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-...
Adventures of Superman #484 (November 1991)
Adventures of Superman #484 (November 1991) “Blackout” Part 1! In which Professor Hamilton accidentally “blacks out” Superman’s memory, and also the entire...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 3)
Who’s Who in Superman Comics (Part 3) Extreme bad luck edition! Featuring Jose “Gangbuster” Delgado, Jimmy “Turtle Boy” Olsen and Draaga “Death-Rite”...
Superman #61 (November 1991)
Superman #61 (November 1991) TIME AND TIME-AGEDDON 2001! Superman finally comes face to face with the two unrelated time traveling parties that have been...
Superman: The Man of Steel #5 (November 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #5 (November 1991) Superman gets choked at the movies by Ghost Rider! Actually, I’m lying, that's not Ghost Rider (if you came...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 2)
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 2) Outdated looks edition! Featuring Thorn in her old, more revealing costume, the Parasite when he was still green and...
Action Comics #670 (October 1991)
Action Comics #670 (October 1991) S.T.A.R. Labs goes boom, and now Superman has to clean up the mess! Fortunately, he has help from a whole bunch of guest...
Adventures of Superman #483 (October 1991)
Adventures of Superman #483 (October 1991) PIANO PARTY AT BIBBO'S! This issue is about every minor supporting character in the Superman comics coming...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 1)
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 1) Hey, did you know that when Firefox crashes, it's able to recover text from any website you were writing on except...
Metropolis Mailbag: Bob McLeod?
yellowkryptonite asked: Meeting Bob McLeod this weekend. What do I get signed?! Whoa! Well, the obvious choice would be the "Secret Revealed!" issue (Action...
Superman #60 (October 1991)
Superman #60 (October 1991) THE END OF INTERGANG! Superman finally gets off his ass and takes care of that pesky criminal organization operating from his...
Superman: The Man of Steel #4 (October 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #4 (October 1991) A pseudo-Hulk wants to kill Superman’s father-in-law for turning him into that pseudo-Hulk. As usual when...
Adventures of Superman Annual #3 (1991)
Adventures of Superman Annual #3 (1991) Lois Lane dies, and Superman mourns her by making out with the villainess Maxima! Not literally on top of Lois’...
Action Comics #669 (September 1991)
Action Comics #669 (September 1991) Superman teams up with Thorn, the vigilante who doesn’t know she’s a vigilante! Because she’s crazy. Thorn is a lady...
Adventures of Superman #482 (September 1991)
Adventures of Superman #482 (September 1991) Superman gets punched by the Parasite, and the Daily Planet gets punched by the recession! Last issue, the...
Metropolis Mailbag: Newspaper insert?
marvelloustej-deactivated202301 asked: Hi, in the Superman 59 write up, at the end you used a newspaper article insert by Clark Kent, could I please inquire...
Superman #59 (September 1991)
Superman #59 (September 1991) Superman and Lois Lane go sit up on a mountain and talk for six hours. It is one of the best Superman issues ever. The Linear...
Superman: The Man of Steel #3 (September 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #3 (September 1991) Superman versus a giant, winged snake god! A talking flying, winged snake god! A whole bunch of gods from...
Action Comics Annual #3 (1991)
Action Comics Annual #3 (1991) Hey, remember that time Superman became President of the United States in 2001? What do you mean, you don’t? What are they...
Action Comics #668 (August 1991)
Action Comics #668 (August 1991) SUPERMAN VERSUS THE GHOST OF LEX LUTHOR! But not his literal ghost: more like his legacy as Metropolis’ most beloved...
Flash #53 (August 1991)
Flash #53 (August 1991) Flash helps Superman rescue Jimmy Olsen from a crazy meth addict who shoots lightning bolts. The guy has Jimmy and is gonna kill him...
Adventures of Superman #481 (August 1991)
Adventures of Superman #481 (August 1991) Someone turned the people in Metropolis’ subway into skeletons, and Superman is like “say whaaaaaaaa…” The culprit...
Metropolis Mailbag: Prof Hamilton scenes?
Anonymous asked: There are a few Professor Hamilton sequences that I'd love to check out--namely the discoveries of Superman's low level force field, tactile...
Superman #58 (August 1991)
Superman #58 (August 1991) THE BLOODHOUNDS come to arrest Superman for being crazy! Wait, who the hell are the Bloodhounds? They are a guy with a whip called...
Metropolis Mailbag: Favorite issues?
comics-and-big-titties-deactiva asked: Favorite Superman single issues? When I finish this dang blog, I’ll do a post with my top 10 favorite issues from this...
Superman: The Man of Steel #2 (August 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #2 (August 1991) Superman versus a hippie with robot parts and a military guy who pukes acid! They are called Rorc and Sgt....
Action Comics #667 (July 1991)
Action Comics #667 (July 1991) The ultimate showdown with (this particular incarnation of) the Eradicator! Don’t let the cover fool you: it’s Professor...
Adventures of Superman #480 (July 1991)
Adventures of Superman #480 (July 1991) Superman wrestles the Eradicator on the sun! Or near the sun, anyway. In Superman #57, everyone’s least favorite...
Superman #57 (July 1991)
Superman #57 (July 1991) In this issue: the Eradicator eradicates some zits on Superman’s face. Or at least that’s what I think every time I see this cover...
Superman: The Man of Steel #1 (July 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #1 (July 1991) Thus begins my in-depth examination of every fu- wait, whoops, that was the other Man of Steel #1. Sorry. This is...
Superman Annual #3 (1991)
Superman Annual #3 (1991) Hey, have you ever wondered what Superman will be doing in the far-flung future of 2001? This issue has the answer! And that answer...
Action Comics #666 (June 1991)
Action Comics #666 (June 1991) “The Red Glass Trilogy” Part 3 – Superman is HIGH AS HELL on alien moon crystals. Previously: everyone started calling...
That time Superman and Dromiceiomimus hung out
ryannorth: That time Superman and Dromiceiomimus hung out (via @Superman86to99!) Thank you, Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics (and now Marvel’s Squirrel Girl!)...
Adventures of Superman #479 (June 1991)
Adventures of Superman #479 (June 1991) “The Red Glass Trilogy” Part 2 – Superman has a bad acid trip and destroys Metropolis! Or thinks he did, anyway. The...
Superman #56 (June 1991)
Superman #56 (June 1991) “The Red Glass Trilogy” Part 1 – Superman finds himself trapped in his worst nightmare: A FILLER STORY! Also, a world in which...
Superman '86 to '99 Extra: Tom Grummett Interview!
Superman ‘89 to '99 Extra: Tom Grummett Interview! This week we welcomed two important additions to this blog: Tom Grummett, who joined the Superman titles...
Action Comics #665 (May 1991)
Action Comics #665 (May 1991) Superman fights zombie prisoners or whatever, but never mind that. The really important part of this issue is: TOM GRUMMETT...