Noteworthy Superman dates to remember...
September 1: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Jonathan Kent, Clark Kent's adoptive father.
September 5: George Lazenby, Jor-El in the
Superboy TV series, born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia in 1939.
September 6: Justin Whalin, Jimmy Olsen in
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, born in 1974.
September 8: The
Super Friends cartoon show makes its debut on ABC-TV in 1973.
September 10: Filmation's
The New Adventures of Superman animated series premieres on CBS in 1966.
September 12:
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman makes its debut on ABC-TV in 1993.
September 13: Artist Mike Grell (
Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes) born in 1947.
September 15: Jackie Cooper, Perry White in the
Superman films, born in 1922.
September 16: Tommy Bond, Jimmy Olsen in two serials,
Superman and
Atom Man vs Superman, born in Dallas, Texas in 1926.
September 16: Writer Kurt Busiek (
Superman &
Action Comics) born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1960.
September 16: Steve Younis, owner of the Superman Homepage, born in 1971. :)
September 17: Bryan Singer, director of
Superman Returns, born in New York, NY, USA in 1965.
September 17: Writer Roger Stern (
Action Comics) born in 1950.
September 18: James Marsden (Richard White in
Superman Returns), born in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1973.
September 22: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl.
September 23: Writer Peter David (
Supergirl) born in 1956.
September 24: 'Smallville' Season 10, Episode 1 'Lazarus' airs on The CW at 8.00pm.
September 24: Tommy Bond, Jimmy Olsen in two serials,
Superman and
Atom Man vs Superman, dies in 2005, aged 79.
September 25: Christopher Reeve, star of the
Superman films, born in New York, NY in 1952.
September 26: Writer Louise Simonson (
Superman: The Man of Steel) born in 1946.
September 28:
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse available on
DVD &
Blu-ray.
September 28: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Lex Luthor.
Story - 4: A very good story. The Hippolyta scenes tie in very well with this week's issue of Wonder Woman, which you should pick up if you want the entire story of her demise. It was quite good. This issue finally showed how much the war is beginning to wear on Superman. He doesn't know what to do anymore. The death of Sam was a big suprise. Enough heroes have died that we've become numb to them, but seeing a 'normal' person die was weird. This issue lacked the same feel as the Aquaman death scene, keeping it from a five, but it was a good solid read.
Art - 3: The art was good, don't get me wrong, and I like Kano's stuff a lot, but it just didn't fit the issue. It's kind of like from Action Comics #775 when the art just didn't fit the story. Kano, while a great artist, has the wrong style for this kind of story. It turned out better than I would have thought, but it is still hard to see such emotional scenes with such a cartoony style, and before I get twenty emails about how much I love McGuinness' style, that is a very different style. Ed's is very dynamic while Kano's has more of a simple, Animated Series look to it, setting them apart.
