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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: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Lex Luthor.
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Book Reviews - Movie Novelizations
Superman IV
Writer: B. B. Hiller
Story by: Christopher Reeve, Lawrence Konner, and Mark Rosenthal
Screenplay by: Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal
Published by: Point and Scholastic Inc. (July 1987)
Reviewed by: Aaron Thall
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Clark Kent is in Smallville, preparing the farm for sale. With his parents long gone and his spaceship hidden, he's ready to move on. However, his ship reveals a long buried secret, a legacy from Jor-El.
Meanwhile, Lex Luthor escapes prison with the help of his nephew. But Clark Kent is too busy dealing with the recent sale of the Daily Planet to an unscrupulous publisher that values sensationalism over quality. Worse, the man's daughter has designs on Clark.
A young boy's request that Superman rid the world of nuclear weapons soon leads Superman to do just that, after much soul searching. However, Lex Luthor has stolen a strand of Superman's hair, to create his own super being called Nuclear Man.
And then, before the world, Nuclear Man apparently kills the Man of Steel...
 Story - 2: Let's face it, the fourth Superman movie was admittedly very weak tea compared to the first two. This novel, unfortunately, is a tenatiously accurate novel, adding no new scenes nor fleshing out events more. Each chapter is but a few pages, and the entire novel is the shortest superhero book I've ever read (even beating out the notoriously tiny "Spider-Man: Carnage in New York" and it's sequel, "Goblin's Revenge"). Its lack of length and depth hurts the story tremendously, and the entire story is far too preachy for its own good.
Add to that the fact that Superman KILLS the original Nuclear Man without hesitation, and you have a novel on shaky ground.
Really, only the subplot involving the Daily Planet's sale lets this book get even the 2 rating.
 Cover Art - 4: Superman standing before the American flag on the Moon. Straight from the movie. Iconic, cool, and the best image from an otherwise unforgettable affair. Of course, I could have done without the added image of Superman holding up and showing off his 50th birthday cake.
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