Adventures of Superman #478 (May 1991)
Adventures of Superman #478 (May 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Final Phase – Superman goes back to the future and fights a lunatic who wants to blow up the...
Superman #55 (May 1991)
Superman #55 (May 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Phase Six – Superman turns into a magic knight and fights demons! Also, THE Demon! Superman’s latest...
Superman in "Ex-Machina" by Paul Chadwick (1989)
about-faces: SUPERMAN in “Ex-Machina”By Paul Chadwick (creator of the beautiful series Concrete) from Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2 (1988) Here’s a...
Superman: For Earth (1991)
Superman: For Earth (1991) We take a break from Superman’s excellent time-traveling adventure for this very special special in which Superman punches...
Action Comics #664 (April 1991)
Action Comics #664 (April 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Phase Five – Superman meets the Flintstones! Well, he meets Dino. Okay, he meets a dino. Several...
Adventures of Superman #477 (April 1991)
Adventures of Superman #477 (April 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Phase Four – Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes versus a giant pink cloud that eats...
"Time and Time Again" poster by Jerry Ordway
Here’s a poster of Superman shoving a Nazi tank by Jerry Ordway, the man who was born to draw Superman shoving a Nazi tank. This was released to coincide...
Superman #54 (April 1991)
Superman #54 (April 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Phase Three – Superman versus Actual Nazis! Superman is currently stuck in one of the worst places and times...
Superman and Doomsday's Excellent Adventure
I… I know it’s just a variant cover but dear Rao I’m getting that comic.
Action Comics #663 (March 1991)
Action Comics #663 (March 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Phase Two – Superman quits superheroing and joins a circus in the 1940’s. Last time we saw him,...
Adventures of Superman #476 (March 1991)
Adventures of Superman #476 (March 1991) “Time and Time Again!” Phase One – Superman fights a living embodiment of ‘90s comics! A mysterious part-robot...
Metropolis Mailbag: Luce?
golobulous121284 asked: I noticed in Action 662 in the panels where Lois is talking on the phone to Lucy, it looks like her name is spelled "Lucy" in the...
Superman #53 (March 1991)
Superman #53 (March 1991) Superman must save a Saddam Hussein stand-in from corrupt US soldiers. At last, Superman renounces the decadent imperialists! Death...
Action Comics #662 (February 1991)
Action Comics #662 (February 1991) Yes, it’s the moment Superman fans had been waiting decades and decades for: THE RETURN OF SILVER BANSHEE! FINALLY! Oh,...
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 massive...
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).