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... | | || | || | || | ||_ | | || | | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | ¯\_______/¯\_______/|____| | \_____/| |\_______/¯ cRu|________\ | | Issue #41 |· __|__ /\ ____ ____ |: \ / __/· \__\_ \___\_ \_ _. November, 2002 || / \ \__/ / / /___// | 295 Subscribers World Wide | /___/ \ / / __/_ / | | / / / / / / // | ¯\____ /___/___/ /¯\____ //____| \/ /___/ \/ --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Table Of Contents ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- Opening: Message From the Editor Letters From Our Readers Features: ...

... Titles (cont) Action Comics #762, by Simon DelMonte Superman Y2K #1, by Jeremy Bleichman Super-Family Titles Superboy #71, by Rene' 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 ...

... y magazine. Then the Eradicator returns again to haunt Superman in the six-part story arc titled, "The Day Of The Krypton Man". In Part I (_Superman_ #41), Clark is acting strangely and noticeably out of character. He refuses to see a troubled Jimmy and has his secretary lie for him. He refers to Ma Kent as "Mother" and continues to be cold and aloof when he reluctantly attends a birthday party for Lana. Since just having Superman act like your favorite pointy-eared Vulcan would be boring, the story tosses in a number of different elements to spice things up. In Part II (_Adventures of Superman_ #464) Lobo and his new pal Bibbo drop into the For ...

... rorists. Anyway, back to Superman. In 1985, Julius Schwartz turned 70. As a birthday present, the gang at DC snuck around Julie to prepare _Superman_ #411 as a special tribute to him. It's a terrific story that has the Earth-1 Schwartz as a nasty, down and out bum. Perry White sees his old friend on television and enlists Superman to help Schwartz. Mix in a super-villain and a modified version of Julie's history, garnish with in-jokes and finish with Superman taking Earth-1 Schwartz to Earth-Prime in time for the DC Comics surprise birthday party for Julius Schwartz. The story ends with Superman placing a bust of Schwartz in his apartment, next ...

... [ 4] Supergirl versus Buzz, Supergirl #7-9 [ 3] Natasha's assault leads to Steel's arrest, Steel #40-41 [ 3] "Meltdown, Part 5: The Cure!", Superboy #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 ...

... s forced to examine himself and his motivations, and gets a hand from The Man himself through his emotional growth. For all those reasons, _Superboy_ #41 gets my vote. SF6: Worst Single Issue of a Superman Family Title ================================================== ST: I'm one of those people who really didn't like the direction that PAD was taking Supergirl in the early issues, and _Supergirl_ #9 was just the icing on the cake. The kill-crazy attitude she displayed, the whole mystery of angels and demons, the uncommented-on Christ-pose as she rises from the ashes -- all of these left a bad taste in my mouth, and black mark on my voting card ...

... _____ 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 #41 - August 1997 _____________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS -------- Section 1: Superscripts: Notes from the Editor By The Numbers Ratings At A Glance Titles Shipped July 1997 And Who Disguised As... Why Isn't Superman a Mickey Mouse Operation? J.D. Rummel on Superman merchandising Section 2: News and Notes Superman in Legends of the DC Universe, more Superman Lives, George Reeves, STAS and L&C schedules, August sales numbers Just the FAQs "What Romances ...

... vid T. Chappell Adventures of Superman #549, by Dan Radice Action Comics #736, by Shane Travis Section 4: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Steel #41, by Dick Sidbury Superboy #42, by Rene' Gobeyn Superboy and the Ravers #11, by Jeff Sykes Superboy and the Ravers #12, by Jeff Sykes Supergirl #12, by Thomas Deja Section 5: New Comic Reviews Other Superman Titles JLA #8, by Anatole Wilson Superman Adventures #10, by Cory Strode Specials and Guest Appearances Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #6, by Thomas Deja Superboy Annual #4, by Rene' Gobeyn Section 6: New Comic Reviews Specials and Guest Appearances (cont) The Kents #1, by Rene' Gobeyn Th ...

... ction Comics #735, by Shane Travis Section 4: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Steel #40, by Dick Sidbury Superboy #40, by Rene' Gobeyn Superboy #41, by Rene' Gobeyn Superboy and the Ravers #10, by Chip Chandler Supergirl #11, by Thomas Deja Section 5: New Comic Reviews Other Superman Titles JLA #7, by Dan Silverstein Superman Adventures #9, by Cory Strode Specials and Guest Appearances Superman Annual #9, by Daniel Radice Sovereign Seven #24, by Rene' Gobeyn Section 6: Who is Superman Blue -- The Man Beyond Tomorrow? By Steven Younis After-Byrne: Manuscripts of Steel Superman Annual #2, by Denes House Section 7: Lois and Clark: The New Adv ...