9/2/2023 0 Comments Fortress superman sidekick![]() ![]() The alien fleet then departs as friends after a round of handshakes between champions. The alien champion, however, moved by his commander’s treachery, deposes the commander, assumes command of the fleet, and rescinds the order, saving Earth. However, both untimely events enrage the alien commander, who nevertheless orders the destruction of Earth, despite Ali’s honorable victory. ![]() Ali, as he had predicted, knocks out the alien champion in the fourth round. Meanwhile, Superman, having recuperated, disguises himself as Ali’s corner man and steals aboard the alien command ship, where he decimates the alien fleet. ![]() Ali, now the greatest champion of Earth, faces the alien champion to determine the fate of Earth. Ali, obviously the more skilled boxer, wins the match by knockout, though Superman throughout refuses to give up. Superman, of course, is stripped of his powers (at the Fortress of Solitude) for the match. In the tale, Superman and boxing champion Muhammad Ali must team-up and compete in a boxing match to determine Earth’s greatest champion, who will then battle the champion of an alien fleet prepared to invade Earth. The now-legendary Neal Adams adapted the story and penciled the book and cover, with figure inks by Dick Giordano and background inks by Terry Austin. Superman vs Muhammad Ali is 72 pages long, based on an original story by Dennis O’Neil. The series also published Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Superman vs Wonder Woman Superman vs Shazam! Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes Superman: The Movie and Rudolph’s Summer Fun. The All-New Collector’s Edition series published seven books in all between 1978 & 1979 before it was cancelled. DC’s All-New Collector’s Edition #C-56, published in March 1978, pits two of America’s greatest cultural heroes against one another in an oversized full-color paperback: Superman, the Man of Steel, and boxing heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali in his first comic appearance. ![]()
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