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: I'm torn on this entire issue. Really, it's a largely pointless story, and I'm not really crazy about the idea of a Kryptonian hell. But on the other hand, this issue was just fun. It was fun seeing Superman turn evil without having a huge, Superman Rex storyline. It was fantastic seeing the army of villains attack Superman. I mean, they had Conduit there. Conduit!
Art - 5: Simonson is a fantastic artist, and it's great to see him on Superman. His style is a little rough, and for that reason I wouldn't want him on the book every issue, but there is such a fantastic energy to his work that I absolutely love. The splash of Superman killing the villains is beautiful. It took a little time to grow on me, but this is some great art.
Cover Art - 3: As great as the art is, the cover really doesn't do it for me. I like the demon JLA, but they were such a minor part of the story I don't really know why they were featured on the cover. Now if it was another fantastic villain fight I would have loved it, but as it is this cover just kind of falls flat.
