the rooftop door He walked down the two flights of stairs to the Daily Planet Building’s newsroom floor He walked past the main elevators and began to head down the hall toward the main room and his cubicle But as he approached the end of the hall and the glass double doors that led to the newsroom he noticed an odd smell with his enhanced senses the scent of lilacs At first Clark assumed he had forgotten someone’s birthday One of his co-workers must have received a bouquet for the special occasion As Clark reached the doors he quickly moved out of view of anyone in the main newsroom Clark looked at the wall in front of him and used his X-ray vision Inside he could see four men holding cattle prods That’s not good Clark thought He scanned the rest of the room No one was hurt But even still everyone looked terrified He could see his old friend Jimmy Olsen his boss Perry White and even Lois Lane Clark exhaled a sigh of relief that Lois was safe Now it was time to get to work Clark concentrated and used his super-hearing He could hear a woman’s voice It sounded familiar to him He knew the person talking but he couldn’t quite place the voice has gone on long enough said the woman Clark searched the room and zeroed in on the speaker She was a redheaded woman wearing a green leafy uniform He recognized her instantly as Batman’s old enemy Poison Ivy I don’t know what you’re talking about said Perry White He was facing Ivy He looked scared and frustrated Do you have any idea what kind of impact you’re having on the world asked

The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet — page 5 — Poison Ivy Clark noticed that she looked even angrier than usual Whenever they had met she was always plotting some deadly campaign to save Mother Nature She saw herself as the spokesperson for all plant life She viewed humans as her enemies and hated them for slowly killing the planet with their pollution and waste Poison Ivy was constantly using her plant-controlling abilities to try and destroy all human life on Earth Needless to say considering her beliefs and the state of the world today the villain had very little to smile about Ninety-five million trees are murdered by the newspaper industry every year Poison Ivy was saying in the other room Your business creates nearly 49 billion pounds of greenhouse gases and 126 billion pounds of wastewater Perry White didn’t respond He seemed genuinely surprised by the numbers Ivy was mentioning Considering that I think it’s safe to say that newspapers are an enemy of nature said Poison Ivy So you’ve made an enemy of me Perry White put his hands up in front of him Let’s talk about this he said No one needs to get hurt here It’s a little too late for that said Ivy Clark had heard enough He didn’t want to waste time by heading back to the roof to change So he quickly jogged to the opposite end of the hall He threw open the door to the supply room The small closet-like room was filled with items like paperclips and reams of paper Due to its convenient location and the fact that it had a lock on the inside of its door the room was the perfect place for Clark to change into Superman’s costume Even better it also had a small window on its far wall making Superman’s quick exits even quicker As Clark unbuttoned his shirt to reveal the famous S-shield underneath he felt the start of a headache coming on To most people the mild pain would be nothing new But not to Superman Unlike most people Superman didn’t get headaches The Man of Steel decided to ignore the pain for now Instead the hero once again used his super-hearing He concentrated and homed in on Poison Ivy’s voice fifteen minutes to make the arrangements Poison Ivy was saying By the end

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