BackgroundThe Heiress(1949), as the theatrical poster declared, is "a ruly great motion picture" - a bleak tale of crushed, heartbroken expectations and incisively-harsh retribution.When she fell face-first into he goo, she pulled back, ripping the flesh off her face to reveal her cockroach head.Lois Lane had already been sent to Paris as White's "best reporter" to get the story.Worried about her, Clark hurriedly left the building, darted into an alley, and magically transformed himself into Superman at running speed (on camera) - rapidly soaring toward Europe.Poelzig had built his mansion overlooking a great bloody battlefield, directly on the site of Fort Marmorus - "the greatest graveyard in the world":All of this country was one of the greatest battlefields of the war.The only two surviving marauders were on a motorbike:Wez (Vernon Wells), a crimson-mohawk-haired, punk crazy, who wore mascara and black feathers on his shoulders [Note: Vernon Wells reprised his role as Wez in the een comedy,Weird Science (1985)]Golden Youth (credited as Jimmy Brown/Jerry O'Sullivan), Wez' blonde boy-toy male companionFrom a distance, Max watched them as he stood by the side of the truck/trailer - its load was covered by a green canvas tarp that was scrawled with the words: "THE VERMIN HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH.