The Man of Steel: Superman vs. the Demons of Deep Space
CHAPTER 1 TWO NEW GODS Mayday Mayday the pilot called into the radio This is Metropolis Airlines flight 319 We’ve lost an engine The pilot looked out the cockpit window and back at the wing What he said on the radio was not an exaggeration Something had struck the passenger jet and ripped the engine turbine off the wing Stray wires and chunks of metal flapped in the wind where the turbine once was We can’t stay in the air the co-pilot said We need help We need Superman the main pilot said Where is he The Man of Steel was nowhere near the falling airplane He was a hundred miles away on the bottom of the sea A submarine was sinking and he had to save it Superman used his power of super-speed to swim faster than any fish in the sea He was a mile under the water before he saw the experimental vessel The pressure was tremendous this deep in the ocean Superman could feel it pressing against his body He was invulnerable but that didn’t mean he couldn’t feel the pain of thousands of pounds of pressure The submarine however was not invulnerable It was in danger of being crushed by the strain on its hull CREEEEAAAKKKK The steel plates started to give way and water gushed into the sub It began to flood Superman knew he had to get the vessel to the surface immediately He swam under the sub and placed his hands under the bottom of the hull Then he kicked his legs at super speed turning himself into a propeller As his legs pumped through the water the sub started to move up up up toward the surface Superman and the submarine broke the surface of the ocean with a huge SPLA AAASSSSH Water sprayed into the air and drained out of the sub After a few moments the main hatch popped open and the captain climbed out
Thanks Superman he said The Man of Steel could hear the cheers of the crew from inside the sub He heard something else too Mayday Mayday came a distant call Superman turned his gaze toward the blue sky above He used his super-hearing to focus on the faint sound Then he used his super-vision to spot the falling jet That plane can’t fly without engines Superman said But I can The Man of Steel decided to put the sub down on a nearby beach He waited for the sunbathing and swimming tourists to get out of the way before he set it down gently on the sand Sorry folks I’ll come back later and move this Superman promised But right now someone else needs my help Superman leaped into the sky He used his super-speed to fly faster than a bullet Soon he could see the damaged airplane It was falling closer and closer to the ground In a matter of moments the plane would smash into the Earth Superman put on an extra burst of speed WOOOOSH He grabbed the front of one of the wings with his iron grip Superman pulled back on the wing very carefully The plane came out of its nosedive straightening out bit by bit until it was once again flying straight Then Superman flew under the plane He put it on his back and carried the plane safely to the Metropolis Airport He was almost on the runway when he heard a loud BOOOOOM At first Superman thought something on the plane had exploded
