Rebirth - Issues - Action Comics

#0957 -- Path of Doom, Part I
In Metropolis a genetics research building, hostages are being held up by a group of heavily armed men. They discuss how they have no worries since Superman is dead and is not protecting Metropolis. Outside Jimmy Olsen takes pictures for the paper as he gets told to get behind a barrier by the Special Criminal Unit as they arrive on the scene and set up a perimeter. Back inside the building, the men suddenly get startled when a Superman symbol comes out of the darkness, they get hit quickly with a red beam. The men then get carried out of the  building by Lex Luthor wearing a Superman style battle suit with the House of El symbol across the chest.

In upstate Metropolis, Clark Kent [Alt] and his family unpack their belonging into their new home. While unpacking they hear the live news report about the hostage situation and Lex Luthor saving the day, Clark quickly runs upstairs and shaves his beard off and puts on his Superman and flies off to Metropolis.

Back in Metropolis, several armed men are on the roof on the building with a large package and take off in a carrier. The SCU, the media and the observers all cheer for Lex Luthor, but Captian Maggie Sawyer of the SCU feels that they gave up the lobby to easily. They were unaware that there where more men on the roof. All the sudden Superman [Alt] shows up on the scene and confronts Lex. Their confrontation leads to them battling head to head, while they battle another Clark Kent shows up on the scene. The arrival of this Clark shocks both Superman and Lex, that they didn't realize that their fight had knocked the carrier with the armed men and the package out of the sky. All the sudden the package breaks open and a large beast in a chemical suit stands there in front of Superman and Lex. As Superman looks up and down the beast he gasps that it is Doomsday.