{"id":74,"date":"2021-07-07T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-11-17T04:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T04:49:42","slug":"the-capture-of-superman-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/07\/the-capture-of-superman-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capture of Superman Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"yasr-auto-insert-overall\"><!--Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><div class='yasr-container-custom-text-and-overall'>\n                   <span id='yasr-custom-text-before-overall'>Our Score<\/span>\n                <\/div><div class=\"yasr-overall-rating\"><div class=' yasr-rater-stars'\n                           id='yasr-overall-rating-rater-6d89401a77686'\n                           data-rating='0'\n                           data-rater-starsize='24'>\n                       <\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"yasr-auto-insert-visitor\"><!--Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><div id='yasr_visitor_votes_0b8da64916768' class='yasr-visitor-votes'><div class=\"yasr-custom-text-vv-before yasr-custom-text-vv-before-74\">Click to rate this post!<\/div><div id='yasr-vv-second-row-container-0b8da64916768' \n                                        class='yasr-vv-second-row-container'><div id='yasr-visitor-votes-rater-0b8da64916768'\n                                      class='yasr-rater-stars-vv'\n                                      data-rater-postid='74' \n                                      data-rating='3'\n                                      data-rater-starsize='24'\n                                      data-rater-readonly='false'\n                                      data-rater-nonce='3488f5453b' \n                                      data-issingular='false'\n                                    ><\/div><div class=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container\" id=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container-0b8da64916768\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \n                                   class=\"yasr-dashicons-visitor-stats\"\n                                   data-postid=\"74\" \n                                   id=\"yasr-stats-dashicon-0b8da64916768\">\n                                   <path d=\"M18 18v-16h-4v16h4zM12 18v-11h-4v11h4zM6 18v-8h-4v8h4z\"><\/path>\n                               <\/svg><span id=\"yasr-vv-text-container-0b8da64916768\" class=\"yasr-vv-text-container\">[Total: <span id=\"yasr-vv-votes-number-container-0b8da64916768\">2<\/span>  Average: <span id=\"yasr-vv-average-container-0b8da64916768\">3<\/span>]<\/span><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-loader-0b8da64916768' class='yasr-vv-container-loader'><\/div><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-bottom-container-0b8da64916768' \n                              class='yasr-vv-bottom-container'\n                              style='display:none'><\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"74\" class=\"elementor elementor-74\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5107faa7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5107faa7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-132c865c\" data-id=\"132c865c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1b4f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a1b4f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black; font-size: large;\">THE CAPTURE OF SUPERMAN!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black;\">Originally \u201cThe Capture of\nSuperboy,\u201d story by L.Cross.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black;\">Modestly\ntext-enhanced by Rick Henry, 05-2021, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black;\"><u><span lang=\"IT\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><a href=\"mailto:strawbridge88@att.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strawbridge88@att.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/u>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Part Five-The\nEvil Genius Dumont<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Superman is\nno longer cognizant of the dire situation he is in. The constant mind-numbing\npain from the combined power of the Kryptonite fragments has rendered the\nultimate superhero unconsciousness and placed him at the mercy of the evil\ngenius Dumont. Superman\u2019s mind is vacant as the morning hours pass slowly. He\nremains tightly restrained with his arms shackled tight behind his back lying\nprostrate on the floor in anguish his blue eyes staring blankly in the\ndirection of the sealed anteroom. His head is craned and his mouth is open with\na trickle of drool seeping out. Dumont\u2019s nephew Bart, the bait for the\ningenious trap, has thrashed Superman badly and left the overcome superhero in\nchains surrounded by lethal Kryptonite fragments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">As the\nearly morning wears on Superman does not even blink as the Containment Room\nlights flicker on. The lights are dim at first but get brighter and brighter.\nSeconds later the sound of decompressing air followed by the sound of a heavy\nsteel door beginning to laboriously rise and then stop. As the sound of\ncompressing air ceases there is the sound of heavy boot steps coming from the\ndirection of the anteroom. A figure stops directly behind Superman and then\nwalks over and stands next to the shackled Man of Steel and looks down at him\nimperiously with a look of pride and satisfaction as he takes a sip from a can\nof Red Bull.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Superman is\ncompletely unaware of the presence of the newcomer and does not react.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>The man observing Superman is a tall,\nhandsome young man with a resemblance to Bart, only much older. He is blonde\nwith green eyes. He is slightly over 6\u2019 tall and weighs about 185 pounds. The\nman has a cold expression and is dressed in blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and\nengineer\u2019s boots. He wears a wide black belt around his waist that has a\nBlackberry clipped to it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">The figure\ncarries a large black canvas bag that he drops near Superman. He then walks\nslowly around him, occasionally sipping his drink, his appraising gaze never\nstraying from the powerless superhero.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Superman\nremains motionless in the shackles, except for the slight rise and fall of his\nchest as the downed man inhales and exhales. The figure continues to walk\naround Superman kicking the fragments of Kryptonite away from Superman as he\nadmires the caped man in boots.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cAmazing;\nyou\u2019re still alive,\u201d observes the man as he casually discards the empty can of\nRed Bull.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cGood\nmorning, Superman. My name is Dumont,\u201d announces the man as the empty can rolls\nacross the Containment Room. \u201cIt appears Bart played his part well and followed\nmy instructions to the letter. I knew it would take time for the Kryptonite to\ndrain off your reserve of superpower.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cAfter all\nyou\u2019ve been absorbing the energy of this planet\u2019s yellow sun for many years;\nthere had to have been a reserve. Poor Bart; I could not divulge that part of\nthe plan to him. He\u2019d make a terrible poker player. I needed Bart to be\nconvincing; you surely would not have been disarmed so easily by me as you were\nwith my young nephew. You would not stand around casually chit chatting with me\nwhile the Kryptonite drained your energy. But Bart, he\u2019s an interesting lad,\nand we all know you have a soft spot for youngsters. But looks can be\ndeceiving; judging by the state you\u2019re in now you realize that my nephew has a\nmean streak in him; it seems to run in our family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nchuckles to himself as he pulls his Blackberry from the belt clip and enters a\nseries of numeric codes. Superman does not react as the room is filled with the\nsound of metal meeting metal as the upper and lower steel doors to the entry\nshaft to the substructure slam shut again sealing off the lower level.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cI don\u2019t\nwant us to be disturbed Superman,\u201d remarks Dumont as he replaces the Blackberry\non the clip. He continues to circle and stare at the helpless superhero as he\nbegins to rant, \u201cI really believed I would find you dead Superman. I thought\nthe Kryptonite would have surely destroyed you by now. You\u2019ve been chained up\ndown here for more than 8 hours. Apparently, you are much stronger than I\nthought. Not to worry; you\u2019ll die soon enough,\u201d says Dumont cruelly as he\nsmiles and rubs his hands together. He looks down at the broken Man of Steel\nand says coldly, \u201cLet\u2019s see how you\u2019re holding up.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nslowly kneels down next to Superman and grabs one of his shackled wrists behind\nhis back to feel for a pulse. \u201cAmazing; your pulse is still quite strong; at\nthis rate it will take the Kryptonite a few more days possibly a week to finish\nyou off Superman. I\u2019ll have to review my data later this morning. I\u2019ve\nseriously underestimated your strength, but not the overall effect of\nKryptonite on you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nreleases Superman\u2019s wrist and the chain nosily rattle as Dumont rolls the\nstrapping man off his stomach and onto his back. Superman is a pathetic sight\nwith his mouth hanging open and his blue eyes rolled back in his head. His\nsweaty face is streaked with dirt and caked with dried drool.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Superman\u2019s\njet-black hair is sweat soaked, disheveled and matted down. His world\nrecognized blue bodysuit with the trademark \u201cS\u201d is sweat soaked and grimy with\na mixture of sweat and dust from the floor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nrolls Superman\u2019s head from side to side slowly several times as he studies the\nfeatures of Superman\u2019s handsome face.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cFantastic,\u201d\nremarks Dumont as he traces the emblazoned \u201cS\u201d on Superman\u2019s bodysuit lightly\nwith his figures several times. \u201cFantastic. So this is what the mighty Superman,\nthe Man of Steel, looks like up-close and personal. I bet no one has ever had\nan opportunity to examine you this closely,\u201d remarks Dumont as he softly\ncaresses the side of Superman\u2019s dirty face.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">He then\ntugs playfully at the distinctive black split curl matted down on Superman\u2019s\nforehead and again rolls Superman\u2019s head from side to side with his hand\nseveral times. He then slaps Superman\u2019s face sharply three times in quick\nsecession to see if he can rouse the hapless man. Superman does not react to\nthe stimulation; he remains motionless with his arms shackled behind his back\nas his chest rises and falls after each breath.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cHe\u2019s out\ncold, \u201cobserves Dumont. \u201cPoor Superman,\u201d beams Dumont. \u201cYou never saw it\ncoming, did you? You\u2019re not so arrogant now are you Superman?\u201d He scoops up a\npiece of Kryptonite from the floor and stares at it intently as he thinks out\nloud, \u201cWho would have thought it? A mere rock; I mean it\u2019s ludicrous to imagine\na rock could destroy Superman. According to Bart, \u201cSuperman\u201d initially had a\nhard time accepting it. To think a small fragment of an extinct planet could\nsubdue such a boldly powerful man with such incredible superpowers.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nclutches the Kryptonite and directs his attention back to Superman, \u201cSeeing you\npowerless and in chains represents the culmination of nearly three years of\nhard work on my part. You most likely can\u2019t comprehend a word I\u2019m saying in\nyour vegetative state but please indulge me; this is a great moment for me Superman\nand I\u2019m entitled to be a little long-winded,\u201d states the man coldly as he\ncontinues.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cI remember\nthe first time I saw you Superman. It was about three years ago on CNN\u2019s\nBreaking News. It was the first time you introduced Superman to the world. You\nmiraculously stopped a school bus full of children from plummeting off a ravine\nnear that hick town of Smallville. The world instantly embraced you as their\nchampion and I instantly despised you. Not that I have anything against those\nfarm kids you saved; it\u2019s simply that you do not belong here on earth, and\ntherefore you must be erased from it; you\u2019re an interloper Superman; a\ntrespasser; we don\u2019t need or want you here Superman.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nrises and begins to slowly circle the unconscious man as he juggles the\nKryptonite from hand to hand and continues to enlighten Superman even though he\nlies there oblivious to Dumont.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cI decided\nat that very moment to use all my resources, both intellectual and financial,\nwhich are both considerable, to destroy and then eviscerate you. After a year\nand a half of grasping at straws, conjuring up the most fantastic theories and\nextrapolations that eventually led nowhere, I admit, I was ready to give up; I\nhad almost accepted the fact that you were truly invincible. I was completely\ndepressed and started drinking. I was either so drunk or desperate that I\nactually contemplated delving into Black Magic; me a man of science! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cOddly\nenough, it was when I hit rock bottom that I made two significant breakthroughs\nin my pursuit to destroy you, Superman.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nstops circling the man and nudges Superman shoulder hard with his boot and\nasks, \u201cAre you getting all of this down, Superman?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">The man\ndoes not react and Dumont sighs loudly and continues, \u201cToo bad; it\u2019s all for\nyour benefit. Anyhow, the first breakthrough occurred while I was, and I am\nembarrassed to admit to it even now and to someone who is unconscious,\nresearching the Dark Arts of the Victorian Era. Yes, the Dark Arts; I stooped\nthat low. I admitted I was either drunk or desperate. Be that as it may, as I\nwas researching that era I stumbled quite accidentally across an obscure\nVictorian Era theory called the Delphinium Theory. It suggests Superman, and\nthis is most important, that materials harmless in one environment are harmful\nwhen transposed to a foreign environment. As promising as this theory was it\nwould have been useless without the second breakthrough. I have to thank you\nfor that Superman! About that same time you foolishly started making PR\nappearances on the cable news networks. It was during an MSNBC interview that\nyou revealed that you were from a planet that earth scientists call Krypton!\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nexcitedly kneels down next to Superman\u2019s head and drives his index figure\nsharply into the side of the Superman\u2019s craned head several times above the ear\nand says, \u201cWhat were you thinking Superman? You made a terrible mistake giving\nme your address. That little tidbit of information pointed me in the direction\nI needed to go to test the Delphinium Theory. You should not be so chatty with\nreporters Superman. One tends to reveal mind tickling tidbits of information.\nFor instance, you cannot see through lead. Use your head Superman,\u201d says Dumont\nas he slaps the back of the man\u2019s craned head and gestures with the Kryptonite\ntowards the anteroom where the lead box is.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nrises and stands over Superman and continues chiding, \u201cYou stated in subsequent\ninterviews that you don\u2019t need to eat or drink. Let\u2019s see; Hum? Superman does\nnot need to eat or drink. Then what fuels that powerful and indestructible\nbody? What is the source of his body\u2019s energy if not food or water? Can that\nsource be blocked or hampered? <span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>The\nanswers to those questions eventually led me to what I call Kryptonite,\u201d says\nDumont as he reaches down and picks up another piece of Kryptonite.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cIronic\nisn\u2019t it Superman? That you indirectly brought about your own downfall by\ndisclosing a couple scraps of seemingly benign information. Don\u2019t get me wrong\nkid. You didn\u2019t make it easy for me! Oh no! Not by any stretch of the imagination.\nI had to work my ass off for years to pull this off; but you did point me in\nthe right direction. And for that I thank you,\u201d says Dumont as he nudges Superman\nhard in the ribs with his boot and angrily wings a piece of Kryptonite at him.\nThe fragment bounces off Superman\u2019s emblazoned \u201cS\u201d hard and clatters across the\nfloor. Superman arms and legs tense tightly as he struggles weakly in the\nrestraints as he instinctively reacts from the impact; he moans softly as he\nceases his restless struggle against the shackles. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont tone\nturns to anger and he points the remaining piece of Kryptonite at Superman, \u201cI\nam a genius Superman. I have the IQ to prove it. I earned my first degree when\nmy friends were still in grade school. I\u2019ll tell you this Superman. You\u2019re a\ntough nut to crack! I spent months constructing the mathematical formulas and\ncomputer models needed to plot the course fragments from Krypton would travel\nto Earth; I spent more time constructing even more formulas and computer models\nto determine where theses fragments would likely impact the Earth. Then I spent\nthree grueling months traipsing the jungles and desserts of third-world\ncountries looking for the equivalent of a needle in a haystack; looking for\nthis Superman,\u201d rants Dumont as he shows the Kryptonite to the unconscious Man\nof Steel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cI went\nthrough hell Superman! The exhausting safaris into the jungles; the constant\nsearching; the stench of animals; no running water; no sanitation; the two-week\nbout with a stomach bug that cost me nearly 25 lbs of bodyweight. Let\u2019s not\neven discuss how much money it cost!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cYou cost\nme three years of my life Superman! I\u2019m going to return the favor by taking\nyours!\u201d screams Dumont as his anger reaches a pinnacle and he kicks Superman in\nthe ribs with his heavy boot so hard a red-faced Superman doubles up and rolls\nonto his side gasping for air and coughing up a spray of spit and drool.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont pays\nno attention to the choking man and continues, \u201cEventually my travels led me to\nfive fragments of the planet Krypton archived in the basement of a small museum\nin Addis Abba,\u201d says Dumont angrily as he pushes Superman\u2019s backside with his\nboot and wings the other piece of Kryptonite at the helpless man. The fragment\nbounces off Superman\u2019s shoulder as he slowly straightens and rolls onto his\nstomach with a faint groan as the coughing spell subsides and Superman returns\nto his stupor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nsighs loudly and composes himself as he announces. \u201cNow that I\u2019ve got that off\nmy chest and we\u2019ve got to know one another it\u2019s time to get down to the\nbusiness of the day Superman. I\u2019ll come straight to the point. I need something\nfrom you Superman in addition to your life, and I\u2019m simply going to take it\nfrom you. I need your costume: boots, cape: everything; every piece of that\nfancy costume you\u2019re wearing. The whole enchilada!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u201cI\u2019m sure\nyou\u2019re familiar with the novel The Wizard of Oz?\u201d Most everyone is. Think about\nit, Superman. That costume is the equivalent of the broomstick of the Wicked\nWitch of the West! Many years from now, when you\u2019re only a memory, I\u2019ll tell\nthe tale to eager listeners of how I destroyed you. That authentic costume\nyou\u2019re wearing will be my broomstick or my proof that I am responsible for your\nearly demise! Besides, you won\u2019t need that costume anymore since from this day\nforward Superman no longer exists.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nsuddenly clenches both fists and looks down imperiously at the shackled man\nclad in red and blue and begins to rant and rave, \u201cThis is the end of the line\nfor you Superman! The end of the throngs of adoring Superman fans worshiping\nand idolizing their mighty champion, the powerful Man of Steel! I wish they\ncould all take a long look at there champion now. You\u2019re a has-been superhero, Superman.\nI wish your admirers could see you now stripped of your powers, filthy dirty,\nput in chains and laid out on a floor drenched in your own sticking sweat.\nWhere are they now Superman?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dumont\nraises the pitch of his voice and mocks. \u201cI love Superman! Superman is so\nhandsome! He\u2019s so strong! Look at those muscles! There is nothing Superman\ncannot do! I want to be just like Superman when I grow up! Superman is my hero!\nWell\u2014YOU DISGUST ME! 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[Total: 2 Average: 3] &nbsp; THE CAPTURE OF SUPERMAN! &nbsp; Originally \u201cThe Capture of Superboy,\u201d story by L.Cross.&nbsp; &nbsp; Modestly text-enhanced by Rick Henry, 05-2021, strawbridge88@att.net. &nbsp; &nbsp; Part Five-The Evil Genius Dumont &nbsp; Superman is no longer cognizant of the dire situation he is in. 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