Celebrating as it does the tricentennial issue of Superman in what was America’s bicentennial year, you might well have expected something splashier from issue #300: A page boost to 64 pages, a host of superhero guest stars, a “victory lap”…
Fifty years ago today, Superman #299 concluded a 4-issue saga with “The Double or Nothing Life of Superman.” We open by eavesdropping on a subspace radio conversation between the mysterious Mr. Xavier, aka “Xviar” and his alien superiors on an…
It’s a lovely day in Metropolis as Clark Kent and Lois Lane enjoy a relaxing stroll, marred only slightly when a fellow pedestrian is fatally struck by a car mere feet away from them. Lois wonders if the unfortunate fellow…
Despite appearing on newsstands in December of 1975, Superman #297 did not feature a holiday-themed story, but it still added up to a Christmas of sorts for Clark Kent. Emerging at last from the long shadow of his Superman alter…
Fifty years ago today, a measly quarter bought me a comic book that kicked off my one my all-time favorite Superman stories. Starting with Superman #296, the writing team of Cary Bates and Elliott S! Maggin posed our hero with…
Fifty years ago this month, Superman #284 appeared on newsstands, and young me was happy to get it. In something of a homecoming for the Man of Steel, the story sees Clark Kent reuniting with two cherished childhood friends to…
Jasper Rasper is a mean man! So begins Action Comics #105 (Feb. 1947), and rather accurately, too, since we first glimpse the wealthy sourpuss in the act of firing his long-term, loyal employee “Cartwright” despite the man’s advanced years and…
