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... own comic, _Supergirl_, and gathered her own supporting cast and villains along the way, until her heroic death in 1986's _Crisis On Infinite Earths_ #7. Post-Crisis, Supergirl has been forgotten by continuity. However, she does appear in a memorable story in _Christmas With The Super-Heroes_ #2 (cover dated December 1989). The story, "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot", written by Alan Brennert with art by Dick Giordano, has Deadman in despair during the holidays until a mysterious blonde (later giving her name as Kara) tells him: "We don't do it for the glory. We don't do it for the recognition. We do it because it needs to be done. Because i ...

... se, bearing Kara's body. Superman of Earth-Two attended her funeral. Superman of Earth-One bore her body into space. And that was the end of _Crisis_ #7. Neither Superman appeared in the next issue, in which the Flash died. They did both make it into _Crisis_ #9, fighting in the war against super-villains from five Earths, but they didn't appear beside each other. By the next issue, the Spectre broke up the big fight, united the super-heroes and super-villains against the Anti-Monitor, and made ready to send the heroes back to the dawn of time to thwart their enemy once again. Before they took off, Superman of Earth-Two and his Lois Lane said fa ...

... back into Man of Steel before these stories saw the light of day. Had that happened, I'm betting that _Wizard_ would have run something else as point #7. THE BIG SECRET ============== (Jeff's Opinions) There's really not much to argue about on this one, except perhaps for a matter of degree. According to the _Wizard_ staff, very few people (preferably just the Kents, Batman, and Lana Lang) should know Superman's secret identity. They think that too many people currently know the truth, but they realize that not much can be done about it. On the other hand, I can't see any reason why the people listed by _Wizard_ wouldn't or shouldn't know. Lois ...

... es indicate if, historically, the first was in a different medium. All years for comic books refer to cover dates, except perhaps for ALL-STAR COMICS #7. I owe an incalculable debt of gratitude to Michael S. Fleisher's SUPERMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, as well as acknowledgments to the following: the history presented on the "Superman Homepage;" the English version of the Spanish Superman Homepage; E. Nelson Bridwell's introductions to the 1971 "Superman: From the 30's to the 70's" and the 1981 "Superman and His Incredible Fortress of Solitude;" the WIZARD price guide; Gary Grossman's SUPERMAN: CEREAL TO SERIAL." * Krypton first named: SUPERMAN #1 [1939] * ...

... st successful rivals, Captain America and Bucky, when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Newsboy Legion took over the lead position with Star-Spangled Comics #7. But with the same issue, Jerry Siegel, this time reunited with Joe Shuster (or at least with his shop) introduced a more long-lived character, Robotman, a man whose brain was placed in a robot body. Although soon taken over by others (notably artist Jimmy Thompson and writer Joe Samachson), Robotman remained a successful backup feature well into the 1950's, and a revived version of the character was the star of DC's later team, the Doom Patrol, into the 1990's. Today the name of Robotman is car ...

... e Taylor, despite the fact that in SUPERMAN #4, the newspaper's become the Daily Planet, and Perry White's first appearance is apparently in SUPERMAN #7. Other than that bit of confusion, however, it's pretty much taken for granted that any Superman story prior to about 1956 or so was Earth-2, and afterwards, Earth-1). Lois Lane began a solo series of stories in SUPERMAN COMICS #28, which continued until #40 or #42 (Overstreet isn't clear... perhaps #41 didn't have a Lois solo story in it, and the final one appeared in #42). The series was titled "Lois Lane, Girl Reporter." Some of these stories were later reprinted in Lois' own title. Before ge ...

... CS ANNUAL #7, ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #6 (by John Byrne), STEEL ANNUAL #1 (by Jon Bogdanove and a host of others), and LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT ANNUAL #7. The trade paperback, priced at $14.95, is expected to arrive in stores on March 27. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIST OF TITLES BY EXPECTED ARRIVAL DATE --------------------------------------------- Arrival Date: Comic title and information: ------------ --------------------------- January 3: Adventures of Superman #532 K. Kesel, Immonen, & Marzan Jr. $1.95 League of Justice #2 (of 2) Ed Hannigan & Dick Giordano Prestige Format, 48 pgs, $5.95 S ...

... parentage is finally revealed in the SUPERBOY ANNUAL #2, and the tale of SupermanÕs first adventure in space is detailed in the ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #7. 1. List of Titles by Shipping Date: ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ- Date: Comic title and information: ÑÑ ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ- July 4: Action Comics #713 Michelinie, Dwyer, & Rodier $1.95 The Darkstars #34 (Supergirl) THE SIEGE OF THE ZI CHARAM: Part 3 (of 5) Friedman, Collins, & Branch $2.25 Green Arrow #100 (Superman) Dixon, Aparo/DaMaggio, & Fernandez/Campanella 48 pgs, $3.95 July 11: Adventures of Superman Annual #7 K. Kesel, R. Wagner, & Rubinstein Cover by Walt Simonson 56 pgs, $3.95 Damage #16 (Sup ...

... n Comics #644. [7] Superman #41. [8] Adventures of Superman #465. [9] Adventures of Superman #470. [10] Superman #49. [11] Superman: The Man of Steel #7. [12] Action Comics #673. ______________________________________________________________ THE FLEISCHER CARTOONS: ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ by Neil A. Ottenstein <otten@gluon.umd.edu> Episode 8: ÒVolcanoÓ Released: 7-10-42 Running Time: 7:56 minutes Faster than a speeding bullet More powerful than a locomotive Able to soar higher than any plane We see Mt. Monokoa, from which 300 years ago came the mightiest eruption that ever shook the Earth. Since, then it has remained dormant and a city has been rebuilt ...

... oaming from town to town, buying and trying different medications... But then her boyfriend rang and she had to go. So I wrote the editorial for CLiT #7. Could you notice the effects of the tablets, could you, huh, huh?!? (NB. I was actually kinda scared when I reread it later. Did I actually write that? Nah, couldn't've been.) So, yeah!! Panadeine Forte is tres, tres good. J'aime beaucoup. Parlez-vous francais? Je ne suis pas un baguette. So, as I was saying a long, long time ago, everything went A-OK. Not that I was particularly bothered by it all. At least, I don't think I was that worried. The night before, though, I had a sc ...