Metropolis Mailbag: Dan Jurgens wants his Baldy?!
Anonymous asked: I still haven't received my Baldy Award. Hope no one in the mailroom stole it.... Dan Jurgens SOMEBODY SEND THIS MAN A BALDY! And yes, this...
Metropolis Mailbag: Convergence?
drakayl asked: Have you seen that DC's Convergence event is going to revisit 90s DCU? They're even being brave enough to include Matrix Supergirl and Lex...
Metropolis Mailbag: Slow down?
jeffwik asked: I just wanted to let you know that I've really enjoyed your work. I was born in 1979 and read Superman comics pretty religiously over the span...
Adventures of Superman #475 (February 1991)
Adventures of Superman #475 (February 1991) Superman fights various of his superhero friends and MURDERS ALL OF THEM! Okay, so they were actually evil...
Superman #52 (February 1991)
Superman #52 (February 1991) WARNING: There’s no actual dancing in this issue. It’s just the second round between Superman and Terra-Man, the supervillain...
Action Comics #661 (January 1991)
Action Comics #661 (January 1991) Superman solves a mystery with the greatest detective in the DC Universe and his dynamic partner: I mean Plastic Man and...
Adventures of Superman #474 (January 1991)
Adventures of Superman #474 (January 1991) Superman vs. drunk driving! And Superman loses. In this very special episode, Clark Kent returns to Smallville to...
Superman #51 (January 1991)
Superman #51 (January 1991) Superman gets trapped inside a diamond in his rematch against Mr. Z! What’s that? You can’t remember Superman’s first fight with...
Action Comics #660 (December 1990)
Action Comics #660 (December 1990) And so ends the year 1990, and with it… LUTHOR’S LIFE! Yes, it’s here: the second most shocking Superman story starting...
Metropolis Mailbag: Dan Jurgens writes in?!
Anonymous asked: A friend pointed me to your Superman 86 to 99 page and I have to tell you that it's great fun to see. Lots of fun stuff. Really takes me...
Adventures of Superman #473 (December 1990)
Adventures of Superman #473 (December 1990) Superman teams up with Green Lantern and Green Lantern. This issue is called “Rings of Fire” because both Green...
Superman #50 (December 1990)
Superman #50 (December 1990) KRISIS OF THE KRIMSON KRYPTONITE: KONCLUSION! The one with Superman’s engagement! And also the one with Superman vs. a massively...
Action Comics #659 (November 1990)
Action Comics #659 (November 1990) KRISIS OF THE KRIMSON KRYPTONITE, Part 3: Superman literally becomes a Man of Steel! And by literally I mean figuratively,...
A Guide to Superman '86-'99 Comics Collections (Part 1)
A Guide to Superman ‘86-'99 Comics Collections (Part 1) This was gonna be a short post to gush about the fact that DC just announced the “Sinbad Contract”...
Starman #28 (November 1990)
Starman #28 (November 1990) What? Why is there a Starman comic in this blog? Because this is Part 2 ½ of KRISIS OF THE KRIMSON KRYPTONITE, the storyline that...
Adventures of Superman #472 (November 1990)
Adventures of Superman #472 (November 1990) More like Adventures of MAN #472 (November 1990), because Superman just lost all of his super back in part one of...
Superman #49 (November 1990)
Superman #49 (November 1990) It’s here: KRISIS OF THE KRIMSON KRYPTONITE! Despite the silly name, which sounds kinda offensive when you strip it down to just...
Adventures of Superman Annual #2 (1990)
Adventures of Superman Annual #2 (1990) SUPERMAN VS. BRAINIAC… Junior. Brainiac’s son. Or Vril Dox II, as he calls himself. Vril inherited his father’s...
Metropolis Mailbag: Filthy Easter egg?
donsparrow said, regarding the World’s Finest miniseries: “Did you catch that dude getting a BJ in the panel with the New Years Eve explosion? Wonder how...
World's Finest #1-3 (August-October 1990)
World’s Finest #1-3 (August-October 1990) Or Lex Luthor v. the Joker: Dawn of JERKstice. Superman and Batman teaming up is old hat by now, but this is the...
Action Comics #658 (October 1990)
Action Comics #658 (October 1990) The Sinbad Contract, Conclusion: Sinbad saves Metropolis! And Superman helps a little, too. Sinbad, as seen in Part 1 and...
Adventures of Superman #471 (October 1990)
Adventures of Superman #471 (October 1990) The Sinbad Contract, Part 2: Davood Nassur, the superpowered 14-year-old from Qurac, continues to shame Superman...
Superman #48 (October 1990)
Superman #48 (October 1990) The Sinbad Contract, Part 1: Superman gets beaten up by a 14-year-old! Not even some tough gangbanger 14-year-old. This one:...
Metropolis Mailbag: End of the mullet?
gpack3 asked: I've been working my way through this era and right now, I'm deep in the Mullet Period with no end in sight. When does Superman lose the...
Action Comics #657 (September 1990)
Action Comics #657 (September 1990) Superman vs. Toyman vs. Intergang! And vs. John Byrne too, because this issue contains a very small inconsistency with an...
Adventures of Superman #470 (September 1990)
Adventures of Superman #470 (September 1990) Soul Search (or “Superman in Hell”), Conclusion: Someone lives! Someone dies! Everyone else continues the way...
Superman #47 (September 1990)
Superman #47 (September 1990) Soul Search, Part 2! Superman is still in Hell, and he runs into a guy he sent there a while ago: Skyhook, the hideous flying...
Action Comics #656 (August 1990)
Action Comics #656 (August 1990) Soul Search, Part 1: SUPERMAN GOES TO HELL! Or, like, to a place with fire and demons and stuff, because they don’t...
Adventures of Superman #469 (August 1990)
Adventures of Superman #469 (August 1990) Superman takes a holiday, but it’s interrupted by two guys in buffalo masks. Also featuring the long-awaited return...
Metropolis Mailbag: Brainiac comics?
Anonymous asked: Wow. I know now, after reading your blog, that I practically know squat about Superman! But it is lots of fun reading you, so thanks! Can...
Superman #46 (August 1990)
Superman #46 (August 1990) Superman vs. Terra-Man, the environmentalist supervillain, and his robot cowboys. Also starring Jade and Obsidian, the brother and...
Action Comics #655 (July 1990)
Action Comics #655 (July 1990) In this issue: Lois Lane jumps on top of trucks and kicks all sorts of ass (with a little help from Superman). This story...
Adventures of Superman #468 (July 1990)
Adventures of Superman #468 (July 1990) Superman versus a pile of junk. A living pile of junk! And other important stuff happens that will have repercussions...
Superman #45 (July 1990)
Superman #45 (July 1990) Superman versus a giant fire dog coming out of an old man’s hair! Don’t worry, though: the old man summoned it, so his hair is...
Metropolis Mailbag: Anon likes us too?
Anonymous asked: I started reading all of the post-crisis Superman comics about a year ago and then discovered your blog a few months ago. It's been great...
UNLEASH THE FANBOY Interview
Hey! I was interviewed about this Tumblr at UNLEASH THE FANBOY! Check out the interview here (includes mild spoilers for future storylines).
"Soul Search" Ad
I couldn’t resist posting this awesome house ad for the upcoming “Superman in Hell” storyline (uh, “upcoming” in 1990, that is). Not only is the Kerry...
Secret Origins #49 (June 1990)
Secret Origins #49 (June 1990) The secret origin of Project Cadmus! Or not so secret since we already found out about it in Superman Annual #2, but this does...
Action Comics #654 (June 1990)
Action Comics #654 (June 1990) “Dark Knight Over Metropolis,” Finale! Or: the issue where Superman and Batman learn to play nice, and then one gifts the...
Adventures of Superman #467 (June 1990)
Adventures of Superman #467 (June 1990) “Dark Knight Over Metropolis,” Part 2: Finally! Superman and Batman! And Gangbuster! OK, just Superman and Batman....
Superman #44 (June 1990)
Superman #44 (June 1990) “Dark Knight Over Metropolis,” Part 1! Superman and Batman work together for the first time ever! Except for all those other times...
Action Comics #653 (May 1990)
Action Comics #653 (May 1990) Superman gets drunk and falls asleep on a cemetery with his shirt open. Or at least that’s what someone would say if they...
Adventures of Superman #466 (May 1990)
Adventures of Superman #466 (May 1990) Superman vs. the Fantastic Four! Well, sort of. The concept of this issue is: “What would REALLY happen if four...
Superman ‘86 to '99 Extra: Jon Bogdanove Appreciation!
Superman ‘86 to '99 Extra: Jon Bogdanove Appreciation! I had the honor of meeting '90s Superman artist Jon Bogdanove the other day at a con, so I thought I’d...
Superman #43 (May 1990)
Superman #43 (May 1990) After having a metaphorical confrontation against himself in the recently ended “Day of the Krypton Man” storyline, Superman must now...
Action Comics #652 (April 1990)
Action Comics #652 (April 1990) Day of the Krypton Man: Last Part! Or as I like to call it: Pa Kent vs. the Eradicator. Superman appears, too. Ma and Pa Kent...
Adventures of Superman #465 (April 1990)
Adventures of Superman #465 (April 1990) Day of the Krypton Man, Part 5: Krypton Man on the loose! Superman might be taking this “back to the roots” phase of...
Superman #42 (April 1990)
Superman #42 (April 1990) Day of the Krypton Man, Part 4! Superman fully abandons his humanity while embracing his Kryptonian heritage and becomes… Krypton...
Action Comics #651 (March 1990)
Action Comics #651 (March 1990) Day of the Krypton Man, Part 3! Maxima returns to seduce Superman. Unfortunately, the Man of Steel is going through an...
Adventures of Superman #464 (March 1990)
Adventures of Superman #464 (March 1990) Day of the Krypton Man, Part 2: Asshole Superman vs. Drunk Lobo! Somehow, Superman gets a vision showing that Lobo,...