Adventures of Superman #453 (April 1989)
Adventures of Superman #453 (April 1989) Superman is tripping balls in space, hallucinating dead villains and talking to himself. Maybe that all that “grass”...
Superman #30 (April 1989)
Superman #30 (April 1989) In this issue, Superman becomes a space farmer. Not in the “someone who farms actual space” sense, but in the more mundane “someone...
Adventures of Superman #452 (March 1989)
Adventures of Superman #452 (March 1989) Part two of the two-part Hfuhruhurr story, and part three of the 23385267-part “Superman in Space!” saga (it might...
Superman #29 (March 1989)
Superman #29 (March 1989) Everyone’s favorite villain is back: yes, Hfuhruhurr, the alien who turned an entire city in South Dakota into a gelatinous monster...
Adventures of Superman #451 (February 1989)
Adventures of Superman #451 (February 1989) SUPERMAN IS MISSING! In completely unrelated news, a reporter who looks exactly likes Superman is presumed dead....
Superman #28 (February 1989)
Superman #28 (February 1989) Superman’s in space. Superman’s in spa-a-ace. Whatcha doin’ out there man? Anyway, um, in Adventures #450 Superman decided to...
Metropolis Mailbag: Loeb era?
sideshowcris asked: What is your opinion of the era that came right after this one, when Loeb/Kelly/Casey took over but before Birthright? You've been fairly...
Adventures of Superman #450 (January 1989)
Adventures of Superman #450 (January 1989) ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! To mark this special occasion, in this issue Superman realizes he’s crazy and goes to live in...
Metropolis Mailbag: Why not Birthright?
Anonymous asked: Why is '99 the continuity cutoff date? Wasn't "Birthright" (2003) the first major post-Crisis recon? The first reason is that from ‘86 to...
Superman #27 (January 1989)
Superman #27 (January 1989) Guardian vs. Gangbuster! Fun fact: At first sight this looks like the rare Superman cover that doesn’t feature Superman in it,...
Adventures of Superman #449 (December 1988)
Adventures of Superman #449 (December 1988) Superman is missing! Will he ever turn up? Of course he will, because the cover image spoiled that part for us....
Metropolis Mailbag: Pa lives?
mediocreartisan asked: The thing I've really come to appreciate about this era is, Jonathan Kent doesn't die. In most other iterations, Clark "matures" into...
Metropolis Mailbag: Flash blog?
justerino asked: I discovered this your tumblr through the recent Cracked article you wrote, and I love both of them dearly. My question is: would it be ok...
Superman #26 (December 1988)
Superman #26 (December 1988) Superman versus a voodoo killer, and also aliens, and also himself! (So, more aliens.) Since Superman #20, Maggie Sawyer and her...
Adventures of Superman #448 (December 1988)
Adventures of Superman #448 (December 1988) How are we still in December? Well, as some of you might remember, the year of 1988 actually had three months of...
Metropolis Mailbag: Memories?
ckphnx asked: Howdy! I discovered your Tumblr from your recent Cracked article. I thought maybe you would like mine, mycomicmemories Man, that’s a cool idea...
Superman #25 (December 1988)
Superman #25 (December 1988) SUPERMAN MURDERS LOIS LANE in a dream sequence caused by Brainiac. So he doesn’t really murder anyone in this issue, sorry. I...
Metropolis Mailbag: We're cool?
00lex00 asked: This is so cool! Cape comic continuity is one of my favorite things in fiction. Thanks! I agree, and I think this Superman period has to be...
Adventures of Superman #447 (December 1988)
Adventures of Superman #447 (December 1988) Superman saves an aircraft carrier from some Quraci explosive mines, but that only takes up like 2% of this...
Metropolis Mailbag: Ending point?
tauycreek asked: This blog examines all Superman comics from 1986 until 1999. Clearly that means Man of Steel #1 to...what? What issue do you plan on ending...
Superman #24 (December 1988)
Superman #24 (December 1988) IN THIS ISSUE: Rampage goes into politics! Rampage, as seen in Superman #7, is a scientist named Kitty Faulkner whose lab...
World of Metropolis #4 (November 1988)
World of Metropolis #4 (November 1988) This origin story for Jimmy Olsen’s Superman-calling signal watch is cleverly titled “SUICIDE WATCH” because Jimmy...
Adventures of Superman #446 (November 1988)
Adventures of Superman #446 (November 1988) GANGBUSTER’S BACK… is still broken. So how is he back in action? Buy this comic to find out! Or read this summary...
Superman #23 (November 1988)
Superman #23 (November 1988) MIKE MIGNOLA IS BACK! Oh, and so is Silver Banshee. The tug of war in this cover never actually happens in the issue, but that’s...
World of Metropolis #3 (October 1988)
World of Metropolis #3 (October 1988) Clark Kent remembers the first time he came to Metropolis as a wide-eyed young hick. This was before he became...
Adventures of Superman #445 (October 1988)
Adventures of Superman #445 (October 1988) Brainiac is trolling the streets of Metropolis dressed in a fancy top hat and tricking hobos into giving him their...
Superman #22 (October 1988)
Superman #22 (October 1988) The end of the Supergirl Saga, and John Byrne’s run on Superman, and General Zod’s life, and Superman’s 50-year no-killing...
World of Metropolis #2 (September 1988)
World of Metropolis #2 (September 1988) OK, this issue is fucked up. Short version: Lex Luthor has a nude tape of a 15-year old Lois Lane and he… “enjoys”...
Adventures of Superman #444 (September 1988)
Adventures of Superman #444 (September 1988) MA AND PA KENT ARE DEAD! But it’s actually Ma and Pa Kent from another dimension. So they’re not really dead,...
Superman #21 (September 1988)
Superman #21 (September 1988) The Supergirl Saga, Part 1 of 3! Back in Superman #16 a group of scientists in the arctic found a lady in a Superman costume...
World of Metropolis #1 (August 1988)
World of Metropolis #1 (August 1988) Perry White’s secret origin! And also the secret origin of his son Jerry, who is not actually his son Jerry. I mean,...
Adventures of Superman #443 (August 1988)
Adventures of Superman #443 (August 1988) Clark and Jimmy go to Beirut to investigate the location of a US journalist supposedly executed by terrorists, amid...
Superman #20 (August 1988)
Superman #20 (August 1988) Superman and the Doom Patrol join forces against Metallo! Even though Metallo doesn’t have kryptonite now, so Superman probably...
Superman Annual #2 (1988)
Superman Annual #2 (1988) Remember Sleez, the Apokaliptian sex dwarf who took over Superman’s mind and forced him to star in a porno? He’s back, and this...
World of Smallville #4 (July 1988)
World of Smallville #4 (July 1988) Yes, it’s what we’ve all been waiting for: the last part of Lana Lang’s exceedingly dull life story, featuring even more...
Adventures of Superman #442 (July 1988)
Adventures of Superman #442 (July 1988) Continued from Superman #19! An alien named Psi-Phon has stolen Superman’s powers and transferred them to his pal...
Superman #19 (July 1988)
Superman #19 (July 1988) Superman’s powers betray him in the middle of a fight with his greatest enemy: Professor Killgrave! Wait, what’s the opposite of...
Superman: The Earth Stealers (1988)
Superman: The Earth Stealers (1988) In The Earth Stealers, some aliens come along and steal the Earth. When Superman goes over to their ship and tells them...
World of Smallville #3 (June 1988)
World of Smallville #3 (June 1988) IN THIS ISSUE: Baby torture! By space robots! Clark Kent and Lana Lang are in a bank in Smallville, for some reason (I...
Action Comics Weekly #601-641 (May 1988-March 1989)
Action Comics Weekly #601-641 (May 1988-March 1989) Superman comes across a cult of people in California who worship him like a god. That would be weird...
Adventures of Superman #441 (June 1988)
Adventures of Superman #441 (June 1988) Oh crap, it’s been 90 days already? That means it’s time for another visit from the handsome Mr. Mxyzptlk, last seen...
Superman #18 (June 1988)
Superman #18 (June 1988) RETURN TO KRYPTON! In Action #600, a wave of cosmic kryptonite radiation reaches Earth and Superman naturally concludes that the...
World of Smallville #2 (May 1988)
World of Smallville #2 (May 1988) Superman is still reeling from the revelation that his earthly parents apparently used to live in a sordid soap opera. As...
Action Comics #600 (May 1988)
Action Comics #600 (May 1988) Anniversary issue! Superman’s anniversary issues always manage to feel like big events despite the fact that he has like four...
Adventures of Superman #440 (May 1988)
Adventures of Superman #440 (May 1988) Superman is all giddy because of his upcoming date with Wonder Woman (set in Superman #17), with nearly disastrous...
Superman #17 (May 1988)
Superman #17 (May 1988) Superman versus Silver Banshee, round two. Round one, I’ll remind you, ended when she kinda killed him and then Martian Manhunter...
World of Smallville #1 (April 1988)
World of Smallville #1 (April 1988) While visiting Smallville, Superman finds out the Kents’ dark family secret: Ma Kent was married to another dude before...
Action Comics #599 (April 1988)
Action Comics #599 (April 1988) Return of the Metal Men, who are a group of robot superheroes and not a bunch of long-haired dudes in devil shirts, as you...
Adventures of Superman #439 (April 1988)
Adventures of Superman #439 (April 1988) This issue in 12 words: Superman loses his hand and also he’s a robot, but not really. This is all Jimmy Olsen’s...
Superman #16 (April 1988)
Superman #16 (April 1988) Superman versus The Prankster, a villain whose modus operandi is attacking people with practical jokes. I’m not sure why we needed...