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... Gobeyn Supergirl #41, by Thomas Deja Section 6: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Superman Adventures #40, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #38, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #17, by Edward Mathews Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials JLA: Earth 2, by Edward Mathews Superman: End of the Century, by Jeff Sykes The KC Mailbag World Famous Comics, a dissenting opinion about Action Comics #761, Hypertime, and rubber stamps! EDITORIAL STAFF: --------------- Jeffery D. Sykes, Publisher and Co-Editor-in-Chief Shane Travis, Co-Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor of Comic Reviews DISCLAIMERS: ----------- Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, Steel ...

... Titles (cont) Action Comics #760, by G.M. Nelson Super-Family Titles 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, ...

... ont) Superman #150, by Thomas Deja Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #15, by Jeremy Bleichman Super-Family Titles Superboy #68, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #38, by Thomas Deja Section 6: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Superman Adventures #37, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #35, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #14, by Gary Robinson Miniseries Batman & Superman: World's Finest #8, by Simon DelMonte Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials JLA: Superpower, by Edward Mathews Legends of the DC Universe #22, by Cory Strode Superman and Savage Dragon: Metropolis, by Thomas Deja Section 8: The KC Mailbag Letters concerning confusion in today's comi ...

... nown science fiction writers that Superman editor Julie Schwartz convinced to write comics for DC. While we're on the topic, _Legion of Super-Heroes_ #38 is dedicated to the memory of E. Nelson Bridwell, who had a long history with DC, Superman, and the Legion. It's particularly appropriate that these writers be acknowledged during a story about the Time Trapper -- a reminder that time is the ultimate thief. Byrne obviously began his contribution to this saga with the assumption that his readers knew nothing about what has gone before -- most of _Superman_ #8 is a fight and recap story. It begins with a comic book standard: a mutual misunderstan ...

... tion_, and _DC Comics Presents_; four if you include _World's Finest_), and I remember reading Superman before Byrne remade him. I have _Action_ from #389 up (except for 2 issues) and all of the other current titles from #1 up (_Adventures_ #424 up). I don't say this to brag, just to state my credentials like the other writers did. After all of this, I'd like to say that when I get a new batch of comics, the first things I read every time are the JLA/Avengers books (and Avengers will probably drop after Perez stops drawing it) and then the Superman books. Everything else after that depends on what's going on in the titles and what I'm feelin ...

... uperboy #41 SF2: Worst Story/Story Arc in a Superman Family Title ----------------------------------------------------- [25] "MELTDOWN", SUPERBOY #38-41/SUPERBOY AND THE RAVERS #10 [13] "Genesis Suicide Squad", Superboy and the Ravers #14 [ 6] Supergirl versus Buzz, Supergirl #7-9 [ 6] "Incubus", Supergirl #13 [ 5] "Half-Life of the Party", Superboy and the Ravers #16 [ 5] JLA and Zauriel versus horde of angels, JLA #6-7 [ 4] "Balance of Power", Superman Adventures #5 [ 3] "Woman of Tomorrow", JLA #5 [ 2] "Stop the Presses", Superman Adventures #14 So, tell me. Do you think that the first year of _JLA_ was well-received? Almost half of t ...

... -9 "Road Trip" Mar-May 1997 Superboy refers to both battle with Sledge (SUPERBOY #37) and meeting Hardrock (SHOWCASE '96 #8) as recent in #7 SUPERBOY #38-40 "Meltdown" Apr-Jun 1997 "Meltdown" parts 1-3 SB & THE RAVERS #10 "Meltdown" Jun 1997 "Meltdown" part 4 SUPERBOY #41 "Meltdown" Jul 1997 "Meltdown" part 5 NON-CONTINUITY APPEARANCES: -------------------------- SUPERBOY ANNUAL #3 1996 (August) "Legends of Dead Earth" story SHOWCASE '96 #6 Jul 1996 "Superboy: The Animated Series" story with Demon Input is welcomed. E-mail me with comments (dayoung@luna.cas.usf.edu). I'd particularly like to hear from any of the Superboy creators who might read ...

... _____ T H E K R Y P T O N I A N C Y B E R N E T _______________________________________________ http://www.ms.uky.edu/~sykes/kc Issue #38 -- May 1997 _____________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS -------- Section 1: Superscripts: Notes from the Editor Absolutely Shameful News and Notes The Road to Recovery, Is Superman Less Animated?, Superman Lives is Stricken, Steel on the Summer Track, Farewell Lois and Clark, Quick Bits and Bytes, Help Wanted Section 2: The 1996 Kaycees! Results in Continuing and Limited Series categories Section 3: The 1996 Kaycees! Results in Lois and Clark and Write ...

... n Action Comics #732, by William J. Nixon Section 4: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles JLA #4, by Matt Combes Steel #37, by Dick Sidbury Superboy #38, by Rene' Gobeyn Superboy and the Ravers #8, by Jeff Sykes Section 5: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Supergirl #8, by Jeff Sykes Superman Adventures #6, by Cory Strode Other Appearances Adventures in the DC Universe #1, by Rene Gobeyn AfterByrne Manuscripts of Steel Superman Special #1, by Denes House Section 6: Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Episode #4-14: "Meet John Doe" Review by Scott Devarney Episode #4-15: "Lois and Clarks" Review by Dick Sidbury Section 7: L ...

... #9 (Superman guest-stars) Written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar Art by N. Steven Harris and Keith Champagne Cover by Steve Lightle $1.75 Superboy #38 Written by Ron Marz Art and Cover by Ramon Bernado and Doug Hazlewood $1.95 February 26: Action Comics #732 Written by David Michelinie Art and Cover by Tom Grummett and Denis Rodier $1.95 Superboy and the Ravers #8 Written by Karl Kesel and Steve Mattsson Art and Cover by Paul Pelletier and Dan Davis $1.95 March 5: JLA #5 (Supergirl guest-stars) Written by Grant Morrison Art and Cover by Howard Porter and John Dell $1.95 Steel #38 Written by Christopher Priest Art by Denys Cowan and Tom Palmer ...