Superman #69 and Adventures of Superman #492 (July 1992)
Superman #69 and Adventures of Superman #492 (July 1992) SUPERMAN VERSUS AGENT LIBERTY! The winner gets… America. Actually, there isn't a whole lot of...
Blaze/Satanus War Ad
Big apologies for falling behind on this Tumblr: I've been extremely busy playing Super Mario Maker working. Here's a taste of the next big storyline, which...
Superman: The Man of Steel #13 (July 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #13 (July 1992) Superman finally meets Cerberus and gets to punch him in the faces! For just over a year, the mysterious Cerberus...
Justice League America #63-65 (June-August 1992)
Justice League America #63-65 (June-August 1992) Superman and the Justice League go on a galactic road trip! Good news: Guy Gardner decides to bail (both the...
Action Comics #678 (June 1992)
Action Comics #678 (June 1992) The ACTUALLY TOTALLY REAL (for real this time) origin of Lex Luthor II! As you might recall, the good, generous and sexy Lex...
Adventures of Superman #491 (June 1992)
Adventures of Superman #491 (June 1992) Superman's rematch with Metallo, who has gained a lot of weight since the last time we saw him – and I mean a lot of...
Superman #68 (June 1992)
Superman #68 (June 1992) Superman is very disappointed to find out that his friend Deathstroke, The Terminator is a bad guy. Deathstroke returns to...
Superman: The Man of Steel #12 (June 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #12 (June 1992) Superman vs. Metropolis' tapeworm! No part of that cover is an exaggeration, by the way. The worm really is that...
Action Comics #677 (May 1992)
Action Comics #677 (May 1992) Lex Luthor II formally introduces his new girlfriend/business project: Supergirl! Superman doesn't take it well. (There's...
Justice League America #62 (May 1992)
Justice League America #62 (May 1992) Superman and the Justice League are trapped by the Weapons Master, who is apparently into some kinky 50 Shades shit. As...
Adventures of Superman #490 (May 1992)
Adventures of Superman #490 (May 1992) THE DRAMATIC RETURN OF JAWAD AL GURDAN! Yes, Clark Kent's "good friend" from… somewhere in the Middle East who...
Superman #67 (May 1992)
Superman #67 (May 1992) Superman vs. a cloud of black stuff that turns people into skeletons, OR Superman vs. his worst nightmare: a thing he can't punch!...
Superman: The Man of Steel #11 (May 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #11 (May 1992) So begins the event that changed the DC Universe forever: FLASHPOINT! Yes, Flashpoint, the fat guy from another...
"Panic in the Sky" Planning Chart
Here's how the Superman writers and editors kept track of all those crazy plotlines in the ‘90s, if you've ever laid awake at night wondering about this (but...
Justice League Spectacular #1 & Justice League America #61 (April 1992)
Justice League Spectacular #1 & Justice League America #61 (April 1992) Spinning out of "Panic in the Sky": the new Justice League of America! Now with more...
Action Comics #676 (April 1992)
Action Comics #676 (April 1992) Someone tries to murder Lex Luthor II, while Superman tries to murder a piano! (And succeeds.) That someone is Hellgrammite,...
Adventures of Superman #489 (April 1992)
Adventures of Superman #489 (April 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Epilogue – The end of this epic saga… immediately followed by the beginning of another, almost as...
Superman #66 (April 1992)
Superman #66 (April 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Part 6 – It's the grand finale of this cosmic saga, and Superman and his allies have been holding that exact same...
THE BEARD IS BACK! (and so is Jurgens)
We’ll have a proper post up later today (with the climax of PANIC IN THE SKY!), but I just wanted to let you know real quick about the most important...
Superman: The Man of Steel #10 (April 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #10 (April 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Part 5 – A hero dies! Who could it possibly be?! You'll just have to read on to find out. (Or...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 11)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 11) “Leftovers” edition! Featuring all the characters I couldn’t fit into the previous installments: Supergirl/Matrix,...
Action Comics #675 (March 1992)
Action Comics #675 (March 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Part 4 – Brainiac is like "Look! Look at all these action figures I bought on eBay!" Part 3 of this...
Adventures of Superman #488 (March 1992)
Adventures of Superman #488 (March 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Part 3 – Warworld wants to invade Earth, so Earth's heroes invade Warworld! Maaaaan, this freaking...
Superman #65 (March 1992)
Superman #65 (March 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Part 2 – Superman rounds up a bunch of pals to go beat up Brainiac in space! It's a "League of American Justice-...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 10)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 10) “Deadliest villains” edition! Including the most formidable enemies Superman has ever faced, except Lex Luthor...
Superman: The Man of Steel #9 (March 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #9 (March 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Part 1 – Brainiac's skullship does Metropolis! This story has the awesome title of "POWER...
Action Comics #674 (February 1992)
Action Comics #674 (February 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Prologue – Supergirl kicks Draaga's butt! In space! Over the past years, several Superman plotlines have...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 9)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 9) “Ridiculous villains” edition! Featuring Toyman (who torments Superman with deadly toys), the Prankster (a.k.a. Joker-...
Metropolis Mailbag: Death novelization?
ununnilium asked: Reading through your archives and oh my goodness. You are doing yourself a massive disservice if you don't read The Death and Life of...
Adventures of Superman #487 (February 1992)
Adventures of Superman #487 (February 1992) A story about Bibbo and Jimmy Olsen discovering the true meaning of Christmas… with some giant explosions thrown...
Metropolis Mailbag: Sonic insert?
chadbonin asked: One of these recent issues had an expansive promo Sonic the Hedgehog, did it not? I found this out by listening to Console Wars. Yeah! It's...
Superman #64 (February 1992)
Superman #64 (February 1992) Lex Luthor has trapped Superman's friends in a virtual world riddled with fog and crappy graphics, and now Superman must– uh,...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 8)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 8) Regular people edition! (Or, “I wanted to do a proper post today but didn’t have time and I hate doing just one post...
Superman: The Man of Steel #8 (February 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #8 (February 1992) Superman fights the deadly trio of Jolt, Blockhouse and Lois Lane. I mean, and… LOIS LANE?! Jolt and Blockhouse...
Action Comics #673 (January 1992)
Action Comics #673 (January 1992) FEATURING HELLGRAMMITE! For literally one page! A page, I should mention, that doesn't even have Superman in it....
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 7)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 7) “People who have kicked Superman’s ass” edition! We have Metallo, who nearly murdered Superman with his kryptonite-...
Adventures of Superman #486 (January 1992)
Adventures of Superman #486 (January 1992) THE PURGE COMES TO METROPOLIS! Not that purge, though. This Purge is a robot who is trying to break into Stryker's...
Metropolis Mailbag: Triangle numbers?
Anonymous asked: Could you explain how the whole triangle numbers thing works? I understand that in the 1990s there was as many as 5 Superman titles at once,...
Superman #63 (January 1992)
Superman #63 (January 1992) Superman reunites with his most valued underwater ally: Lori Lemaris, his mermaid ex-girlfriend! And I just spoiled this issue's...
Metropolis Mailbag: Dennis the Menace?
Anonymous asked: Which Dennis the Menace are we talking about? British one or American one? American! Though he looks more like the movie version than the...
Superman: The Man of Steel #7 (January 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #7 (January 1992) 1992 IS HERE! The year of alien invasions, Justice Leagues and Doomsday! But first: a romance issue. (With...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 6)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 6) “Places Superman’s been to” mega-edition! Or former places, in the case of Krypton and poor S.T.A.R. Labs, both of...
Action Comics #672 (December 1991)
Action Comics #672 (December 1991) The TOTALLY REAL origin of Lex Luthor II! Exactly a year after Lex Luthor's untimely death (Action #660), the son of the...
Adventures of Superman #485 (December 1991)
Adventures of Superman #485 (December 1991) "Blackout" Conclusion, a.k.a. HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THAT JERRY ORDWAY COVER. That is awesome, as is the rest of this...
Agent Liberty #1 (1992)
Agent Liberty #1 (1992) The secret origin of Agent Liberty! If you were wondering! This one-shot special explains that Liberty was once CIA operative...
Superman #62 (December 1991)
Superman #62 (December 1991) “Blackout” Part 4! Lois Lane fights Superman’s cavewoman bride, while Superman just floats there all like “Hmm, yes. Yes, keep...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 5)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 5) “Golden allies” edition! Featuring Waverider (who is gold and shiny), Booster Gold (who likes gold so much that he put...
Superman: The Man of Steel #6 (December 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #6 (December 1991) “Blackout” Part 3: THE WEDDING OF SUPERMAN! To a nudist cavewoman in a time-forsaken island! What? How? Why?...
Action Comics #671 (November 1991)
Action Comics #671 (November 1991) “Blackout” Part 2! Amnesiac, shirtless Superman fights dinosaurs! Why does Superman have amnesia? Simple: because a mind-...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 4)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 4) Lady villains edition! Wait, why is Blaze listed as “supernatural” and Silver Banshee as “villain”? They’re both Hell-...