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... ing Steel and Aquaman; and a really weird but cute story involving Superman, Batman, the Joker, and Doomsday! In the guest-star department, _Hourman_ #11 finds the title character back in the 853rd Century, where he must deal with that era's Superman and the rest of the Justice Legion, and Wonder Girl gets a makeover to make Superboy notice her in _Wonder Woman_ #153. Finally, there was also the Millennium Edition reprint of _Action Comics_ #1, one of the few times that the first Superman story has been reprinted along with all of the other content from that issue. Ratings Panelists: ----------------- CoS: Cory Strode GN: G.M. Nelson RG: Rene' G ...

... n) Written by various Art by various Cover by Tony Harris and Ray Snyder Superman pleads his case and asks forgiveness of his friends SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 (Oct) Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Art by Joe Phillips, Rich Faber, and Rob Stull Cover by Art Adams Superman cures himself and then battles a giant ape robot SUPERMAN SECRET FILES #2 (May) Written by Ron Marz and various Art by Paul Ryan, Tom Simmons, and various Cover by Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen Superman's recent history retold to a damaged Superman robot TEAM SUPERMAN #1 (Jul) Written by Mark Millar Art by Georges Jeanty and Doug Hazlewood Cover by Brian Stelfreeze Steel, Superbo ...

... ies A. Bizarro #4, by G.M. Nelson Batman & Superman: World's Finest #7, by Simon DelMonte Specials JLA: Foreign Bodies, by Ed Mathews Superman Annual #11, by Josh Hill Section 7: The One, True, Original Superman! Episode 12: Action Archives Volume II -- The Shuster Shop Bob Hughes continues his discussion of the Golden Age Superman, taking us this month from Superman #4 through Action Comics #27, as Joe Shuster gets a bit of art help. Section 8: Phantom Zone Reviews Action Comics #354 Scott Devarney takes a look at Superman's encounter with the Captain Incredible robot, as well as a tale in which Supergirl's intelligence and principles prove to ...

... Section 5: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Superman Adventures #34, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #32, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #11, by Gary Robinson Section 6: New Comic Reviews Miniseries A. Bizarro #2, by G.M. Nelson Batman & Superman: World's Finest #5, by Simon DelMonte Specials Superman: The Last God of Krypton, by Glenn Crouch Section 7: Tales of Earth-One Episode 11: The Modern Prometheus and his Robots of Tin Part 2: The Rebellion of the Robots Bob Hughes continues his look into the history of robots in Superman comics, exploring several stories where the robots turned on the Man of Steel. Section 8: Superman Stori ...

... an_ #105 didn't actually do anything except walk across a stage. The first Superman robot that flew and exhibited super powers appeared in _Superman_ #110 in January 1957. "The Defeat of Superman" by Bill Finger(?) and Wayne Boring is a great Fifties story. Al Plastino's cover features Superman battling a giant ant. Superman is below the ant, trapped amidst its legs, as a foreground figure screams, "Run! Even Superman is no match for the giant ant!" Wayne Boring's splash depicts the same scene, except Superman is above the ant, punching it. A flying saucer hovers over head. The running figure's dialogue is the same even though there is no way to ...

... d by Tom McCraw As Professor Hamilton sits fixing his robotic hand a Superman Robot that had been damaged trying to stop Fatality (Ref. Green Lantern #111) asks for help. The robot seems consumed with a feeling of failure. Professor Hamilton tells of his experiences and all the adversities that Superman had to overcome to show that the only real failure is giving up. The still-damaged robot takes the lesson to heart <?> and goes on to save the lives of many of the Supermen of America and civilians caught in a bombing. As with all the _Secret Files and Origin_ stories we've seen to date, this is a basic jump-on story to bring people up to spe ...

... hich we do not review, but which may be of interest to Superman fans. One of the newly-introduced Superman robots appeared briefly in _Green Lantern_ #111, only to be soundly defeated by GL villain fatality. (The main story in March's _Superman Secret Files_ #2 followed up on this encounter.) Superman popped into _Impulse_ #47 to give Bart a hand for a few pages. The remaining appearances teamed the Man of Steel with Batman's proteges: Superman helps Nightwing show up Blockbuster in _Nightwing_ #30, makes it a little difficult for the new team to come together in _The Titans_ #2, and helps the Flash and the Boy Wonder to gather up bombs in _Robi ...

... destroying all the positive-matter universes. Another creation took place, but we'd have to wait for the next issue to find out what it was. _Crisis_ #11 sported a cover vignette in which Kid Flash, the Flash of Earth-Two, and Superman-1 tried to prevent Superman-2 from falling into what appeared to be a black hole. It was the prelude to another great Wolfman trans-Superman team-up. As we learned on the first page, one Earth had come to be in the stead of the many Earths that had been created before. Superman-2 woke up, in his jammies, in the bed that properly belonged to Superman of Earth-One. He got dressed, went to his job, sat down in the ed ...

... , or is every Superman comic these days about wrapping up some story from at least a year ago? We've seen sequels to a 1996 annual (_Man of Tomorrow_ #11), a 1997 annual (_MOT_ #12), and 1992's _Superman_ #74 (_Superman_ #141). I guess I should be glad Bog used such recent source material from late '97. Anyway, it turns out that Morgan Edge wants to create an "anti-Justice League" to prove to Darkseid that he's worthy of being noticed. Of course, Mr. S and Mr. M are far more interested in creating monsters than superhumans, and when some of their creations escape and run loose in Metropolis, Edge gets pretty upset. Fortunately for his secret ope ...

... Art and Cover by Jim Starlin and Josef Rubinstein Waverider helps Superman protect Kismet from Dominus... for now 38 - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW #11, "Anomaly" Written by Louise Simonson Art by Paul Ryan and Dennis Janke Cover by Paul Ryan and Brett Breeding Kaleb (from MOS Annual #5) arrives from the future to kill Luthor 39 - SUPERMAN: SAVE THE PLANET #1 Written by Louise Simonson Art by Scot Eaton, Denis Rodier, and Jimmy Palmiotti Direct Edition Cover by Kevin Nowlan Newsstand Edition Cover by Scot Eaton and Denis Rodier Superman battles a meteor storm, Luthor buys the Daily Planet 40 - ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #562, "End of an Era" Writt ...