Stålmannen [julalbum] #1980

In the hidden city of Quorxas, the prophet Ryla senses a prophecy coming true: a statue of Stålmannen, forged in Atlantis, has been pulled from the sea and brought to Metropolis to honor the hero on Stålmannens dag. While Lex Luthor uses the chaos to secretly infiltrate Quorxa in search of a weapon to defeat Stålmannen, Ryla herself travels to Metropolis, drawn by the sacred presence of her god Sonzrr. As the city prepares for the celebration, tensions rise between the alien Quorxaners and Earth’s defenders — including Lois Lane, Steve Lombard, and Perry White — as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

In this gripping second chapter of a four-part saga, Stålmannen faces a mystery rooted in ancient cosmic events as Lex Luthor and Brainiac uncover a forgotten prophecy revealing how Stålmannen once journeyed millions of years into the past, encountering a temporal vortex that stripped him of his ectoplasma—and inadvertently birthed a super-powered monster. The remnants of that energy now pulse within the Quorxaners, granting them immortality, and Luthor and Brainiac devise a dangerous plan to weaponize that same power against the hero.

In this gripping installment of the Stålmannen julalbum, Ryla takes a bold step as she brings Stålmannen to the alien world of Quorxa to confront a mystery: why two of her people have fallen ill for the first time in millennia. With the fate of Quorxa’s ancient order hanging in the balance, the journey becomes a test of faith, connection, and what it means to be both divine and human.

In the final chapter of this epic arc, Stålmannen faces a dire threat as Brainiac and Lex Luthor revive the cosmic vortex that once drained his super-ectoplasmic energy. With Earth itself now in peril, the fate of the planet hangs in the balance as the villains seek to shrink it and imprison it in a bottle.