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... Super-Heroes, Superboy and the Ravers, and Young Justice. Kesel reconnected Superboy to Legion lore by having him save a dying Lar Gand in _Superboy_ #18-19. Similar to the original pre-Crisis version, Superboy saves Lar (known pre-Crisis as Mon-el and post-Crisis as Valor and later M'Onel) from lead poisoning by sending him into a 'stasis zone' where he stays for the next 1,000 years until being freed and healed by the Legion. Superboy meets the Legion when they travel to his time to get information allowing them to save Lar in the story arc titled "Future Tense" (_Superboy_ #21, _Legion of Super-Heroes_ #74, and _Legionnaires_ #31). This fun a ...

... on-El and post-Crisis as Valor). Similar to pre-Crisis history, Superboy is forced to send Valor into a "Phantom Zone" to save his life in _Superboy_ #18-19. The Legion, discovering Valor's imprisonment 1,000 years later, returns to Superboy's time in "Future Tense" (_Superboy_ #21, _LSH_ #74, and _L*_ #31). Lar Gand takes the name M'Onel in _L*_ #37. The Legion earns its political freedom and deals with the new Fatal Five in five terrific issues starting with _LSH_ #78-80 and _L*_ #35-36 (the Legion titles have numbering similar to the Super-titles; these issues are 1996:5-9). The Legion battles one of its greatest enemies, Mordru, for the firs ...

... dian under barrage of flame) SF4: Worst Cover from a Superman Family Title --------------------------------------------- [30] Superboy and the Ravers #18 (Superboy between Kindred brothers) [ 8] Steel #50 (Millennium Giants cover) [ 6] Superman Adventures #22 (Superman under attack by Fortress) [ 6] Supergirl #20 (Millennium Giants cover) [ 5] JLA #17 (Prometheus stands over defeated league) [ 4] JLA #22 (Sandman holds ball containing sleeping JLA members) [ 4] Superboy #55 (Superboy battles Grok, Hex in shadows) [ 3] Superman Adventures #20 (Superman blasted by energy beam) [ 2] Supergirl #19 (Supergirl in a tornado of junk) Remember the flack ...

... rgirl #23 (Free Speech and Racism) [ ] "Desperate Times", Supergirl #25 (Wally helps, Comet's identity) [ ] "It's a Super Life!", Superman Adventures #18 [ ] "The Bodyguard of Steel", Superman Adventures #19 [ ] "Last Daughter of Argo", Superman Adventures #21 [ ] "Young, Just Us", Young Justice #1 SF2: Worst Story/Story-arc in a Superman Family Title [ ] JLA battles Prometheus, JLA #16-17 [ ] JLA and Sandman vs Star Conqueror, JLA #22-23 [ ] "Hexed!", Superboy #55 (Superboy and Guardian meet Hex) [ ] "OMAC: One Million and Counting!", Superboy #1M [ ] "Love Is All That Anti-Matters", Superboy and the Ravers #17-19 [ ] "When She Was Good..." ...

... Delaney, Ron Boyd, and Ray Kryssing Cover by John Delaney and Ron Boyd Superboy races the Flash, Nightwing backup story ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE #18 (Sep) Written by Steve Vance Art and Cover by John Delaney and Ron Boyd The JLA battles Professor Ivo's Amazo 2000 android GIANT SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1 REPLICA EDITION (Oct) Written by Otto Binder and various Art by Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, and various Cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye Reprint of 1960's Giant Superman Annual #1 JLA 80-PAGE GIANT #1 (Jul) Written by John Ostrander and various Art by Ken Lashley and Ron Boyd, and various Cover by Kevin Maguire and Karl Story Superman is framed for mur ...

... gn of the Superman" about a fantastic villain who used his super brain for evil. The splash page from that story (reprinted in Comic Book Price Guide #18) shows a giant who looks suspiciously like Luthor hovering over a bread line. Yes, the evil Professor Smalley took advantage of the depression gripping America to recruit subjects for his hideous experiments. Shortly after this story was finished, Jerry was seized with a new idea. Instead of having the evil Superman prey on the victims of the depression, why not a good Superman who would avenge the misfortunes of the downtrodden? Quickly, he got Joe Shuster busy sketching the new character and ...

... in favor of the space aliens, monsters, and "imaginary stories" that formed the staples of the Weisinger era. He did try for a comeback in _Superman_ #182 in January 1966, in a Leo Dorfman scripted 8-pager with art by Curt Swan, done probably to promote the _Superman Giant_ released the same month in which Golden Age stories were reprinted for the very first time. Toyman uses a Superman toy to foil a jail break and win his parole. He claims that he's gone straight and Superman is now his hero. Soon Superman finds himself imitating the actions of Toyman's action figures -- ripping up bridges, dragging ocean liners onto dry land -- that sort of th ...

... and Vic Vitek Section 6: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Superboy #51, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #21, by Thomas Deja Other Superman Titles JLA #18, by Anatole Wilson Superman Adventures #19, by Cory Strode Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials Team Superman Secret Files #1, by Rene' Gobeyn The Mailbag Section 8: Manuscripts of Steel Return to Superman's 50th anniversary in Action Comics #600, reviewed by Denes House The Phantom Zone Superman Family #200 See how close DC came to predicting today in this issue which peeked into the future, by Scott Devarney Section 9: The Phantom Zone Tales of Earth-One Episode 5: What's In a Name? Metalo, ...

... views Super-Family Titles Steel #49, by Jeff Sykes Superboy #50, by Rene' Gobeyn Other Superman Titles JLA #17, by Anatole Wilson Superman Adventures #18, by Cory Strode Section 8: New Comic Reviews Other Superman Titles (cont) Legends of the DC Universe #3, by Simon DelMonte The Mailbag Section 9: The Phantom Zone The One, True, Original Superman! Episode 5: The Game of Secret Identities, by Bob Hughes STAFF: ------ Jeffery D. Sykes, Editor-in-Chief Shane Travis, Executive Editor: New Comic Reviews Neil Ottenstein, Executive Editor: S:TAS section LEGAL DISCLAIMERS: ----------------- Superman and all related characters, locations, and events are ...

... ed in _The Kents_ #8. Finally, Superman served as little more than window dressing in a couple of panels in _JLA: Paradise Lost_ #3 and _Teen Titans_ #18. Ratings Panelists: ----------------- AHu: Andrew Hudson DWd: Darrin Wood RG: Rene' Gobeyn AW: Anatole Wilson EJ: Enola Jones ST: Shane Travis CoS: Cory Strode JP: Julian Pinder SDM: Simon DelMonte DC: David Chappell JSy: Jeff Sykes TD: Thomas Deja DJ: Derek Jackson LF: Lawrence Faulkner VV: Vic Vitek DR: Daniel Radice MS: Mike Smith As always, the first rating given after the average is that of the reviewer. The average rating given for each book may correspond to a larger sample of ratings th ...