Superman vol. 2 # 123 1997 Superman...Reborn! pg 19 by Ron Frenz & Joe Rubinstein

Superman vol. 2 # 123 May 1997
"Superman...Reborn!" page 19
Inks over blue line pencils on DC Comics board
Pencils: Ron Frenz (Signed lower left)
Inks: Joe Rubinstein (Signed lower right)
Writer: Dan Jurgens (Signed lower right)
Letters: John Costanza

1st appearance of the Electric Blue Superman in containment suit. "Superman...Reborn!" A startling transformation has come over the Last Son of Krypton. His powers have changed. Get ready for the all-new Superman! A Man of Steel no more, now a man of lightning fast justice.

Superman finds himself in battle with Scorn, but not in control of his new powers. Emil Hamilton and Dr. Kitty Faulkner are unable to develop a containment suit for the former Man of Steel until the Contessa delivers the necessary material, courtesy of her husband, Lex Luthor. Scorn is revealed to be a misunderstood, gentle soul, and Superman finds the new costume to be an effective first step in managing his mysterious new abilities.

Superman shows off his new look to his parents and finishes it off by drawing the "S" on his chest.

Superman blue is a part of the larger Superman Red/Superman Blue storyline in which the Man of Steel acquires new electrical based powers and loses his classic traditional powers. Superman started the decade getting killed off, only to return. He was later married to Lois Lane (Fun fact they wanted to do this originally, but with Lois and Clark on tv, they wanted to hold the marriage off for another year. So in its place they kill off Superman.). Then to cap it off he was turned into pure energy and as such was rewarded a brand new costume.

Later when Superman Blue is split into Superman Red, due to Cyborg Superman’s doing, they split the Clark’s personality traits. Blue becomes more thought driven and Red becomes brasher along with other traits. This storyline is a call back to the classic Superman story- Superman (vol.1) #162 in which Superman divides himself into two beings (one being red, the other being blue) and they proceed to solve all the world’s problems. Now that story was an imaginary tale and was one of the Silver-age’s finest.