Concerned about a potential revolution, Lutor identifies Lois Lane as a leader who prophesies the coming of a who will unify Metropolis. Lutor captures Lois and creates a robotic duplicate named Futura that will lead the workers to their doom. Meanwhile, Clarc discovers that he was a foundling adopted by Jon and Marta after he was found in a capsule that fell from the sky, and that Lutor (who discovered his powers while trying-and failing-to kill him along with his mother) erased his memories and made him believe he was human, turning him into a social drone like all the other wealthy inhabitants of the city.