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... ________ T H E K R Y P T O N I A N C Y B E R N E T _________________________________________________ http://www.kryptonian-cybernet.com Issue #67 - October 1999 ________________________________________________________ CONTENTS -------- Section 0: Table of Contents Editorial Staff Disclaimers Subscription Information Section 1: Superscripts: Notes from the Editor(s) Things I Will Miss About Dan Jurgens In a guest editorial, Thomas Deja expresses a fond farewell to the exiting senior member of the Superman team. Ratings At A Glance Titles Shipped September 1999 The KC Newsroom Another change to the Superman creative teams, Superman meets a ...

... he Man of Steel #93, by Mike Smith Section 4: New Comic Reviews The Triangle Titles (cont) Superman #149, by Thomas Deja Super-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 Volu ...

... villain but, in one early appearance, was impersonated by one). Otto Binder returns with "The Execution of Krypto," a Superboy story (from _Superboy_ #67) drawn by George Papp, and is probably the weakest of the lot. When Superboy asks Krypto to bury a Clark Kent dummy he says is defective, the action is spotted by his neighbor Professor Lang, who thinks Krypto had actually killed the real Clark. Even granting that it was unintentional, the Smallville law requires that a dog responsible for the death of a human being, even by accident, must himself be put to death ... and Superboy, citing only concern for his identity and seemingly aware of his ...

... on the mobile planet, Warworld. The story is collected in trade paperback as the "Panic In The Sky" (triangle numbers 1992: 8 to 15; _Action Comics_ #674-675, _Superman: The Man Of Steel_ #9-10, _Superman_ #65-66, _Adventures of Superman_ #488-489). Warworld was previously led by Mongul, who was defeated by Superman. Brainiac has taken control and is heading to Earth for revenge on Superman. He has recruited Maxima and, through mind control, Supergirl and several of the New Gods. Brainiac sends his head-ship to Earth where it attacks Superman. Brainiac boasts that this is only a diversion in the game, to soften up Superman and to let him know t ...

... Australia with Dr. Kelley, has been planting the stories. "Because that's the way the boss wanted it." We first meet Luthor's heir in _Action Comics_ #670 and get further information on him in _Action Comics_ #672. Lex Luthor II has a full head of flaming red hair, with bushy eyebrows and a beard (no mustache). He speaks with an Australian accent and uses many down-under phrases, such as "mate" and "g'day". Clark and Lois are skeptical and travel to Australia to investigate, but the evidence they find seems to support the new Luthor's story. Although young Luthor's public persona is impeccably friendly and polite, we quickly learn that in privat ...

... Art and Cover by Tom Grummett and Denis Rodier Superman adapts to his new powers, continues battling the Atomic Skull 18 - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #67 Written by Louise Simonson Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke Still learning about his new powers, Superman battles Ceritak 19 - SUPERMAN #123, "Superman... Reborn!" Written by Dan Jurgens Art and Collector's Edition Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein Standard Edition Cover by Jurgens and Rubinstein Superman receives a new costume to help him control his powers 20 - ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #546, "Blood & Thunder" Written by Karl Kesel Art and Cover by Stuart Immonen and Jose Marz ...

... beer, and the hero feeling no pain. Now most of this is enjoyable, but there's one problem--we've seen almost all of these gimcracks before in issues #67 and 68. With the exception of the crib notes gag (and there's nothing quite so funny as a super villain who stops in the middle of a fight to consult his transcript to figure out what to do next!), this whole story is pretty much old material. In that sense, reading this issue is like watching one of those 'cheater' episodes of a sitcom, where old footage is stitched together to make up a new story. The retreading in some cases doesn't ring true to character; you have to wonder, after all the f ...

... stop a lorry. A beam of energy, which appeared to be magnetic in nature, shot from his out stretched hand and 'grabbed' the vehicle. In MAN OF STEEL #67 when Clark tries to shave, using his trusty heat vision, he sends himself bouncing around his apartment, leaving all metal objects clinging to the walls. It appears that Superman can manipulate his electrons to form any power he can think of, just like a Green Lantern Power Ring. Also in MOS #67, Superman uses his *Power Punch* for the first time. Using his experience from Action #732, he manipulated the electrons around his fist to produce another 'fist' with which he can use to 'project' a hi ...

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