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... se ads may appear to portray their characters as espousing certain political views. If you'd like to read _Superman for the Animals_ for yourself, the book was bagged with copies of _Superman Adventures_ #41, _Impulse_ #58, and (I believe) _Hourman_ #12, among others. We'll have a complete list in our next issue, along with a review of the book. ____________________________________ RATINGS AT A GLANCE: Titles shipped December 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------ Prepare ...

... as a prophetic dream 2 - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #85, "Creative Differences" Written by Jon Bogdanove Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke Simyan and Mokkari create a hybrid clone of Jimmy and Superman 3 - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW #12, "Need to Know" Written by Louise Simonson Art by Paul Ryan and Joe Rubinstein Cover by Paul Ryan and Dennis Janke Lightning-powered Stryke invades STAR Labs, Lexcom, and Cadmus 4 - SUPERMAN #141, "Introducing Outburst!" Written by Dan Jurgens Art b ...

... y tenure as New Comics Editor) since his much-lauded examination of Lex Luthor ("Checkmate!", _Superman_ #131, 4.1 Shields), finishing only slightly behind the reintroduction of Cyborg as Ashbury Armstrong's teacher ("Within Human Reach", _Superman_ #129, 3.8 Shields), and tied with "Machinations!" (_Superman_ #126), where Lex stole back his kryptonite ring from Batman. While there were some mixed emotions about the new Brainiac -- much as there have always been about Mr. Jurgens and his writing -- ...

... ------------ By Sean Hogan (shogan@intergate.bc.ca) SUPERGIRL: PART 1 ----------------- THE ORIGINAL SUPER-GIRL There have been a number of different Supergirls in DC's history. The first debuted in August 1958 in "The Girl of Steel" from _Superman_ #123 (first series -- written by Otto Binder with art by Dick Sprang and Stan Kaye). This "Super-Girl" was a magical creation that comes to life when Jimmy Olsen makes a wish on an ancient Indian totem that "a Super-Girl, with super-powers equal to Supe ...

... #148, by Thomas Deja Super-Family Titles Superboy #66, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #36, by Thomas Deja Section 7: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles (cont) Superman Adventures #35, by Cory Strode Team Titles JLA #33, by Edward Mathews Young Justice #12, by Gary Robinson Section 8: New Comic Reviews Miniseries and Specials A. Bizarro #3, by G.M. Nelson Batman & Superman: World's Finest #6, by Simon DelMonte JLA Annual #3, by Ed Mathews Section 9: The One, True, Original Superman! Episode 11: Action ...

... of the Legion's strangest foes. The "End of an Era" storyline isn't for the casual Legion reader. If you have enough knowledge of Legion lore, and want to appreciate the story fully, start with the Mark Waid arc, "DOA" in the series _Valor_ (issues #12 on), about the death of Lar Gand, as well as _LSH_ v.4 #54-59, about the adult Legion on the run, before reading "End of an Era". _________________________________________________ End of Section 7 _________________________________________________ TH ...

... d Flash. The new Flash was a hit, and was followed by a new Green Lantern, a new Atom, and a new Hawkman -- but there were more old time readers than Schwartz had thought there were, and they wanted to see the old versions again also. So, in _Flash_ #123 in September 1961, they brought back the original Flash and placed his adventures, and by extension all the other heroes of the Forties, on a parallel world called Earth-2. Eventually (in 1963), the entire 1940s Justice Society of America was reviv ...

... tale a little deeper. Anybody who'd been reading comics for a little while in 1961 might've noticed an eerie resemblance between the "Phantom Superboy" and a tale published only a couple of years earlier called "The Ghost of Lois Lane!" (_Superman_ #129, May 1959, by Jerry Coleman, Wayne Boring, and Stan Kaye). The splash page shows Superman in his Fortress, confronted by a ghostly figure of Lois Lane. He moans, "Lois ... why don't you stop haunting me? You know I didn't mean to kill you... that i ...

... most and remember the best are often ones written by Jurgens. Jurgens has written some of the 'important' stories during his tenure, including the death of Superman (_Superman_ #75) and the introduction of the 'Electric Blue Superman' in _Superman_ #123, but those aren't the ones that impress me. After all, most of the stories that Jurgens or any of the other Super-scribes write are part of the ongoing, cross-title saga and have a limited ability to stand on their own. Within that format though, J ...

... ain. Both Supermen noticed that the sky was different again, that the whole world had shifted into the anti-matter universe. And a giant projection of the Anti-Monitor appeared, to welcome them to their doom. That threw the whole thing into _Crisis_ #12, on the cover of which both Supermen and Superboy of Earth-Prime appeared among a battalion of heroes letting the Anti-Monitor have it. It was another double-sized issue, and the counterpart Supermen would ride this one out to the very end. The Supe ...