The Trial of Superman large, blue-skinned aliens, with their leader named the Tribunal Prime and the other two named Pollux and Ternion. Discovering that one of his relatives contributed to the annihilation of the planet Krypton and the Kryptonian race, Superman is found guilty of the crime by reason of ancestry and sentenced to death. With his superpowers suppressed, Superman finds himself incarcerated with criminals from all over the galaxy. However, he allies with a few of them to escape; one of which is named Mope-Stattor Neer, a frail humanoid from the planet Thwire with the ability to adopt a faux-muscular appearance. Superman and
Life on Another Planet the company. A dying biologist, Dr.Crowben, decides to push on the creation of plant-human hybrids biologically suited to the planet environment, which also falls within the scope of Multinational's plan. Meanwhile, the two surviving astrophysicists have been abducted by the KGB, and Bludd learns that Russians plan to answer to the signal using neutrinos. The international situation further complicates when a small fictional African state, Sidiami, burdened by debts with other countries, decides to "secede from planet Earth" and declares itself a colony of the planet around Barnard. The "Star People" decide to relocate in Sidiami, and the Multinational starts