REVISED: Episode #139: An Imaginary Summer 2010, Part III: Superman, Matinee Idol!

Superman 19, November/December 1942!

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NOTE: This episode has been revised. After I discovered that only the first 30 seconds of the final edited episode had recorded (how this happened I don't know) I re-recorded the episode and uploaded it. 

The imaginary stories for this episode come from SUPERMAN 19, November / December 1942, published on September 4, 1942. The editor was Whitney Ellsworth. Jack Burnley drew the cover, which portrayed Superman carrying an automobile, without tires on its wheels, with a family aboard, running down the street. That's road service, Superman style. This issue was reprinted in SUPERMAN ARCHIVES, vol. V.

Three of the issue's four stories are featured:

CASE OF THE FUNNY PAPER CRIMES was written by Jerry Siegel, pencilled by John Sikela and inked by Ed Dobrotka. This story was also reprinted in SUPERMAN FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE EIGHTIES.

SUPERMAN'S AMAZING ADVENTURE, originally unnamed, but given a title for the Archive, was written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Leo Nowak. Since I don't have a copy of the SUPERMAN ARCHIVE, the plot for this story came from MIKE'S AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS at http://dcindexes.com.

SUPERMAN, MATINEE IDOL was written by Jerry Siegel, pencilled by Joe Shuster and inked by John Sikela. This story was also reprinted in SUPERMAN FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE EIGHTIES.

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Episode #138: The Origin Of Superboy Prime: DC Comics Presents #87!

DC Comics Presents 87, November 1985!

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Before Superboy Prime became a villain in INFINITE CRISIS, he was the only superhero of Earth Prime. During the silver age multiverse in DC Comics, Earth Prime was our world, where superheroes were only fictional comic book characters. Superboy Prime first appeared in DC COMICS PRESENTS 87, November 1985, published on August 1, 1985. The editor was Julius Schwartz, and the cover was drawn by Eduardo Baretto. YEAR OF THE COMET was written by Elliot S! Maggin, pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by Al Williamson, lettered by Ed King and colored by Gene D'Angelo. The second story of the issue was THE ORIGIN OF SUPERBOY PRIME, done by the same creative team. There is no reprint information available that I could find. If you would like to read this issue, you can check the back issue bins of your local comic book shop or internet vendor. The stories are also available at the following links: http://superman.nu/tales2/comet/ and http://superman.nu/tales2/superboyprime/.

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Episode #137: An Imaginary Summer 2010, Part II: Waverider & The Adventures Of Superman Annual #3, 1991!

The Adventures Of Superman Annual 3, 1991, cover by Bryan Hitch!

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This episode continues the Summer 2010 look at more Superman imaginary stories. It follows up Episode 135's look at Waverider and summarizes the rest of his career. The featured story for this episode is THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ANNUAL 3, 1991. The issue has not been reprinted as far as I can find out.

A few bits of comic book news also mentioned:

For another perspective of J. Michael Straczynski's SUPERMAN: GROUNDED storyline: http://slaymonstrobot.blogspot.com/2010/07/world-without-superman-part-iii.html.

IDW will publish new issues of John Byrne's creator owned series NEXT MEN beginning in December 2010.

Dwayne McDuffie will adapt Grant Morrison's and Frank Quitely's mini-series ALL-STAR SUPERMAN for a DC animated DVD movie, scheduled for a Spring 2011 release.

Keep tabs on THE ICE PODCAST for an upcoming interview with comic book creators Leah Moore and John Reppion, who worked on the mini-series ALBION. http://theicepodcast.weebly.com.

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Episode #136: Happy Birthday, Lucy Lane!

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 36, April 1959, where Lucy Lane first appeared in the issue's second of three stories!

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According to the Superman Homepage website http://supermanhomepage.com, Lucy Lane's accepted birthday is July 25. She is the younger sister of Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane. This episode explores Lucy's silver age and post-Crisis histories and some of her earliest stories.

Lucy Lane first appeared in SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 36, April 1959. This story was reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN FAMILY vol. III. Since I only have the first volume of this reprint series, the plot synopses I use in this episode come from MIKE'S AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS at http://dcindexes.com.

Next Episode: AN IMAGINARY SUMMER 2010, PART II: WAVERIDER AND THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ANNUAL 3, 1991!

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Episode #135: An Imaginary Summer 2010: Waverider & Superman Annual #3, 1991!

Superman Annual 3, 1991!

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This episode begins our tradition, begun last summer, of looking at the imaginary Superman stories over the years. The featured story is SUPERMAN ANNUAL 3, 1991, EXECUTION 2001, which was a tie-in to the 2 issue event series for that year, ARMAGEDDON 2001, written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Dan Jurgens. Previously, ACTION COMICS ANNUAL 3, 1991 was the featured story for episode 47, SUPERMAN FOR PRESIDENT! We briefly explore the origin of the superhero Waverider.

The featured story of this episode is SUPERMAN ANNUAL 3, EXECUTION 2001, written by Dan Jurgens, pencilled by Dusty Abel, inked by Terry Austin, John Beatty, Dick Giordano and Dennis Janke, colored by Glenn Whitmore and lettered by John Costanza. The assistant editor was Dan Thorsland, and Mike Carlin was the editor. I could find no reprint information about this issue, but you should be able to find it in the back issue bins of your local comic book shop or an internet vendor.

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Episode #134: Truth, Justice And All That Stuff!

(L to R:) Superman 1, 1939 cover drawn by Joe Shuster, according to Mike's Amazing World Of Comics, while the Grand Comic Book Database and  the Comic Book Database credits Leo O'Maliea as the cover artist & Action Comics 22, cover pencilled by Joe Shuster and inked by Paul Cassidy!

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This July 4th holiday was the perfect time to compare Superman's most familiar introduction as champion of "Truth, Justice and the American Way" and his original as "Champion of the Oppressed". Superman stories that are highlighted in this episode are SUPERMAN issue 1 and the untitled EUROPE AT WAR story from ACTION COMICS 22, March 1940.

If you are interested in reading the stories referred to in SUPERMAN issue 1, they have been reprinted in:

- SUPERMAN FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE SEVENTIES
- SUPERMAN ARCHIVES vol. I
- SUPERMAN: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD vol. I
- SUPERMAN CHRONICLES vol. I

If you are interested in reading the untitled story EUROPE AT WAR from ACTION COMICS 22, it has been reprinted in:

- SUPERMAN: THE ACTION COMICS ARCHIVE vol. II
- SUPERMAN CHRONICLES vol. III

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Episode #133: Happy Birthday, Dan Jurgens!

(L to R:) Issues 1 - 3 of Superman Doomsday: Hunter/Prey, cover pencilled by Dan Jurgens, inked by Brett Breeding and colored by Greg Wright!

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Dan Jurgens was born on June 27, 1959 in Minnesota, where he still lives. He is most famous for his work on the Superman titles, especially THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN storyline, and for creating the superhero Booster Gold. This episode takes a look at his career, and highlights one of his stories, the three issue mini-series SUPERMAN/DOOMSDAY: HUNTER/PREY, cover dated April through June 1994. the story was collected in paperback in 1995. It was also part of the trade paperback SUPERMAN/DOOMSDAY OMNIBUS, published in 2006.

This episode also takes a brief look at some of the latest news with Superman and WONDER WOMAN #600.

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