Batten down the hatches because we have another rather long episode for you today, one that catapults you straight into the heart of Post‑Crisis Superman!

Make yourself comfortable as Ed and Steeven plunge headfirst into The Man of Steel #4: Enemy Mine… by John Byrne, and then strap yourself down as our dynamic duo unpacks:

High‑seas hijinks: Lois Lane and Clark Kent hit Lex Luthor’s ultra‑luxurious super‑yacht—only to have terrorists crash the party and send Superman plunging into the ocean!

Super‑powered salvation: Witness that iconic moment when Supes swoops in at breakneck speed to shield Lois from an Uzi, and then defies physics by lifting the entire ocean liner straight out of the water!

Heat‑vision haircare: Marvel at the first on‑panel reveal of Superman’s shaving routine—he’s burning off that Kryptonian stubble with nothing but a shard of his crashed rocket and some sizzling heat vision!

The Luthor gambit: Peel back the curtain on Lex’s diabolical mind games as Byrne’s Donald Trump–meets‑Gene Hackman incarnation tests the Man of Steel with a $25,000 retainer offer—only to have his own scheme spectacularly backfire.

A clash for the ages: Feel the electricity ignite when Superman and the mayor team up to throw the most powerful man in Metropolis behind bars… and watch Luthor’s world implode as he swears a vendetta that will shake the DC Universe to its core!

This is a blockbuster episode of comic book lore that's practically bursting at the seams with supercharged nostalgia, seismic morality plays, and the kind of stakes that’ll leave you face-down on the floor.

You think you can handle it?

The Man of Steel #4 was published by DC Comics on August 21, 1986.

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