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... | | || | || | || | ||_ | | || | | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | ^\_______/^\_______/|____| | \_____/| |\_______/^ cRu|________\ | | Issue #50 |. __|__ /\ ____ ____ |: \ / __/. \__\_ \___\_ \_ _. November, 2003 || / \ \__/ / / /___// | 300 Subscribers World Wide | /___/ \ / / __/_ / | | / / / / / / // | ^\____ /___/___/ /^\____ //____| \/ /___/ \/ --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Table Of Contents --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Opening: Message From the Editor Features: The Anatomy Of A Scale I ...

... Karl and Tom took over, and in eighth place overall with a lot of fans talking about dropping the book again. So what was the worst-rated issue since #50? Issue #55, which featured Grokk the Living Gargoyle and the reincarnation of Jonah Hex as a supermodel. Oh Look! Who's that I see on the last page? This doesn't bode well for the future... "Your mileage may vary." ACTION COMICS #762 (3.9 Shields, 2nd place) SUPERMAN #153 (3.7 Shields, 4th place) ADV. OF SUPERMAN #575 (3.5 Shields, 6th place) - I point these out for a couple reasons. Firstly, it's *so* nice to see the core titles out of the bottom of the ratings list. No longer does the phrase ...

... ed on this sad note, the Legion continued with its history and memory of Superboy intact. The Legion's vow was dealt with in _Legion of Super-Heroes_ #50 as a select team of Legionnaires decided to seek final revenge against the Time Trapper in "Life and Death and The End Of Time". To find out what happened, you'll have to read the issue yourself because I'm out of space. Good story, though. Next time, we will return to the Pocket Universe Earth as Superman becomes judge, jury, and executioner. LEGION HISTORY The 30-year history of the Legion began in April 1958 with _Adventure Comics_ #247. DC apparently had no expectation that the Legion was t ...

... about his upcoming _Superboy_ plans: After Hyper-Tension, we're doing a 2-parter in the Wild Lands (the Kamandi-esque island introduced in _Superboy_ #50), then the Demon guest-stars in issue #68 (we'll drag every DC Kirby creation into this book one way or another!) and we finally get back to Hawaii in SB #69. Issue #70 starts a new major storyline, tentatively called The Evil Factory, where Cadmus finally does all the horrible things with genetic research and cloning that everyone's always been worried they'd do! This storyline will tie up a lot of loose ends, some going back as far as SB #49! Right after that, Superboy has a little crossover ...

... SF1: Best Story/Story-arc in a Superman Family Title ---------------------------------------------------- [21] "The Last Boy on Earth", Superboy #50-53 [16] JLA and Sandman vs Star Conqueror, JLA #22-23 [13] "Double-Edged Sword", Supergirl #23 [ 9] "Last Daughter of Argo", Superman Adventures #21 [ 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 Al ...

... where the choices are blindingly obvious.... SF3: Best Cover from a Superman Family Title ============================================ JS: _Superboy_ #50 was one of those attention-grabbing covers which probably netted quite a few new readers, and were it not for the existence of one other cover, I would have voted for it in a heartbeat. That other cover, in my opinion, did at least as good a job at grabbing attention. After all, it's not often that you see an army of "Men in Black" using rocket-boots to fly in formation as they did on the front of _Steel_ #48. It was even less often that Cowan and Palmer turned in *any* good art on the book, ye ...

... rman as a sign of respect.(Tscherne 14-16). Superman has had many other comic book adventures in the ten years since his revamp. In 1990's _Superman_ #50, Clark Kent proposed to Lois Lane. The proposal was just the warm-up for the greatest Superman story of all time, 1992's "The Death of Superman". In this story, Superman was killed by the monster Doomsday. After being buried, four impostors rose to take his place. One of these was the new Superboy, a cocky teenage clone of Superman. By the middle of '93, the real Superman had returned, defeated one of his evil impostors the Cyborg, and grown out his hair. After "The Death of Superman", the next ...

... Family Title [ ] JLA and Sandman vs Star Conqueror, JLA #22-23 [ ] "Invasion", Steel #48 (The Origin of Crash) [ ] "The Last Boy on Earth", Superboy #50-53 [ ] "OMAC: One Million and Counting!", Superboy #1M [ ] Supergirl gains wings of flame and battles Despero, Supergirl #17-18 [ ] "Double-Edged Sword", Supergirl #23 (Free Speech and Racism) [ ] "Desperate Times", Supergirl #25 (Wally helps, Comet's identity) [ ] "It's a Super Life!", Superman Adventures #18 [ ] "The Bodyguard of Steel", Superman Adventures #19 [ ] "Last Daughter of Argo", Superman Adventures #21 [ ] "Young, Just Us", Young Justice #1 SF2: Worst Story/Story-arc in a Super ...

... S #61 (Jun) Written by Roger Stern Art and Cover by Jeffrey Moy and W.C.Carani Believe it or not, a tie-in to 1991's "Time and Time Again" story LOBO #50 (Apr) Written by Alan Grant Art and Cover by Carl Critchlow and Mark Propst Lobo kills Superman and the rest of the DC Universe heroes MARTIAN MANHUNTER #0 (Oct) Written by John Ostrander Art and Cover by Tom Mandrake Retelling of Martian Manhunter's origin, JLA cameo RESURRECTION MAN #16-17 (Aug - Sep) Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Art and Covers by Butch Guice "Avenging Angels" crossover with SUPERGIRL #24 TEEN TITANS #17 (Feb) Written by Dan Jurgens Art and Cover by Dan Jurgens and ...

... rimson Kryptonite (_Superman_ #49, _Adventures of Superman_ #472, _Starman #28_ (the Roger Stern penned series), _Action Comics_ #659, and _Superman_ #50 -- collected in trade paperback). Mxy turns himself into a red K rock (with derby) and tells Luthor to make a wish. Luthor's wish robs Superman of his powers. Mxy's rule is that Luthor can't tell Superman that Mxy is involved. Luthor decides that if he can't tell Superman, he can at least tell Clark Kent, who can pass on the information. Oops. Mxy pops back in and wants to know, "Who is this Clark Kent?" Mxy sets up a new game with Superman, offering to leave if Superman punches out Luthor. Mxy ...