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... ntative of the scene's favorites. There are too many votes for 2nd Reality tune 2 by Purple Motion, but for a long while 2nd Reality 64 by KB was #1. And that's kinda indicative of the scene, we appreciate quality work that pushes limits. We've also introduced folks to some new favorites - substitutionology by Beek, for example, was a chiptune that won a compo. Well, tiny instruments; the tune itself is a tad large for a chiptune. Still, the results are impressive, and it's in the top 50 highest voted. You might want to take a look if you haven't at the rankings - we've added a bunch more to what we used to have (which wa ...

... E ON THE ONLINE AUCTIONS APBnews.com has reported that a copy of _Action Comics_ #1 was stolen from a Connecticut home, along with a copy of _Batman_ #1. Conservative estimates value the two books at around $200,000 and $63,000, respectively. There are an estimated 75 copies of _Action Comics_ #1 in existence, of which only four are known to be in top condition, though the exact condition of the stolen copy isn't known. Of course, it would be kind of difficult for a crook to sell a top condition copy of _Action_ #1 in many countries, as any self-respecting comic dealer would immediately recognize the rarety of the comic. One might have an easier ...

... ion Comics_ #583; also available in collected form). A good bookend to that farewell is the life story of the Golden Age Superman in _Secret Origins_ #1. Roy Thomas' tale is based on the Siegel and Shuster stories, with a timeline from the destruction of Krypton to the events in _Action Comics_ #1. The treat is the art by classic Superman artist Wayne Boring and another classic Superman artist, Jerry Ordway. The story ends with a picture of Superman's wedding to Lois Lane, which took place in the 1978 issue of _Action Comics_ #484 in "Superman Takes A Wife". This Cary Bates story (illustrated by Curt Swan and Joe Giella) takes place on Earth-2. ...

... years old. The scene of Superboy stopping the execution is a nice parallel/tribute to the similar scene from Superman's debut in _Action Comics_ #1. Other fun scenes include the amazement of the officer on the scene of Superboy's first arrest and the fear of a released convict who doesn't want to tangle with Superboy. FDR's invitation for Superboy to stay at the White House is in character for the President; he reportedly enjoyed having many guests at the White House. FDR's presence also raises the question of why Superboy didn't fight in World War II. It's hard to believe that FDR wouldn't have used such a resource to battle the Axis power ...

... ntent (and a general opinion that the book was just pretty darn bad), we decided not to devote any review space to the _DC One Million 80-Page Giant_ #1. It certainly wasn't worth my five bucks, but your mileage may vary. Now, on to the books we did review! Ratings Panelists: ----------------- BS: Brian Seidman JB: Jeremy Bleichman SDM: Simon DelMonte CoS: Cory Strode JDC: Johanna Draper Carlson SI: Seth Isaacs EJ: Enola Jones JE: Josh Elder SL: Sebastian Lecocq EM: Edward Mathews JSy: Jeff Sykes ST: Shane Travis GC: Glenn Crouch MS: Mike Smith TD: Thomas Deja GR: Gary Robinson RG: Rene' Gobeyn As always, the first rating given after the average ...

... lar understands Superman, though, I don't think he understands the characters surrounding him -- a theory borne out by what we see in _Team Superman_ #1. The story is simple: Superman fails in saving a planeload of people from a hijacking attempt. Filled with remorse, Supes takes off for the stars, never to interfere with humanity again. Except it's *not* Supes, but a serial killer given the imaginative name of 'The Anti-Hero.' The Anti-Hero has spent eons travelling the universe, hunting, trapping, torturing, and killing super-heroes, and now he has come looking for Big Blue. He's really looking forward to it, as he specialized in Kryptonian to ...

... s featuring Superman. My favorite was the two part story by Karl Kesel, "The Super Seven" in _Adventures of Superman Annual_ #6 and _Superboy Annual_ #1. The story takes place nine years after the invasion and defeat of Earth by the Malazza-Rem. The aliens turn the planet's population against its super-heroes by threatening to exterminate 5,000 humans whenever a meta-human opposed them. The heroic opposition fades after the slaughter of Coast City and the death of Lois Lane. Lana Lang and Jimmy Olsen find Clark Kent ...

... a. The cover that turned me off the most, though, and my selection for worst cover of the year, was the 3-D cover of _Superman Red/Superman Blue_ #1. Now, I'll admit that I have a personal bias against 3-D art in general, but it makes *no* sense to use 3-D for a cover. Since the 3-D glasses tend to come packaged with the book, and store owners won't want you defacing the book just to look at the cover, all the customers will see is blurry red and blue line art. What about that makes it interesting enough to pick up? TT5: Best Writing in the Superman Triangle Titles ================================================= ST: Not much to choose from ...

... man Tribute Edition. Ed. Gareb S.Shamus and Patrick Daniel O'Neill. Syracuse: Wizard Press, 1993. 94-95. Siegel, Jerry and Joe Shuster. Action Comics #1. 1938. New York: DC Comics, 1992. Superman in Metropolis, Illinois. Metropolis, IL: Metropolis Media Inc., 1997. Tscherne, Joel W. "For Those Who Came in Late..." Superman Tribute Edition. Ed. Gareb S. Shamus and Patrick Daniel O'Neill. Syracuse: Wizard Press, 1993. 14-16. Younis, Steven. "Superman Homepage" 5 Feb. 1998: n.pag. Online. Internet. 9 Feb. 1998. Available WWW: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/7771/index.html Zimmerman, Dwight Jon. "The Post-Modern Superm ...