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... issue, and some DVD and TV broadcast news. The One, True, Original Superman! Bob Hughes discusses Golden Age Superman author Alvin Schwartz's new book, _An Unlikely Prophet_ Section 2: Adventures in Silver Brad Ferguson takes a look at Action Comics #297, in which the Man of Steel finds that the secret of his dual identity lies in the hands of Perry White! Faster than a Speeding Bullet Doug Tisdale's series on the Superman radio serial concludes its look at the troubles of the Silver Clipper, whose ...

... ers through the various exhibits. Since you can't have a nostalgic story without a villain, Luthor kindly shows up with another diabolical trap. Although Luthor is featured in that special, he had an issue focusing on his origin in 1975's _Superman_ #292. The story is the traditional classic that has Superboy accidentally causing a follicle fallout in young Lex -- leading to a lifelong vendetta. The mid-70s, with Curt Swan drawing for writers Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates, marked a remarkable tim ...

... d of the year brings the hardcover _JLA: Earth 2_, which is a tale of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, the evil version of the JLA originally introduced in Morrison's favorite Silver Age story: "Crisis on Earth-Three" from _Justice League of America_ #29-30. The story deals with the first encounter the JLA has with their twisted counterparts from an Anti-Matter earth where everything is backwards. The Crime Syndicate formed at the same time as the JLA and share similar, but twisted origins. "Ultrama ...

... er to the Midvale Orphanage. Supergirl decides on the name Linda Lee (continuing the L.L. tradition) and agrees to train in secret until Superman decides she is ready to reveal herself to the world, which occurred in February, 1962's _Action Comics_ #295. There are far too many Silver Age Supergirl stories to do justice to them by mentioning only a few. Kara Zor-el had a long career, including her own comic, _Supergirl_, and gathered her own supporting cast and villains along the way, until her her ...

... Al Plastino, maybe?) draws plenty of great scenes of Superman in flight, but his Luthor is extremely ugly, and in several close-ups, Superman looks like a Neanderthal. CLARK KENT, COWARD Art: Curt Swan and George Klein Reprinted from _Action Comics_ #298, March 1963 Clark, Jimmy, and Lois accidentally take a ride on a runaway balloon to the mysterious kingdom of Mistri-Lor. The ruler, Queen Lura, falls in love with meek Clark, who is unlike all of the other very masculine men in her kingdom. This d ...

... p of his character. Despite the unfortunate circumstances of his employment, he did his best to promote his vision of Superman, even though that often conflicted with Mort Weisinger's. "The Story of Superman's Experimental Robots" in _Action Comics_ #299, from April 1963, is one of those stories where Mort's concepts seem to predominate, although Siegel and Al Plastino did their best to create the light, humorous tone that he felt contrasted nicely with Superman's amazing powers. The story is full ...

... can be read and enjoyed on their own. For those with interest and money, DC's hardcover Archives series includes eight volumes collecting the early Legion tales. The only trade paperback collection is "The Great Darkness Saga" (collecting v.2 _LSH_ #290-294 and including a prequel from #287 and sequel in v.2's _LSH Annual_ #3). When this story originally came out around 1983, it was a tremendous tale with a mysterious villain. The cover to the collection has a huge picture of the villain, so much ...

... ting comics thanks to that movie. It's still my all-time favourite. Q: When did you first decide that you wanted to write comic books? As soon as I saw my first one. I can't remember if it was an issue of Tec with Batman on a white horse or Superman #297. Either way, I knew immediately that this is what I wanted to do, despite being four years old. Q: Where did you go to college? Several places. I trained to be a priest for a bit at Blairs College in Aberdeen, but discovered girls and left. I went ...

... 7, by Enola Jones Action Comics #754, by Edward Mathews Section 5: New Comic Reviews Super-Family Titles Superboy #62, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #32, by Thomas Deja Superman Adventures #31, by Cory Strode Section 6: New Comic Reviews Team Titles JLA #29, by Anatole Wilson Young Justice #8, by Gary Robinson Miniseries Batman & Superman: World's Finest #2, by Simon DelMonte Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor #3, by G.M. Nelson Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials Superman/Fantastic Four, by Edward M ...

... to co-plot _Adventures_ with Mark Millar. The publisher reports that when Immonen returns, the art line-up will then evolve again beginning in the year 2000. Oh yeah, and _Man of Tomorrow_ has been cancelled with issue #15. BACK TO THE FUTURE Issue #297 of ZENtertainment reports that Grant Morrison will revisit the futuristic DC universe he helped establish in last year's DC One Million event with an 80-Page Giant issue due out on June 9th. Morrison writes a Justice Legion A story and introduces a ...