2003 Merchandise & Miscellaneous News Archives
November 1, 2003: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERMAN HOMEPAGE!!!
The Superman Homepage celebrates its 9th birthday this month!That means if the website was a dog it'd be 49 years old, and not far from being put down. If it was a human, it'd be in the middle of Elementary School (or Primary School as it's called here in Australia). If the website was a Scotch it'd be quite drinkable, thank you very much. :)
9 years... Yep, the website was born in November 1994... In the dark old days, the dawn of the Internet. At that point in time the website was run and owned by the late Andrew J Gould.
In late 1994 Andrew was exploring the World Wide Web with Lynx from his UNIX shell account, and laying the ground work for his Superman web page. An early version was up and running in November 1994 as part of "Kal-El's Amazing Homepage".
Those early web pages, through to the first graphically enhanced versions in the summer of 1995, were written "blind" in HTML; Andrew relied on those of us with more sophisticated browsers to tell him whether the web page background colours and gif files were showing up correctly. That October Andrew finally got a '486 computer and was able to start using Netscape from home.
Let's travel back in time and take a look at what was happening in 1994...
In 1994 the top 5 grossing movies at the Box Office were "Forrest Gump", "The Lion King", "True Lies", "The Santa Clause", and "The Flintstones".
In the U.S. the top 5 highest rating shows on TV in 1994 were "Seinfeld", "ER, "Home Improvements", "Grace Under Fire", and the NFL Monday Night Football.
In 1994 "Ace of Base" was doing big business in the music industry, with 3 songs in the top 10 songs of 1994. The top 10 were THE SIGN (Ace Of Base), I SWEAR (All-4-Love), I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU (Boyz II Men), THE POWER OF LOVE (Celine Dion), HERO (Mariah Carey), STAY (I MISSED YOU) (Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories), BREATHE AGAIN (Toni Braxton), ALL FOR LOVE (Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting), ALL THAT SHE WANTS (Ace Of Base), DON'T TURN AROUND (Ace Of Base).
Anyway, enough of the history lesson... What does the future hold?
As you can see the website is sporting a new design... A new look! Nothing too major. Just a face-lift, a new graphical interface. Just something to give a bit of a lift to the old girl. :)
To mark the occasion we're running a competition where you get to win the birthday presents. We've got some Superman merchandise to give away thanks to our good friends at ToyFan.com. Visit the BIRTHDAY BASH COMPETITION page for details on how to win.
November is also the month we conduct the annual SHIELD Awards, where you get to vote on various aspects of the Superman comics and other merchandise released throughout the past year. Stay tuned for that.
We've got an exclusive interview with fan-favorite "Superman/Batman" comic artist Ed McGuinness coming up this month, plus all the usual bits and pieces you've come to know and love from the Superman Homepage.
I hope you stick around as we move forward for another 99 years... Hey! You never know!
2003 Merchandise & Miscellaneous News
Listed below are all the Merchandise & Miscellaneous News items archived for 2003.- January 10, 2003: Smallville Soundtrack Cover Revealed
- January 11, 2003: New “Justice League” and “SuperFriends” DVD Covers
- February 2, 2003: Dynamic Forces Celebrates 10th Anniversary With QVC UK!
- February 5, 2003: New Superman Action Figures
- February 5, 2003: New Superman & Supergirl Shoes!
- February 17, 2003: Hear the Smallville Soundtrack Online
- March 1, 2003: Superman Returns to the GameCube and GBA
- March 6, 2003: “Justice League” and “Smallville” Trading Card News
- March 20, 2003: DC Direct Superman Action Figures Sold Out!
- March 28, 2003: New Superman Ride Opens in Texas!
- April 3, 2003: DC Comics “Superhero Month” Sweepstakes
- April 13, 2003: Pre-Order a Signed Copy of Noel Neill's Book
- April 15, 2003: Justice League at Burger King
- April 23, 2003: Justice League Team Up With Sargento Snacks
- May 5, 2003: EA Wins Superman Rights
- May 5, 2003: SupermanWoman Stage Play
- May 5, 2003: Superman Returns to Cleveland for Fundraiser
- May 7, 2003: Sweden Blocks Idea to Name Baby Superman
- May 14, 2003: Superman - The Stupidest Superhero?
- May 15, 2003: Superman Fundraiser a Success!
- May 22, 2003: Mythology by Alex Ross
- May 25, 2003: Bob Holiday to Perform at Superman Festival
- June 12, 2003: Superman fans visit Metropolis for annual festival
- June 13, 2003: Super Fans Fly to Metropolis
- June 17 2003: Holy Kryptonite - there's life after comics
- June 24, 2003: “Countdown to Wednesday” Comic Book DVD
- June 24, 2003: Cool Collecting's Second Annual Superman Celebration
- June 26, 2003: Hawaii Superman Convention Announced
- July 3, 2003: The Texas Superhero & Villain Collectors Show
- July 8, 2003: Win a Dynamic Forces Shopping Spree!
- July 9, 2003: Ohio Historical Superman Marker
- July 9, 2003: Dynamic Forces and QVCUK Heat Up the Summer!
- July 11, 2003: Midway Announces Next Generation Console “Justice League” Game
- July 21, 2003: Oprah Defeats Superman
- August 1, 2003: Curse of Superman... Radio Interview
- August 2, 2003: Australian McDonalds “Super Heroes” McHappy Meals
- August 4, 2003: New Superman Watch from Fossil
- August 19, 2003: No Superheroes in Melbourne
- August 27, 2003: Steve Younis in “Superman: Metropolis #7”?
- August 29, 2003: Texas Superhero & Sci-Fi Collectors Show
- September 13, 2003: Jay Morton, Coined Superman Motto
- September 17, 2003: Jim Lee at “New York is Book Country 2003”
- September 23, 2003: Ed McGuinness to do Animated Series
- September 25, 2003: Super Museum Featured on Discovery Channel
- October 2, 2003: Jollibee “Justice League” Toys in the Philippines
- October 27, 2003: Superman Watch Auction to Benefit CRPF
- October 31, 2003: Have a Super Halloween!
- November 1, 2003: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERMAN HOMEPAGE!!!
- November 2, 2003: Online Kids Comics at AOL
- November 9, 2003: Monogram Lands DC Bobblehead Deal
- November 12, 2003: “Justice League: Chronicles” on Game Boy Advance
- November 25, 2003: Fossil Release New Superman “Phone Booth” Watch
- December 18, 2003: WizKids Announces DC HeroClix Second Expansion
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