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A blackout occurred on the East Coast of the United States.

History[edit | hide | hide all]

Origin[edit | hide]

As Lex Luthor was attempting to grow land using a kryptonian crystal in the mansion of the late Gertrude Vanderworth, he triggered a blackout effecting the east coast of the United States.^[1]

Rescue of the Boeing 777[edit | hide]

The first grid to be hit was the mansion, the uptown grid went dark at 12:36 and midtown 10 seconds before. It almost caused the crash of a nearby Boeing 777, until it was rescued by Superman.^[1]

Aftermath[edit | hide]

This incident was investigated by Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, which led her to the mansion. This resulted in her and her son, Jason White, being kidnapped by Luthor whilst aboard his boat, The Gertrude.^[1]

Appearances[edit | hide]

Appearances
	Superman Returns (Film)	Appears

References[edit | hide]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Superman Returns (Film)

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[Superman_Returns_(Film)-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Superman Returns (Film)

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+{{Conjectural}}
 {{Event
-|name=Blackout
+|name=East Coast Blackout
-|image=Blackout (Earth-96) (Original Multiverse) 001.png
+|image=East Coast Blackout (Earth-96) 001.png
+|date=2006
-|location=East Coast of the [[United States of America (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|United States of America]]
+|location=East Coast of the [[United States of America (Earth-96)|United States of America]]
+|major=
+|part=
+|type=Blackout
+|result=Blackout of the East Coast of the [[United States of America (Earth-96)|United States of America]]
+|organizers=[[Lex Luthor (Earth-96)|Lex Luthor]]
 |casualties=
+|participants=[[Lex Luthor (Earth-96)|Lex Luthor]]<br>[[Clark Kent (Earth-38)|Superman (Clark Kent)]]
-|participants=
+|previous=
-|show=Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
+|next=
+|onlyAppearance={{M|Superman Returns (Film)}}
+|theme=Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
 }}
-A '''blackout''' occurred on the East Coast of the [[United States of America (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|United States]].
+A '''blackout''' occurred on the East Coast of the [[United States of America (Earth-96)|United States]].
 ==History==
 ===Origin===
-[[File:Gertrude Vanderworth's Train Set (Earth-96) (Original Multiverse) 001.png|thumb|220px|Lex Luthor's experiment]]
+[[File:Gertrude Vanderworth's Train Set (Earth-96) 001.png|thumb|left|220px|Lex Luthor's experiment]]
-During an experiment on [[Gertrude Vanderworth (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|Gertrude Vanderworth's]] [[Gertrude Vanderworth's Train Set (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|train set]] in her [[Gertrude Vanderworth's Mansion (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|mansion]] with a [[Kryptonian Crystal (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|Kryptonian crystal]], trying to grow land, [[Lex Luthor (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|Lex Luthor]] triggered the blackout.
+As [[Lex Luthor (Earth-96)|Lex Luthor]] was attempting to grow land using a [[Kryptonian Crystal (Earth-96)|kryptonian crystal]] in the [[Gertrude Vanderworth's Mansion (Earth-96)|mansion]] of the late [[Gertrude Vanderworth (Earth-96)|Gertrude Vanderworth]], he triggered a blackout effecting the east coast of the [[United States of America (Earth-96)|United States]].<ref name="Superman Returns (Film)">{{M|Superman Returns (Film)}}</ref>
+===[[Rescue of Boeing 777 (Earth-96)|Rescue of the Boeing 777]]===
-===Occurrence===
+The first grid to be hit was the mansion, the uptown grid went dark at 12:36 and midtown 10 seconds before. It almost caused the crash of a nearby [[Boeing 777 (Earth-96)|Boeing 777]], until it was rescued by [[Clark Kent (Earth-96)|Superman]].<ref name="Superman Returns (Film)"/>
-[[File:Rescue of Boeing 777 (Earth-96) (Original Multiverse) 001.png|thumb|220px|Superman rescuing Boeing 777]]
-The first grid to be hit was the mansion, located at 6 Springwood Drive. The uptown grid went dark at 12:36 and midtown 10 seconds before. It caused the near-crash of [[Boeing 777 (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|Boeing 777]] until it was rescued by [[Clark Kent (Earth-38: Pre-Crisis)|Superman]].
 ===Aftermath===
-Interested in the blackout, [[Lois Lane (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|Lois Lane]] investigated it which led her to the mansion. She ended up getting abducted by Lex in his boat ''[[The Gertrude (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|The Gertrude]]'' along with [[Jason White (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)|Jason White]], whom she had brought to the residence.
+This incident was investigated by [[Daily Planet (Earth-96)|Daily Planet]] reporter [[Lois Lane (Earth-96)|Lois Lane]], which led her to the mansion. This resulted in her and her son, [[Jason White (Earth-96)|Jason White]], being kidnapped by Luthor whilst aboard his boat, [[The Gertrude (Earth-96)|The Gertrude]].<ref name="Superman Returns (Film)"/>
 ==Appearances==
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 {{Reflist}}
 {{Events}}
+[[Category:Blackouts]]