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... sue to understand, but the line is, "Look, bobbing in the water -- it's Super-buoy!" Maybe it's just me. Kesel's first run on _Superboy_ (up to issue #30) was well regarded and had lots of fans. Two notable stories during this period are the Zero Hour issue, _Superboy_ #8 and the 1995 Year One themed _Superboy Annual_ #2. With all of the strange events happening during Zero Hour, probably the most welcome was the return of the Silver Age Superboy. A freak storm forces a plane carrying Superboy, Dubbilex, and Krypto to land outside Smallville. The original Boy of Steel materializes and helps rescue the plane. With neither Superboy aware of the ot ...

... Rousseau and Barb Kaalberg Cover by Craig Rousseau and Wayne Faucher Superman gives Impulse a hand in stopping wayward Supermen of America NIGHTWING #30 (Apr) Written by Chuck Dixon Art and Cover by Scott McDaniel and Karl Story Superman helps Nightwing stop some "truck-jackers" THE POWER OF SHAZAM! #46 (Feb) Written by Jerry Ordway Art by Jerry Ordway and Dick Giordano Painted Cover by Ordway Superman tries to prevent Captain Marvel from killing Black Adam ROBIN #63 (Apr) Written by Chuck Dixon Art by Staz Johnson and Stan Woch Cover by David A. Williams and Karl Story In a brief cameo, Superman helps the Flash and the Boy Wonder STARS AND S.T ...

... second of a two part fight against the Parasite) has a good recap of the storyline over the past two years. One of my favorite stories is _Supergirl_ #30 and 31. The protoplasmic ooze that went down the shower drain in the first issue has reassembled itself. Returning as a Bizarro-type version of Supergirl, with memories of herself as Matrix, the Maid of Protoplasm attacks and absorbs the combined Supergirl/Linda. PAD uses the story to recap events, explain and explore Supergirl's motivations and (split) personality and her relationships with various cast members and guest-star Superman. There are a number of Supergirl sites on the Web, but ...

... s in Metropolis that Clark has been killed. Matrix becomes increasingly obsessed with Clark's pictures -- staring at and studying them. In _Superman_ #30 we learn that, "her only memories are vague remembrances copied from a woman long dead." Matrix is able to fly, but only weakly. She longs to be human and wonders, "what is it like to be Clark Kent?" In _Adventures of Superman_ #453 Matrix painfully changes her shape again until she is an exact duplicate of Clark, saying that s/he wants to help. In _Adventures of Superman_ #454, Matrix leaves the Kents' home and travels to Metropolis where s/he is soon threatened by three hoods, until B ...

... dead, for pete's sake. Oh, well at least they don't interfere. Last month, Anatole Wilson asked for some resolution on a number of questions in issue #30. Hopefully, he is satisfied with at least one situation: Zauriel does something useful. I may be one of the few people who really likes the idea of Zauriel, an earthbound angel and heaven's representative on Earth. Standing up to the Spectre is no small feat of bravery, especially since Spectre (another Siegel and Shuster creation) lacks a human host to ground him in reality. Unfortunately for Anatole, J.J. is alive and well and the newly combined T-bolt (now purple, because pink and blue make ...

... tles Superboy #63, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #33, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #32, by Cory Strode Section 6: New Comic Reviews Team Titles JLA #30, by Anatole Wilson Young Justice #9, by Gary Robinson Miniseries Batman & Superman: World's Finest #3, by Simon DelMonte Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor #4, by G.M. Nelson Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials Superman 80-Page Giant #2, by Thomas Deja Batman #566, by Rene' Gobeyn Section 8: The Phantom Zone The One, True Original Superman Episode #10: The End of Earth-2 Bob Hughes discusses the final Earth-2 stories, and the problems inherent in trying to separate early Superman lore into the tw ...

... o have never appeared again anywhere. Mon-El was, of course, rescued from the Phantom Zone, at least temporarily by Saturn Girl in _Adventure Comics_ #300 and permanently by Brainiac 5 in _Adventure_ #305. So why was Superman still trying to come up with a way to free Mon-El when he knew that he would never succeed and Mon-El would be stuck in the Zone for a thousand years? Time travel is soooo confusing. But the real question that has probably been bothering you since you started reading this is, if the Phantom Zone projector was Krypton's standard method of punishing criminals, what was it doing in a box of forbidden weapons? What had happened ...

... w #13, by Mike Smith Section 5: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Superboy #61, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #31, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #30, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #28, by Anatole Wilson Section 6: New Comic Reviews Team Titles (cont) Young Justice #7, by Gary Robinson Miniseries Batman & Superman: World's Finest #1, by Simon DelMonte Superman & Batman: Generations #4, by Anatole Wilson Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor #2, by G.M. Nelson Section 7: And Who Disguised As... Night and Day at the Edge of the 21st Century J.D. Rummel chimes in on what needs to be done with the Superman comics and with his reaction to news of the u ...

... on Comics #752 Superman: The Man of Steel #87, by Mike Smith Section 4: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Superboy #60, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #30, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #29, by Cory Strode Section 5: New Comic Reviews Team Titles JLA #27, by Anatole Wilson Young Justice #6, by Gary Robinson Miniseries Superman & Batman: Generations #3, by Anatole Wilson Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor #1, by G.M. Nelson Section 6: New Comic Reviews Specials Legends of the DC Universe #14, by Rene Gobeyn The Phantom Zone When Supermen Meet: Part Four Lou Mougin wraps up his series on meetings between the Supermen of multiple Earths, this time ...

... ues, drop me a line at shogan@intergate.bc.ca The imp known as Mr. Mxyztplk (later changed to Mxyzptlk) first appeared in our dimension in _Superman_ #30 (1st series, 1944) in a story by Jerry Siegel with art by John Sikela. For those who haven't seen the original story, you can find it in _The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told_ trade paperback. The bald little fellow in the purple suit and green bowtie creates all kind of havoc -- including animating a naked statue he calls McGurk. Mxy describes himself as a "court-jester" from another dimension. The not very bright imp laughingly tells Superman that there is no way he can be tricked into say ...