Nothing exciting happened today --

--Will blog Superman 101, as usual, tomorrow.

Script by Jerry Siegel
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Shelly Moldoff

Superman #145
The Night Of March 31st!
May 1961
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Short Tempered Justice Of The Golden Age

I guess even Superman is allowed to wake up on the wrong side of the Fortress of Solitude every now and again.

Script by Jerry Siegel
Artwork by Joe Shuster

Superman #4
Luthor's Undersea City
Spring 1940
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Characters Continuity Forgot #2

Karb-Brak

It's the alien from the Andromeda Galaxy who is allergic to super-heroes!

It's probably for the best then that he hasn't appeared since 1977, as it's not like there hasn't been any shortage of superheroes over the decade. Hell, the 90's probably would've killed him outright!

Script by Cary Bates
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Tex Blaisdell

Action Comics #463
Die Now, Live Later!
September 1976
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Adventures with outdated technology

I wonder if Superman still has these cassette tapes in a dusty old box in the Fortress attic?

Remind me to double check at the next Fortress of Solitude garage sale.

Script by Beppe Sabatini
Pencils by Howard Bender
Inks by Bob Oksner
Colors by Gene D'Angelo
Letters by Milt Snapinn

Action Comics #572
SOS from Nowhere!
October 1985
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Sunday versus #3

Superman vs. Tyrannosaurus Rex

Our weekly experiment to see how many different stories of Superman fighting Dinosaurs we can highlight, continues apace...3 posts strong!

Script by Roger Stern
Artwork by Bob McLeod
Colors by Glenn Whitmore
Letters by Bill Oakley

Action Comics #664
Time & Time Again Phase Five
Many Long Years Ago...
April 1991
Copyright (c) DC Comics

J.G. Jones

Today's featured pin-up comes from a man who absolutely nailed the essence of the DCU down into a single image on a weekly basis for the covers of 52. The great thing about his covers was there ability to convey a whole issue's worth of drama and characterization in just a single image.

We're talking about none other than J.G. Jones, and here's his take on Clark revealing his other identity to Lois.


Fantastic stuff!

Artwork by J.G. Jones
Colors by J.D. Mettler

The Adventures Of Superman #600
March 2002
Copyright (c) DC Comics

More Fun with Grundy

Speaking of an army full of Solomon Grundys...


...there was also that time that Superman had to stop an army of them from rising up from the sewers of Metropolis and destroying the city.

I know that his thing is constant reincarnation, but who knew that Grundy had such a predilection for getting himself cloned as well?

Script by Steve Englehart
Artwork by Murphy Anderson
Colors by Jerry Serpe
Letters by Ben Oda

DC Comics Presents #8
The Sixty Deaths Of Solomon Grundy!
April 1979
Copyright (c) DC Comics

The Weekly Panel of Steel #4

It's kinda slim pickin' for a Panel of Steel this week as Superman only made one appearance, and that was in the pages of Superman/Batman #82.

The story continues to chug along quite nicely as Batman and Detective Chimp uncover some important clues into the disappearance of Superman, while Superman himself begins to find his footing in the not too distant future under a magically reanimated sun.

It sounds crazy, but then again the best comic books usually are. Cullen Bunn continues to impress with a very clever script (I love the magic world Batwing! If only this was a Batman themed blog that would've been the panel of the week right there.) and Chriscross makes it all look pretty. There wasn't really one panel of Supes that stood out, however, as Batman took the center stage for most of this issue. Luckily for us we are saved with a stunning cover by Travel Foreman and Val Staples!


I love the blue monochrome look to whole thing, with the focal point being Superman's glowing white hand. The blue gradually gets darker as the light recedes from his hand, giving the battle between Batman and an army of Solomon Grundys in the background an especially eerie feel.

The highlights in the sword are a nice touch and tie the whole image together, letting us know that the rules are somewhat different on this magically influenced earth.

Good stuff, and well worth the price of admission alone. The fact that you got a kick-ass twenty page story to back it up makes it even better.

Artwork by Travel Foreman
Colors by Val Staples

Superman/Batman #82
May 2011
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Unorthodox super power usages

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure X-Ray Vision doesn't work that way.

Script by Leo Dorfman
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by George Roussos

Action Comics #382
Clark Kent, Magician
November 1969
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The old switcheroo...

At last, after forty years of super-villain shenanigans, the true meaning of evil is about to make itself known.

And brought on by Superman, no less!


Now we all know that that's not the real Superman.

Bonus points for anyone out there who knows which one of the super-villains at their feet is the real Superman.

And super-double bonus points to anyone out there who knows the identity of the rather generic looking fella on the right.

And super-triple bonus points to anyone out there who knows what blockbuster series took this storyline and expanded upon it almost three decades later.

Script by Gerry Conway
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Frank McLaughlin
Colors by Gerry Serpe
Letters by Ben Oda

Justice League Of America #166
The Long Way Home
May 1979
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