after many months of roaming america and performing small acts of kindness for ordinary people, clark makes his way to metropolis to pay a visit to his love lois lane, and shares his many stories of his adventures on the open road. as the two reconnect, clark shares the many small freelance articles that he's written for local papers during his time on the move. recognizing his talent for "human interest" stories, lois suggests that he apply for a vacant position at the daily planet.
while trying to prove his worth as a journalist to the planet's editor-in-chief perry white, clark strikes up a friendship with youthful hotshot photographer jimmy olsen. ever since zod's attack on metropolis months ago, the shady industrialist lex luthor has emerged as one of the biggest developers in the city, and has risen to prominence by funding the rebuilding of the city. recently, he unveiled plans for a new environmentally friendly power plant that can supposedly run metropolis for decades, but he has been suspiciously secretive about how the plant actually works, and about the exact nature of his power source. lois, one of the planet's top investigative journalists, is determined to get to the bottom of his plans.
