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... egated to swooping in every six or seven pages to remind us he's the star of the show. I made my feelings on that scenario very clear in my review of #94; I hoped it wouldn't happen again, and it looks like I'm not getting my wish. The only saving graces here are: 1) Steel is a more rounded character than Strange Visitor, and 2) Mahnke and Nguyen are an incredible art team, who can even make second tier guest-stars look good. By the way, I'm loving the new Bizarro haircut and skin condition the Eradicator is sporting. It's only a matter of time before he starts smashing up prisons... oh, wait. Nevermind. One other little complaint while I'm at i ...

... Frenz Art and Cover by Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema Strange Visitor loses control of her powers, the Parasite helps out 43 - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #94 "Who is Strange Visitor? Chapter Four: Why?" Written by Rand and Ron Frenz Art and Cover by Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema Superman and Strange Visitor team up against the Parasite 44 - SUPERMAN #150, "Earth's Final Hour" Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Steve Epting and Joe Rubinstein Newsstand Cover by Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan Collector's Cover by Dan Jurgens and Joe Rubinstein Superman must prevent Brainiac and friends from destroying Earth 45 - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW #15, "Heart of Hell" ...

... New Comic Reviews The Triangle Titles Adventures of Superman #572, by Enola Jones Action Comics #759, by Gary D. Robinson Superman: The Man of Steel #94, by Mike Smith Section 5: New Comic Reviews The Triangle Titles (cont) 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 Revi ...

... d wiped the memories of Batman, Robin, and Green Arrow from his mind. But Robin first met Superman in a flashback sequence in _World's Finest Comics_ #94, in which he and Batman saved Supes from another Kryptonite trap and helped him bring in the gang who had employed it. This took place chronologically before _Superman_ #71, in which Batman and Superman learned each other's secret identities. This is just going by Earth-One. On Earth-Two, they either first met in the Justice Society origin story (_DC Special_ #29) or the Zoltan episode (_World's Finest Comics_ #271). Since Superman wasn't included in the Batman/Flash/Green Lantern team ...

... "Idol Worship: Part 2" Written by Ron Marz Art by Georges Jeanty and Doug Hazlewood Cover by Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood Cont. from GREEN LANTERN #94: Superboy and GL team up against Pele 48 - "Superboy: The Event" Written by Barbara Kesel Art by Georges Jeanty, Doug Hazlewood, and Ray Kryssing Cover by Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood Superboy's name is attached to a shady amusement park ride 49 - "Searching..." Written by Barbara Kesel Art by Georges Jeanty, Doug Hazlewood, and John Stanisci Cover by Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood Roxy searches for the missing Kid, cast says their good-byes 50 - "Survival of the Fittest!" (THE LAST BOY ON ...

... actual villains as faceless as possible. And there was hardly any group as faceless as the Superman Revenge Squad. Born in January 1962's _Superboy_ #94, "The Superboy Revenge Squad" had apparently already run afoul of the Boy of Steel in some untold tale. They inhabit the planet Wexr II, a world composed entirely of space pirates whose ambitions for conquest were previously frustrated by the Smallville Marvel. As depicted by Al Plastino, the Wexrites are fat, bald and blue-skinned with pointy ears. Their shirts have triangular symbols with two parallel lines super-imposed. None of their names are mentioned, which is probably okay since they ne ...

... es (cont) Superman Adventures #15, by Cory Strode Specials and Guest Appearances Superman: Secret Files and Origins #1, by Rene' Gobeyn Green Lantern #94, by Rene' Gobeyn Section 7: After-Byrne Manuscripts of Steel Action Comics Annual #3, by Denes House The Phantom Zone Tales of Earth-One Together Again For the First Time, by Bob Hughes Section 8: Superman: The Animated Series Episode Reviews "Solar Power", by Denes House "The Prometheon", by Curtis Herink "Father's Day", by Nathan Bredfeldt "Warrior Queen", by Scott Devarney Section 9: The Mailbag STAFF: ------ Jeffery D. Sykes, Editor-in-Chief Shane Travis, Executive Editor: New Comic Reviews ...

... Body discovered after fight MOS #38 - DEAD AGAIN - Conduit Escapes, everyone wonders about body Art by Erwin & Guice, Cover by Bogdanove & Janke SUP #94 - DEAD AGAIN - Kenny recaptured, Body is SupermanÕs Art by Jurgens & Breeding ADV #517 - DEAD AGAIN - Deathtrap ACT #704 - DEAD AGAIN - The Eradicator and The Outsiders MOS #39 - DEAD AGAIN - Keith finds his Mom, Supes tests self, Not Luthor SUP #95 - DEAD AGAIN - New Genesis, The Atom, Brainiac Art by Jurgens & Manley ADV #518 - DEAD AGAIN - Apokolips, Darkseid hints at culprit Additional inks by Montano ACT #705 - DEAD AGAIN - Supes steals body, Mxyzptlk, Brainiac is free SUPERBOY Unless othe ...

... ÒjunkieÓ, by Ken McKee Section 3: Reviews The Triangle Titles Action Comics #0, by Jose R. Galan Superman: The Man of Steel #38, by Anatole Superman #94, by Art LaMarche Adventures of Superman #517, by Ben Butler Other Super-Titles Superboy #9, by Victor Chan Steel #9, by Shawn Aeria Section 4: Reviews (cont) Miniseries and Special Appearances The Guardians of Metropolis #1, by ReneÕ Gobeyn The Batman Adventures #25, by Looking Back Post-Byrne Superman #22, by Mark Lamutt Pre-Byrne Superman #136, by Patrick M. Stout Superman and Power Girl #56, by Ken McKee Section 5: Looking Back (cont) Pre-Byrne (cont) The Super-Kids of Superman Part 1 of a 5 ...

... identity. Now, so far in the comics, weÕve seen Kenny/Conduit vow to take care of Superman and Clark Kent, and in the most recent issue (SUPERMAN #94), he goes so far as to say that he will find whatever skeleton is hiding in SupermanÕs closet. My guess? Drumroll.... Conduit will discover that Clark Kent and Superman are one and the same! This would be one of the few things I can think of which would give the creative teams a chance to top some of their ÒbigÓ stories (Death, Funeral, Reign). Plus, it would give Superman a villain with a seriously dangerous upper-hand. And then thereÕs the whole issue of what would happen if his identity was ...