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... th Giffen", Ambush Bug first appears in a story written by Paul Kupperberg and pencilled by Giffen in the Superman team-up comic _DC Comics Presents_ #52, dated December 1982. Superman's teammates this issue are the New Doom Patrol (basic plot: Negative Woman's powers go berserk and create havoc until Superman catches and contains her). Amidst chaos, Ambush Bug (in his green longjohns and orange antennae) appears. His gimmick is that, by use of little flying electronic bugs, he is able to transport himself with his trademark "pop" sound effect. In this issue, he decides to establish himself as a bad guy by murdering a District Attorney on live t ...

... _____ T H E K R Y P T O N I A N C Y B E R N E T _______________________________________________ http://www.ms.uky.edu/~sykes/kc Issue #52 - July 1998 _____________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS -------- Section 1: Superscripts: Notes from the Editor(s) Rantings and Ramblings Ratings At A Glance Titles Shipped June 1998 News and Notes Some comics news, a toy tidbit, info on the third season of the animated series, and a new Superman stamp Section 2: The Greatest Superman Story of All Time Part 3: The World's Finest Heroes In One Adventure Together The Dynamic Duo lend an assist to the Man ...

... 46, by Derek Jackson Section 5: New Comics Reviews The Triangle Titles (cont) Superman: The Man of Steel #81, by Mike Smith Super-Family Titles Steel #52, by Jeff Sykes Superboy #53, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #23, by Thomas Deja Section 6: New Comic Reviews Other Superman Titles JLA #20, by Anatole Wilson Superman Adventures #21, by Cory Strode Specials Legends of the DC Universe #6, by Joey Ochoa JLA 80-Page Giant #1, by Rene' Gobeyn Section 7: After-Byrne Manuscripts of Steel Denes House trudges through yet another of 1992's Eclipso stories, this one in Superman Annual #4 Superman Stories Lex Luthor: Part 1 Sean Hogan begins a new series highl ...

... 45, by Shane Travis Superman: The Man of Steel #80, by Mike Smith Section 5: New Comics Reviews Super-Family Titles Steel #51, by Jeff Sykes Superboy #52, by Rene' Gobeyn Supergirl #22, by Thomas Deja Section 6: New Comic Reviews Other Superman Titles JLA #19, by Anatole Wilson Superman Adventures #20, by Cory Strode Girlfrenzy Superman: Lois Lane #1, by Simon DelMonte Young Justice: The Secret #1, by Rene' Gobeyn Section 7: New Comic Reviews Specials Superman Villains Secret Files #1, by Rene' Gobeyn Manuscripts of Steel Denes House, much to his disdain, begins a review of the Eclipso annuals with Man of Steel Annual #1 The Phantom Zone Action ...

... marks only adds to the argument. Shouldn't Be Cancelled: STEEL #48 (4.0 Shields, 2nd in Jan, 1st Overall) - Should or shouldn't be, it has been, and #52 will be the final issue. This is really too bad, as Priest is one of the hottest writers around, and he's been doing some great things with this title. Maybe better (or just cleaner) art would have helped the sales. Too Good To Cancel: SUPERGIRL #19 (4.0 Shields, +0.5 Shields, 1st in Jan) - A consistently strong performer, The Maid of Might leaps for the first time to the top of the rankings with what many consider to be PAD's best story so far in his run on this title. Too Bad *Not* To Cancel: ...

... rom death Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey The Fall of Metropolis Worlds Collide Zero Hour (ZERO HOUR) Dead Again Christmas Thieves (ADVENTURES #520 [Feb 95]) Age 36: The Death of Clark Kent The Trial of Superman Underworld Unleashed Kill Fee (SUPERMAN #109 [Feb 96]) Age 37: Lois breaks off engagement with Clark (ACTION #720) The Bottle City Superman joins new JLA The Final Night Lois and Clark get married (WEDDING ALBUM #1) Superman Blue -- new powers and new costume Genesis Superman Red / Superman Blue -- Superman splits in two <-----S-----> 30th century: Superman meets Legion of Super-Heroes (Time and Time Again) _______________ ...

... rainiac 5] out of "defiance." **** In addition, Yosef mentioned in his article that Brainiac was re-programmed "for benevolence [alluded to in ACTION #528 (1982); it took place some time after ACTION #491 (1979); by no later than ACTION #544, the programming was no longer effective]." Jim Lesher offers that "Brainiac's temporary reform occurred in ACTION #514." =============================== From: Zohar Gilboa (rami_gil@netvision.net.il) In [October's] issue of KC, the TNT schedule (News and Notes) mentioned the wedding arc [of LOIS AND CLARK's third season]. "November gives us all a reminder of how not to marry two characters on a popular TV s ...

... URES which saw an alien entity scouting Superman before his "Trial"), and others were simple, yet powerful, stories spinning out of epics (ADVENTURES #525, where Lois convinces Superman he must be Clark again). There have been incredible one-shots such as the classic Mxyzptlk appearance in MOS #56, while Lois and Clark were separated, and the Zero Hour issue of MOS with multiple Batman. In short, I believe that, taken as a whole, the single-issue stories have been quite a bit better than the "event" storylines. What I was complaining about was the slew of "villain-of-the-week" stories and characters which seem to always come up between big event ...

... devastating Fall of Metropolis. The latter event left downtown in shambles until Zatanna magically restored the city soon after Zero Hour (ADVENTURES #522, Apr 95). Superman is neither the only nor the first super-hero to be based in Metropolis. Booster Gold, Gangbuster, Supergirl (see Q25), Superboy (see Q27), Steel (see Q28), and the Eradicator (see Q26) used to call Metropolis home but have moved on to other cities. The Guardian, the Thorn, Rampage, and Sinbad still dwell there. Furthermore, the original headquarters of the JLA is in the hills just outside Metropolis. In the real world, there is a city named Metropolis, Illinois, which has a ...