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... ield on his chest. The adult Bizarro had been around for less than a year at this point, having made his debut in "The Battle with Bizarro" (_Action_ #254, Jul 59), but that's still plenty of time to have gotten his look right for the X-Plam story ... especially when you consider that there was a memorable two-part Bizarro story under way in _Action_ that same month ("The World of Bizarros" and "Superman Becomes a Bizarro," _Action_ #263 and 264, Apr and May 60), also illustrated by (if memory serves) Wayne Boring. Lois decides to marry X-Plam, who happily points out that "I'm not invulnerable like Superman! But if you married Superman, you'd di ...

... -issue stories or multiple-issue arcs. Eligible for the SF awards are the five Superman Family titles. The specific issues published in 1999 are: JLA #25-36 Superboy #58-69 Supergirl #28-39 Superman Adventures #27-38 Young Justice #4-15 LIMITED SERIES AWARDS: --------------------- LS1: Best Writing in a Special or Limited Series LS2: Worst Writing in a Special or Limited Series LS3: Best Art in a Special or Limited Series LS4: Worst Art in a Special or Limited Series LS5: Best Special or Limited Series LS6: Worst Special or Limited Series Note that we're taking nominations on these awards simply because of the large number of specials and limite ...

... ASSIC The idea of a Supergirl proved sufficiently popular that the Silver Age Supergirl debuted less than a year later, in May 1959's _Action Comics_ #252, titled "The Supergirl from Krypton" (most recently reprinted in last year's _Giant Superman Annual_ replica edition). Otto Binder again wrote the story, with art by Al Plastino. Superman investigates a rocket crash outside town and is greeted by a young, blonde girl wearing a variation of his costume. Supergirl explains how, when Krypton exploded, a "street of homes" on "a large chunk of the planet" was hurled into space "by sheer luck", complete with air bubble and a food machine. The surviv ...

... of the Animal Man run. Issues #23 and 24 are known as "Second Crisis" and it actually resolves a lot of lingering post/pre-Crisis details, while #25 and 26 describe Hypertime in a way that should have been done in _Kingdom_ #2. _____________________________________ End of Section 8 _____________________________________ THE ONE, TRUE, ORIGINAL SUPERMAN! --------------------------------------- by Bob Hughes (bobhughes@ttlc.net) (or see Bob's web page, "Who's Whose in The DC Universe" at http://members.ttlc.net/~bobhughes/whoswho.htm) Episode 11: Action Archives Volume II -- Empire and Growing Pains (Feb-May 1940) Before I get ...

... intless Cutter scene. Still, there's enough here (including another Peter David special last page shocker that isn't as electrifying as the one in SG #25, but does serve to throw the long-time reader a curveball) to make it entertaining for new and old readers alike. Which, in the long run, makes it more successful than the 'cheaters' on which this issue was patterned. _____________________________________________ End of Section 4 _____________________________________________ SUPER-FAMILY TITLES (cont): -------------------------- SUPERMAN ADVENTURES #34 Aug 1999 $1.99 US/$3.25 CAN "Sanctuary" Writer: Mark Millar Penciller: Mike Manley Inker: ...

... encouragement. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first appearance of the Silver Age Supergirl, Kara Zor-El. She debuted in _Action Comics_ #252, cover dated May 1959. To commemorate this anniversary, I'll be looking at a pair of stories that celebrated Supergirl's 25th anniversary, _Action Comics_ #555 and _Supergirl_ #20. Eschewing a standard Superman/Supergirl team-up, writer Paul Kupperberg created a "parallel story" using the same villain, Parasite. Each story had the same basic structure: hero saves civilians; hero is shown in his/her secret identity; Parasite attacks hero in his/her secret identity; hero recovers, fi ...

... 1 [ 7] Supergirl gains wings of flame and battles Despero, Supergirl #17-18 [ 7] "Young, Just Us", Young Justice #1 [ 6] "Desperate Times", Supergirl #25 [ 5] "Invasion", Steel #48 SF2: Worst Story/Story-arc in a Superman Family Title ----------------------------------------------------- [25] "When She Was Good...", Supergirl #1M [23] "Love Is All That Anti-Matters", Superboy and the Ravers #17-19 [ 7] JLA battles Prometheus, JLA #16-17 [ 6] All Young Justice, #1-3,1M [ 5] JLA and Sandman vs Star Conqueror, JLA #22-23 [ 5] "Hexed!", Superboy #55 [ 2] "OMAC: One Million and Counting!", Superboy #1M [ 2] "Hide 'N' Seek", Superman Adventures #2 ...

... nks to time travel, there are two answers to that question. Superboy first met Robin when the Boy Wonder travelled back in time in _Adventure Comics_ #253 (1958). In his own time, Robin had already met Superman as part of the Superman/Batman/Robin team, but the Man of Steel had been endangered by a Kryptonite clock, and Batman's teen partner went back to Superboy's era to make certain that this particular timeline would not come to pass. Years later, after meeting Bruce Wayne three times (and Oliver Queen once) and learning they were to become costumed heroes in the future, Superboy subjected himself to hypnosis and wiped the memories of ...

... tles Superboy #58, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #28, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #27, by Cory Strode Section 6: New Comic Reviews Team Titles JLA #25, by Anatole Wilson Young Justice #4, by Gary Robinson Specials and Miniseries Superman: Peace on Earth, by Shane Travis Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials and Miniseries (cont) Superman: The Doomsday Wars #2, by Gary Robinson Superman: Silver Banshee #2, by Josh Elder Superman & Batman: Generations #1, by Anatole Wilson Section 8: The Phantom Zone The One, True, Original Superman! Episode 8 - Early Days and Action Archives - Part 2 Bob Hughes returns to his exploration of the earliest days o ...

... their ratings deserve higher ranks when compared against books the most recent titles of other books (Oct 1998). && No relative ranking is given for #25 of _Superman Adventures_ as it appeared during the _DC One Million_ month-long event. "Back where he belongs..." SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS #4 (4.4 Shields, 4.38 shields series average) - This beautifully painted mini-series told a simple tale of Clark's beginnings and his road to becoming the superhero he s today, but it did it with style, panache, and a love not often seen in the regular triangle titles. Never dipping below 4.2 Shields in its ratings, this was one of the best-received (and best ...