Frankenstein pats the coffin with his ear close to it, murmuring that there will be a resurrection: "He""s just resting - waiting for a new life to come.The story isn""t the blackout, it""s Superman." He told her: "Three things sell papers: tragedy, sex, and Superman.People are sick of tragedy, we know you can""t write worth a damn about sex." As Clark listened to their office conversation with his sensitive hearing, he met her young asthmatic son Jason - who had wandered off into the busy press area when her yuppie fiancee Richard arrived and kissed her.Rocky collapsed onto the chest of his long-time friend and deeply wailed and mourned the loss ("Mick, don""t go away.On a flowery lawn in the small riverside town of Cresap""s Landing on the Ohio River [a Mark Twain-like environment], a young nine-year old boy John (Billy Chapin) is playing happily with his little sister four-year old Pearl (Sally Jane Bruce) and her doll named Miss Jenny when he sees a car speeding down the road.