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... tles Superboy #69, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #39, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #38, by Cory Strode Section 8: New Comic Reviews Team Titles JLA #36, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #15, by Gary Robinson Miniseries and Anthologies Batman & Superman: World's Finest #9, by Simon DelMonte Legends of the DC Universe #23, by Cory Strode Section 9: New Comic Reviews Specials and Guest Appearances The Superman Monster, by Josh Hill Superman Inc., by Thomas Deja Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92, by Rene Gobeyn Section 10: The KC Mailbag Odds 'n' ends concerning complicated continuities, some newsreels answers, the declining comics readership, how to l ...

... Family Titles Superboy #67, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #37, by Thomas Deja Section 5: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Superman Adventures #36, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #34, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #13, by Gary Robinson Section 6: New Comic Reviews Miniseries 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 ...

... ith Section 6: New Comic Reviews The Triangle Titles (cont) Superman #148, by Thomas Deja Super-Family Titles Superboy #66, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #36, by Thomas Deja Section 7: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Superman Adventures #35, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #33, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #12, by Gary Robinson Section 8: New Comic Reviews Miniseries and Specials A. Bizarro #3, by G.M. Nelson Batman & Superman: World's Finest #6, by Simon DelMonte JLA Annual #3, by Ed Mathews Section 9: The One, True, Original Superman! Episode 11: Action Archives Volume II -- Empire and Growing Pains (Feb-May 1940) Bob Hughes sets th ...

... titude of books reviewed this month, Superman also guest-starred in _Wonder Woman_ #141, _Legends of the DC Universe_ #13, and _The Power of Shazam!_ #36. As well, Superman, Steel, and Supergirl all played roles in the pages of _JLA/Titans_ #2, while Superboy and the other members of Young Justice have a cameo appearance at the book's conclusion. Ratings Panelists: ----------------- AW: Anatole Wilson GN: G.M. Nelson RG: Rene' Gobeyn CoS: Cory Strode GR: Gary Robinson SDM: Simon DelMonte DJ: Derek Jackson JE: Josh Elder ST: Shane Travis DWd: Darrin Wood JSy: Jeff Sykes TD: Thomas Deja EM: Edward Mathews MS: Mike Smith VV: Vic Vitek As always ...

... wo Supermen and two Batmen just as there were two Flashes. Supes and Bats had both guest-starred with the Justice Society in _All-Star Comics_ #8 and #36. But there were apparently no plans to use them in the cross-Earth team-ups of the Justice League and Justice Society in annual _Justice League of America_ two-parters. Since the Golden Age Man of Steel and Caped Crusader looked pretty much identical to their later counterparts, differentiating them would be confusing to readers. Also, editors Mort Weisinger and Jack Schiff might have objected to it. They were probably more comfortable with a one-Superman, one-Batman mythos. But Schiff lost edi ...

... riginal Superman story to shreds. Only the two cover sketches survive, which can be seen in _Comic Book Price Guide_ #18 and _Comic Book Marketplace_ #36. Eventually, Jerry and Joe began reworking the Superman concept into a comic strip. They put together several weeks worth of samples and sent them around to the syndicates with no luck. But with each rejection, they repacked them and sent them on to the next prospect. In the meantime, a new company had arisen which actually managed to get comic books to the newsstands on a semi-regular basis. Jerry and Joe sent an envelope full of story ideas to Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the publisher of _New ...

... r, but eventually Cary Bates brought them back for one last knock-down as Superman invaded their home planet. This adventure took place in _Superman_ #365-68 in 1981 and so is well outside of my Silver Age territory. The Revenge Squad, I don't think, ever made anybody's list of top ten Superman villains, precisely because of their lack of any real identity. They wore different outfits almost every time they appeared. They had different leaders. Or, more accurately, the same leader-types showed up with different names. There never seemed to be anything personal in their battles with Superman. Their creator, Robert Bernstein, used them solely as a ...

... series highlighting the best and most important stories about the various characters in the Superman mythos Section 8: The Phantom Zone Action Comics #367 Against the backdrop of yet another instance of the secret identity in jeopardy, meet three folks who have helped Superman. Review by Scott Devarney The Mailbag STAFF: ------ Jeffery D. Sykes, Publisher and Co-Editor-in-Chief Shane Travis, Co-Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor of Comic Reviews Neil Ottenstein, Executive Editor of STAS Reviews LEGAL DISCLAIMERS: ----------------- Superman and all related characters, locations, and events are copyright and trademark DC Comics. Use of the afore ...

... least take a look at the last five minutes; Darkseid's appearance on Earth is worth your effort. =========================================== Episode #36: "Warrior Queen" ---------------------------------------------------- Reviewed by Scott Devarney (devarney@ll.mit.edu) November 22, 1997 Written by Hilary J. Bader Directed by Curt Geda Guest-starring Sharon Lawrence as Maxima Miguel Ferrer as De'cine Shannon Kenny as Sazu Brad Garrett as "A Surprise Guest" RATINGS: Average: 3.4/5.0 Shields SD: 2.6 Shields NB: 4.0 Shields - This version of Maxima is good, not great. The twist at the end is worth the half hour! CH: 3.7 Shields - Incorporatin ...

... f the two was due to the shrinkage in the number of pages per issue.] * Superman first met Captain Marvel: JLA #137 [1976] NOTE: In ALL-STAR SQUADRON #36 (1984), the Superman of Earth-2 first met Captain Marvel. Lex Luthor might have fought Captain Marvel in SHAZAM #15 (1974). * Superman's powers first described as being dependent on a yellow sun: ACTION COMICS #262 [1960] ______________________________________________ THE MAILBAG ------------------------------------- (sykes@ms.uky.edu, KryptonCN@aol.com) KC Responses are indented and begun with **** ===================================================================== From: David Joseph Young, ...