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... en by Louise Simonson Art and Cover by Scot Eaton and Dennis Janke Superman frantically tries to interpret his dreams and avert disaster 8 - SUPERMAN #142, "Clark Kent No More" Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Georges Jeanty and Joe Rubinstein Cover by Jurgens and Rubinstein The world grows wary, and Superman decides he can no longer be Clark 9 - THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #565, "The World Is My Backyard" Written by Karl Kesel and Jerry Ordway Art and Cover by Tom Grummett and Denis Rodier After he overthrows a dictator, the JLA confronts Superman 10 - SUPERMEN OF AMERICA #1, "Fire From Heaven" Written by Stuart Immonen Pencils by Breyfogle, Phillip ...

... of what the Cyborg was like, but also a sense of what Ron was like as well. And Dan rarely failed with this style of story; as recently as _Superman_ #142's debut of the Superman Robots, he's gotten mileage from the essay form. 6) Jurgens was capable of being inspired by the right contributor ...and the funny thing is, I don't think Jurgens does his best work for himself. But when he hooks up with somebody like Steve Epting, who shares some of his strengths, he blossoms into an A-number-One writer bar none. With the right artist to play off of, to get input from and another perspective from, Jurgens' quality goes through the roof. I mean, look at ...

... ** -- - 3.0(7) 7 2.85 8(T) ** Due to the publication of _Supermen of America_ #1, no issue of _Superman_ appeared in January. The previous issue was #142, which was released in December 1998. "Nobody Does It Better" SUPERBOY - Not only does _Superboy_ score the top rating this month (3.9 Shields) and the top six-issue average (3.7 Shields), but it also has averaged 3.6 Shields in the twelve issues since Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett returned to the title. And in fact, the nine of those issues which were pencilled by Grummett averaged 3.8 Shields. Not too many creative teams in comics work together quite as well as these guys... "The cream always r ...

... Triangle Titles Adventures of Superman #564, by Jeff Sykes Action Comics #751 by Derek Jackson Superman: The Man of Steel #86, by Mike Smith Superman #142, by Thomas Deja Section 5: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Superboy #59, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #29, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #28, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #26, by Anatole Wilson Section 6: New Comic Reviews Team Titles (cont) Young Justice #5, by Gary Robinson Miniseries The Kingdom #1, by Jeff Sykes The Kingdom #2, by Jeff Sykes Section 7: New Comic Reviews Miniseries (cont) Superman: The Doomsday Wars #3, by Gary Robinson Superman & Batman: Generations #2, by Anatole ...

... y Ryan Sook and Bill Reinhold Cover by Ron Frenz, John Paul Leon, and Shawn Martinbrough The Challs study Cerne as he tromps across England THE FLASH #142 (Oct) Written by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn Art by Pop Mhan and Chris Ivy Cover by Steve Lightle The JLA makes an appearance at Wally West's wedding GREEN LANTERN #94, "Idol Worship: Part 1" (Jan) Written by Ron Marz Art by Paul Pelletier and Terry Austin Cover by Tom Grummett and Terry Austin Superboy and Green Lantern meet in Hawaii; cont. in SUPERBOY #47 GREEN LANTERN #103 (Sep) Written by Ron Marz Art by Jeff Johnson, Anthony Williams, Bob Wiacek, and Andy Lanning Cover by Jeff Johnson an ...

... uscripts of Steel" in the coming months. Lesser appearances include cameos by Superman and the rest of the JLA at Wally West's wedding in _The Flash_ #142 and in _Martian Manhunter_ #0, the debut issue of that title. Finally, look for a review of the _Giant Superman Annual_ #1 reprint in this month's Phantom Zone! Ratings Panelists: ----------------- AW: Anatole Wilson DWd: Darrin Wood MS: Mike Smith CoS: Cory Strode EJ: Enola Jones RG: Rene' Gobeyn DC: David Chappell EM: Edward Mathews ST: Shane Travis DJ: Derek Jackson JO: Joey Ochoa SDM: Simon DelMonte DR: Daniel Radice JSy: Jeff Sykes TD: Thomas Deja As always, the first rating given after th ...

... . OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME COMICS NEWS TOO... ** Steve Epting (_Marvel Universe_ #1) takes over as the new penciller of _Superman_ beginning with issue #142 (November). The team of Mark Schultz (_Xenozoic Tales_) and Doug Mahnke (_The Mask_) join _Superman: The Man of Steel_ beginning with issue #87 (November). ** Get ready to empty your pockets for some more _Secret Files_ specials. Newsarama (http://www.mania.com/newsarama/index.html) reports that the JLA gets their third such issue in September by way of _JLA in Crisis_, which will tie into all of the JLA summer crossovers. DC's newest group of teen heroes get their own edition i ...

... Donovan to the miniature planet Transilvane, bringing into the post-Crisis continuity this world created by Jack Kirby and introduced in JIMMY OLSEN #142-143. TROUBLE *BEFORE* THE SET? Tim Burton was recently sighted in Pittsburgh, scouting locations to use as part of Metropolis in the upcoming SUPERMAN LIVES. It also appears that SUPERMAN LIVES is likely to be the title of the movie, as Warner Brothers has gone so far as to register the domain name www.supermanlives.com -- though the site just links back to WB's homepage right now. New costume designs have been commissioned for the film, but none have been approved so far -- if anyone tries to ...

... Boring Superman #140, October 1960 ("Superman From the 30's to the 70's" only) 27. "Superman Meets Al Capone" (w)Otto Binder (a)Wayne Boring Superman #142, January 1961 ("Superman From the 30's to the 70's" only) 28. "Bizarro Meets Frankenstein" (w)Otto Binder (p)Wayne Boring (i)George Klein Superman #143, February 1961 ("Superman From the 30's to the 70's" only) 29. "Superboy's First Public Appearance" (w)Jerry Siegel (a)Al Plastino Superman #144, April 1961 ("Superman From the 30's to the 70's" only) 30. "The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman" (w)Edmond Hamilton (p)Curt Swan (i)George Klein Superman #164, October 1963 ("Superman From the 30s ...

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