History ComicBook / TheFallOfMetropolis

* IndyEscape: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen run from the rolling ''Daily Planet'' globe that has fallen off the building and tries to crush them, while Superman does everything in his power to stop it from doing so. Eventually he succeeds.

* SaltTheEarth: Luthor's last-ditch plan should he die was effectively bring Metropolis around everyone's ears and having its remains ravaged by robots and hallucinogenic gas.

* AnyoneCanDie: A good few of the Superman supporting cast is killed off in this storyline, most notably Cadmus director Paul Westfield, Luthor lackey Sydney Happerson, and Myra, the orphanage caretaker.

* AnyoneCanDie: A good few of the Superman supporting cast is killed off in this storyline, most notably Cadmus director Paul Westfield, Luthor lackey Sydney Happerson and Myra, the orphanage caretaker.

''The Fall of Metropolis'' was a multi-part storyline that ran through the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' titles in 1994. This storyline was the conclusion of a number of storylines that had been running since the early 90s, leading to ''ComicBook/ActionComics''[='=] [[MilestoneCelebration 700th issue]].

* ClearMyName: The story starts off with Lois publicly humiliated by Luthor, fired from the ''Daily Planet'' and made a laughingstock. Lois spends ''Battle'' finding the evidence needed to clear her name and prove Luthor is the monster he really is.

* EnemyMine: Lord Satanus, otherwise known as Colin Thornton, gives Superman help with some...ahem, "subtle influence"...in their united effort to take down [=LexCorp=] and to minimize the destruction of Metropolis.

* MeleeATrois: ''Battle'' deals with a multi-force battle between Lex Luthor's "Lex-Men", Project Cadmus' security forces, the Underworlders and the Metropolis SCU.
* MushroomSamba: A hallucinogenic gas unleashed on the citzens of Metropolis causes them to see things. A Jewish man sees a National Guard soldier as a Nazi soldier, the soldier sees the Jewish man as some sort of monster, a militia man sees his fellows being turned into aliens, Superman hallucinates seeing Lois Lane being killed, and so on. While he was also affected by the gas, Professor Hamilton would be the worst affected victim, but not because of himself being exposed to the gas -- rather, it was by a hooker who, under its influence, mistook him for her pimp and shot him in the arm, the damage of which is too far gone by the time he gets treatment and ends up with it amputated.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Perry White is horrified when Metropolis is destroyed, realizing he sent Lois, Jimmy and Ron into the city and now they were going to die. Thankfully, they don't.

* TrashTheSet: While Metropolis got wrecked earlier between ''[[Comicbook/InvasionDCComics Invasion!]]'' and ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', this is the first time it was ravaged on such a devastating scale. Metropolis wouldn't be rebuilt until after ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime''

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* ContinuityPorn: The storyline involves plot points that go as far back as ''ComicBook/{{Invasion}}''.

* TrashTheSet: While Metropolis got wrecked earlier between ''ComicBook/{{Invasion}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', this is the first time it was ravaged on such a devastating scale. Metropolis wouldn't be rebuilt until after ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime''

The story was split into two halves - the first half was ''The Battle for Metropolis'', which chronicled the war between Cadmus and Lexcorp, and ''The Fall of Metropolis'', which chronicled the destruction of Metropolis and its immediate aftermath. The story saw not only the conclusion of a number of storylines, but also the deaths of a number of famed supporting characters and set the stage for the crossover with Creator/MilestoneComics, ''ComicBook/WorldsCollide1996''.

The story was split into two halves - the first half was ''The Battle for Metropolis'', which chronicled the war between Cadmus and Lexcorp, and ''The Fall of Metropolis'', which chronicled the destruction of Metropolis and its immediate aftermath. The story saw not only the conclusion of a number of storylines, but also the deaths of a number of famed supporting characters and set the stage for the crossover with Creator/MilestoneComics, ''ComicBook/WorldsCollide''.

* TrashTheSet: While Metropolis got wrecked earlier between ''ComicBook/{{Invasion}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', this is the first time it was ravaged on such a devastating scale. Metropolis wouldn't be rebuilt until after ''ComicBook/ZeroHour''

* VillainBall: Early on, during a standoff between Cadmus soldiers, Team Luthor, the Underworlders, and the SCU Superman arrives to try to stop things from getting out of hand and convince the angry Underworlders who are dying from the clone disease to stand down and let Cadmus work on a cure to save them. Just when it looks like Superman could be getting through to them, Luthor, who need we remind you is also dying from said clone disease and whose life would be saved by a cure as well, is monitoring the events and chooses to activate the rigged weapons he gave the Underworlders right at that moment, causing all hell to break loose. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] however as Dr. Kelly later notes the disease eating away at Lex has likely taken a huge toll on his sanity and kept him from acting rationally.

* MushroomSamba: A hallucinogenic gas unleashed on the citzens of Metropolis causes them to see things. A Jewish man sees a National Guard soldier as a Nazi soldier, the soldier sees the Jewish man as some sort of monster, a militia man sees his fellows being turned into aliens, Superman hallucinates seeing Lois Lane being killed, and so on. While he was also affected by the gas, Professor Hamilton would be the worst affected victim, but not because of himself being exposed to the gas -- but by a hooker who, under its influence, mistook him for her pimp and shot him in the arm, the damage of which is too far gone by the time he gets treatment and ends up with it amputated.

* MushroomSamba: A hallucinogenic gas unleashed on the citzens of Metropolis causes them to see things. A Jewish man sees a National Guard soldier as a Nazi soldier, the soldier sees the Jewish man as some sort of monster, a militia man sees his fellows being turned into aliens, Superman hallucinates seeing Lois Lane being killed, and so on. While he was also affected by the gas, Professor Hamilton would be the worst affected victim, but because of himself being exposed to the gas -- but by a hooker who, under its influence, mistook him for her pimp and shot him in the arm, the damage of which is too far gone by the time he gets treatment and ends up with it amputated.

* {{Hallucinations}}: A hallucinogenic gas unleashed on the citzens of Metropolis causes them to see things. A Jewish man sees a National Guard soldier as a Nazi soldier, the soldier sees the Jewish man as some sort of monster, a militia man sees his fellows being turned into aliens, Superman hallucinates seeing Lois Lane being killed, and so on. While he was also affected by the gas, Professor Hamilton would be the worst affected victim, but because of himself being exposed to the gas -- but by a hooker who, under its influence, mistook him for her pimp and shot him in the arm, the damage of which is too far gone by the time he gets treatment and ends up with it amputated.

* {{Hallucinations}}: A hallucinogenic gas unleashed on the citzens of Metropolis causes them to see things. A Jewish man sees a National Guard soldier as a Nazi soldier, the soldier sees the Jewish man as some sort of monster, a militia man sees his fellows being turned into aliens, Superman hallucinates seeing Lois Lane being killed, and so on.