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,...
Superman #41 (March 1990)
Superman #41 (March 1990) Day of the Krypton Man, Part 1! Superman’s growing assholeness from the past issues reaches a boiling point. That’s seriously what...
Action Comics #650 (February 1990)
Action Comics #650 (February 1990) ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! Several short stories, loosely connected by the running theme of how others see Superman: In space,...
Adventures of Superman #463 (February 1990)
Adventures of Superman #463 (February 1990) Mr. Mxyzptlk forces Superman and Flash to race around the world to find out who’s faster. WHO COULD IT BE?!...
Superman #40 (February 1990)
Superman #40 (February 1990) Superman vs. the Four-Armed Terror, who has a pretty self-explanatory name: he has four arms and is scary. More villains should...
Action Comics #649 (January 1990)
Action Comics #649 (January 1990) The Brainiac Trilogy, Last Part! Brainiac debuts a sexy new body, and a sexy new spaceship shaped like his head. As seen in...
Adventures of Superman #462 (January 1990)
Adventures of Superman #462 (January 1990) The Daily Planet’s intern, Alice, has been living in a storage closet for the past three years and no one noticed...
Superman #39 (January 1990)
Superman #39 (January 1990) The ‘90s are here! You probably thought a mullet would instantly appear on the back of Superman’s head as soon as we reached...
Action Comics #648 (December 1989)
Action Comics #648 (December 1989) The Brainiac Trilogy, Part 2: Superman vs. Metallo! And Metallo, and Metallo, and Metallo, and Metallo, and Metallo. They...
Adventures of Superman #461 (December 1989)
Adventures of Superman #461 (December 1989) Superman (maybe?) travels back in time and meets his birth parents. Unfortunately, they can’t catch up properly...
Metropolis Mailbag: Anon likes us?
Anonymous asked: Keep the good work! Thanks! Have a Baldy Award.
Superman #38 (December 1989)
Superman #38 (December 1989) Remember that time Metropolis got hit by a tsunami? I didn’t! It’s weird that when Metropolis had another type of disaster in...
Action Comics #647 (November 1989)
Action Comics #647 (November 1989) Yes! Finally! “The Brainiac Trilogy,” part one of three! Or part one of seven, if you count all the parts in between that...
Adventures of Superman #460 (November 1989)
Adventures of Superman #460 (November 1989) It’s Superman vs. the cosmic egg his grandpa’s grandpa made: Round Two! And this time, the egg wins. So, last...
Superman #37 (November 1989)
Superman #37 (November 1989) Jimmy Olsen hates Superman, and punches him with a flying car. Unfortunately other kids happen to be in the car at the time,...
Action Comics #646 (October 1989)
Action Comics #646 (October 1989) Continuing Superman’s brief antarctic excursion: now he gets swallowed by a giant bug. You know, one of those pesky giant...
Adventures of Superman #459 (October 1989)
Adventures of Superman #459 (October 1989) Superman finally realizes that the Eradicator gizmo he found in space might be evil, so he decides to toss it in a...
Superman #36 (October 1989)
Superman #36 (October 1989) I don’t even need to do a recap for this one because it’s all right there in the cover (but I’ll do it anyway): The Prankster...
Action Comics #645 (September 1989)
Action Comics #645 (September 1989) Introducing Maxima, the space lady who wants to get inside Superman’s pants! Or underpants, technically, I guess. She...
Adventures of Superman #458 (September 1989)
Adventures of Superman #458 (September 1989) This cover with Jimmy Olsen stretching his arms unnaturally isn’t symbolic of his inner struggles or something....
Metropolis Mailbag: Deathurge?
thebibliomancer asked: Do you suppose Deathurge from Great Lakes Avengers is a reference to Black Racer? It would be kind of weird for both Marvel and DC to...
Superman #35 (September 1989)
Superman #35 (September 1989) Two stories for the price of one! Neither of them features Superman, though: one is about Brainiac and the other about Morgan...
Action Comics #644 (August 1989)
Action Comics #644 (August 1989) Superman vs. Supergirl, who is looking quite… different now. That’s her up there on the cover, with the grey costume, red...
Adventures of Superman #457 (August 1989)
Adventures of Superman #457 (August 1989) Apparently, those goofballs at Intergang are still mad at some Daily Planet reporters for blowing the lid off their...
Superman #34 (August 1989)
Superman #34 (August 1989) Skyhook, the only Superman villain who is a hideous flying child abductor, is back! Finally. Remember like twenty issues ago when...
Superman '86 to '99 on Twitter!
Hey! Here’s your monthly reminder that this blog now has a Twitter account:https://twitter.com/superman86to99 (It’s just an automatic thing set up to notify...
Action Comics #643 (July 1989)
Action Comics #643 (July 1989) Superman is back on Earth! In fact, he’s so happy to be back home after his long exile in space, that the he could hug Jimmy...
Adventures of Superman #456 (July 1989)
Adventures of Superman #456 (July 1989) Last chapter of Superman’s Exile in Space! While wandering around in other galaxies, Superman came across an artifact...
Superman #33 (July 1989)
Superman #33 (July 1989) Superman’s exile in space takes him to the Korean War. Yes, I know Korea isn’t in space (despite what their splendid propaganda...
Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography (1989)
Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography (1989) Lex Luthor’s secret origin! This is a heavy one. We start with Lex Luthor getting cozy to watch a tape with a...
Adventures of Superman #455 (June 1989)
Adventures of Superman #455 (June 1989) Superman meets the Eradicator, an ancient relic from Krypton’s past! And he’s so excited that he forgets to close his...
Metropolis Mailbag: Why '99?
smilergroganthings asked: Hey, whats up? I like this blog, but I can't help but wonder why you want to stop at 1999. To me, that's when Superman actually got...
Superman #32 (June 1989)
Superman #32 (June 1989) In this issue: Mongul punches Gladiator Superman right in the beard! Big mistake, Mongul. Never mess with the beard. After the...
Action Comics Annual #2 (1989)
Action Comics Annual #2 (1989) Superman: SPACE GLADIATOR! Also, we learn a dark secret of Krypton’s past! I’m not sure, but this might be the greatest...
Adventures of Superman #454 (May 1989)
Adventures of Superman #454 (May 1989) Superman is sold into slavery… in space! Space slavery! Spacevery! I’ll shut up now. When we last saw Superman in...
Superman #31 (May 1989)
Superman #31 (May 1989) Superman doesn’t appear at all in this issue, but they made up for it by featuring an extra large one in the cover. Very nice of...