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India Ink
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posted January 12, 2003 03:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink
Earlier on this thread I was resigned to the fact that when this topic is deleted that would be the end of it all. But then I discovered I could just save these pages to disc, which is what I have been doing. So I can always have a look at the pages with koko (the name of my notebook computer--which is not linked to the net).

For my own sake, my own personal index would just help in finding any posts I wanted. So I might as well share that personal index with everyone.

But I am aware that such a thing could become unwieldy, so by the judicious use of abbreviations and other devices I hope to edit my index down to the minimal possible overview. We'll see in the unfolding of time whether I can stick to that objective.

Also an index would just be helpful for any new posters who haven't even looked at this thread because of its frightening length.

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India Ink
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posted January 12, 2003 03:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink
Yikes! Clicked to page 26! I better shut up and get started on that index <ulp>.

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Aldous
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posted January 13, 2003 07:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
casselmm47,

That's a good suggestion.

I like the discussion thread in its entirety and in its format here. Saving the whole webpage (each page of the forum) would be the answer for me, but I don't have recordable CD as yet -- floppy disk and Zip disk are not "permanent" storage media, in my opinion.

Hopefully the thread will be around long enough so that at some stage I can save it. But -- in any case, long may it continue.

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Aldous
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posted January 13, 2003 08:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
I was just thumbing through a favourite comic book from my childhood. It's a collected edition of DC comics published in Australia in the 1970s.

The stories inside really do make up a terrific collection.

quote:
Originally posted by Aldous, 9 May 2002, on this thread:

Who Killed Lucy Lane contains an element I always really liked in Superman stories -- Superman in disguise. No, not as Clark, which, after all, is still himself; but as someone else entirely. Undercover, if you will.

On page 15 of the Lucy Lane story, the henchman "Ramon" is revealed as Superman in disguise, "undercover".

There is another story that has Superman in disguise, called, Search For The "Impossible" Man, in which Superman disguises himself as a pool player and goes on the hustle! I'll come back to this at some stage.


The first story in this comic is "Search for the 'Impossible' Man." (I told you I'd come back to this -- though it took a while!) The story is from Superman #285 (March 1975). Written by Elliot S! Maggin and drawn by Swan + Blaisdell.

The second story in the collection is a little cracker titled Pa Kent in "Clark Kent's Super-Dad" from Adventure Comics #236 (May 1957). I have no idea who the writer is. Maybe someone on this thread can help. The art is credited to John Sikela. I think he's the same artist who drew another favourite Superboy story of mine about the "Super-Teacher from Krypton."

The third story is a great Silver Age tale, "The Interplanetary Olympics" from Action Comics #304 (September 1963). There is no writer credit, but one source I have gives the honour to Leo Dorfman. Art by the great team of Swan + Klein.

The fourth story is one of those terrific old Justice League of America tales called "One Hour to Doomsday".

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Aldous
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posted January 13, 2003 08:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
I just noticed I've been on these boards for exactly one year today. So, er... happy anniversary to me.

Did anyone bake a cake?

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Lee Semmens
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posted January 14, 2003 06:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lee Semmens
quote:
Originally posted by Aldous:
The third story is a great Silver Age tale, "The Interplanetary Olympics" from Action Comics #304 (September 1963). There is no writer credit, but one source I have gives the honour to Leo Dorfman. Art by the great team of Swan + Klein.

Three sources I have all credit this story to Dorfman - of course they could all originate from a common source.

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Aldous
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posted January 15, 2003 04:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
Thanks, Lee.

I brought up the subject of what is apparently an earlier version of the "Interplanetary Olympics" on the 30s to the 50s thread... I don't own the ealier story drawn by Al Plastino. I was curious about the plot of the earlier one, and whether or not it's Dorfman.

The story I have, "The Interplanetary Olympics," involves Superman's super-power being siphoned off by the baddies, an idea that has always intrigued me. We talked about it once on this thread... I reviewed "Kneel To Your Conqueror, Superman," one of my favourite stories. Superman's power is siphoned off by the villain, Caesar, in a comic from 1971 (drawn by Swanderson) -- released shortly after another great power-draining adventure had begun, the "Sand-Superman" saga.

The idea of Superman's power being drained by the villain is an early one. I don't know how far back the idea was first used, but I have a very old Superboy comic in which a bunch of alien "teenagers" trick Superboy into having his super-powers siphoned off for their own use.

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Aldous
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posted January 15, 2003 11:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
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I don't know how far back the idea was first used, but I have a very old Superboy comic in which a bunch of alien "teenagers" trick Superboy into having his super-powers siphoned off for their own use.

I now have that story in front of me. "The Kids Who Stole Superboy's Powers" from Superboy #112 (April 1964). I wish I knew who the writer is. Art by George Papp.

Each of four alien "boys" steals one of Superboy's super-powers: Alduun receives super-strength, Benka receives super-vision, Dyen receives invulnerability, and the fourth (who isn't named as far as I can tell) receives the power of flight.

This Superboy tale has a lot in common with "Kneel To Your Conqueror, Superman!" (which I reviewed on this thread) by Leo Dorfman from 1971. Could this Superboy story also be written by Dorfman?

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Aldous
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posted January 16, 2003 10:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
One of the best stories Elliot S! Maggin ever wrote was "Who Was That Dog I Saw You With Last Night?" -- one of my first Superman comics and still a favourite.

As far as 70s Superman comics go, it is one of the better ones. It's a neat little story, and one which makes wonderful use of a character who was hardly ever handled well: Krypto.

The story is from Superman #287 (May 1975).
Writer: Elliot S! Maggin
Artists: Curt Swan + Bob Oksner
Editor: Julius Schwartz

"A tale of action, mystery, suspense... and a touch of romance!" promises the introduction, and the comic delivers. The splash page shows a very pretty Oksner Lois accepting a bunch of flowers from a handsome Superman, along with an obviously female dog accepting a gift from an obviously male dog.

The story opens in the early morning at Pier 28 in Metropolis, where an anonymous dog sniffs around the garbage on a barge out in the harbour, as stray dogs do. Suddenly the dog appears to pick up a scent, the scent of "home," and, to the astonishment of the men operating the barge, the dog leaps from the vessel across the large expanse of water to the pier and is gone, running through the streets of Metropolis.

The dog seems to be heading single-mindedly for a certain destination, but then fate throws up a distraction in the form of a dignified-looking man in a bowler hat, carrying a cane and walking a female dog on a lead. This junkyard dog is "smitten" and follows the man and the dog he is walking to their door. "Come, Chelsea," says the man to the dog on the leash, "he isn't for you."

Later in the day, in the Galaxy Building, Lois Lane looks in on Clark Kent and tells him she has a hot date. We follow this young and pretty Lois to the elevator as she thinks, "...Now this little girl gets to see her man!"

Clark is busy changing to Superman and, as Lois exits the Galaxy Building at street level, Superman flies down and picks her up in a one-arm embrace. "Make me an offer I can't refuse!" Lois tells him. "I dare you!"

The evening finds us back at the residence of Chelsea and the dignified man who turns out to be a servant where the pair are just setting out for "Miss Chelsea's evening walk." Waiting for them is the stray dog from the morning, and he still has the hots for Chelsea. The servant is displeased to see "that wretched mongrel" and belts the stray dog across the back with his heavy cane. The cane breaks in two, and the dog is uninjured. Chelsea is more enamoured of the stray, and her leash, which she has been straining against, suddenly snaps at a point which has been mysteriously heated up. (Yep, that sure looks like heat-vision coming from stage right.)

The servant calls after Miss Chelsea, but she is off and running with her new Romeo as the poor servant thinks, "Consorting with a common stray! Madame will be most annoyed!"

At the park, Superman is impressing his girlfriend by skipping stones across the lake. His latest effort skips twenty-four times. Lois and the Man of Steel seem like two teenagers skiving off. "You know," Superman tells Lois, "I'd much rather worry about setting a new world rock-skimming record than about how fast I can waste some pushy super-villain."

Lois and Superman are getting a little more intimate as Superman puts his hand to her face, but something is happening that will interrupt their leisure time. The stray dog and Chelsea are in the park, and they have dug up a bone, leaving a large hole in the ground which starts releasing a blue gas. The bluish gas ignites the branch of a tree and Superman eventually notices the blaze with his telescopic vision. Lois is not thrilled that Superman must dash off, but the Man of Steel is already flying to the scene to deal with the "odd blue flame."

He super-speeds around the tree to starve the fire of oxygen, then notes that the hole in the ground under the fire could have some bearing on the incident, and he closes off the hole.

Lois, "slightly peeved" at being ditched, has run to the other side of the lake to rejoin Superman. Superman is keen to show Lois what he has discovered, that there are traces of ozone ("a highly flammable form of oxygen") in the tree that had caught fire, in place of where oxygen should be. Lois suddenly faints.

While this is going on, the stray dog and Chelsea are romping through the park, running around, chasing a stick, and showing all the signs of being in love. And now we are given a little flashback that gives us some bearing on who and what this stray dog is. He is Krypto, Superboy's boyhood companion, who had spent most of his time "romping among the stars"... On an alien world, the humanoid inhabitants run in terror from a marauding flying creature they call the Mindbreaker which feeds on their mental energy. The little superdog races to challenge the Mindbreaker, and crashes into the creature, sending it hurtling into space. In return, Krypto receives a devastating blast from the Mindbreaker which induces memory loss. The dog, having lost his trademark cape in the battle, wanders through space with amnesia, finally returning to Earth, but without knowing who or what he is.

Now, playing with Chelsea, the dog looks upward to see, streaking through the sky over the park, Superman with an unconscious Lois in his arms. (The artwork in this story, by Curt Swan and Bob Oksner, really is quite superb. The reader can clearly see the shock of recognition in the dog's features. Of course, Swan was a master at conveying emotion through facial expression.) Memories flood back into the dog's mind, and he leaves the ground, streaking into the sky after Superman, "Yip! Yip!"

"Great Galaxies!" exclaims Superman, in what is one of my favourite emotionally moving moments in comics, "Krypto!"

Superman, however, doesn't even slow down. "Follow me, Krypto! Lois is in trouble!"

Back on the ground, in the park, a very confused ("beginning to be scared") dog called Miss Chelsea is looking up into the sky after her Romeo.

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Continental Op
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posted February 01, 2003 11:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Continental Op
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India Ink
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posted February 08, 2003 08:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink
Here's a first stab at indexing this message board, starting with page one as an example of what I intend to do. Phew, it was hard doing just this page, but I think it'll get easier as I go along.

I've used lots of abbreviations and made up notations to cut through all the extensive content. Afterall this can't be an actual quote of the content or even a summary of the same. Just a brief glimpse of what was said on each board. I'll try to introduce some abbreviations on the fly (such as for frequent user names), but this is a guide to some of the abbreviations and notations I intend to use--

cheers = !!!
thanks = +++
bon mots, compliments, and good feelings = >>>
questions = ???
cautions = ###
recommendation = ***
synopsis of a story = &&&

addend. = an addendum to previous comments of a poster or posters
re = in regards to
etc. = extraneous content omitted
Swanderson = Curt Swan pencils and Murphy Anderson inks
Chiaramonte = Frank (Francisco) inker, mainly over Swan pencils
Schaff = Kurt Schaffenberger, penciller and inker
Swoksner = Curt Swan pencils and Bob Oksner inks

ACT = Action Comics
SMA = Superman (first series)
SMF = Superman Family
SJO = Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
SLL = Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
SBY = Superboy first series
SGL = Supergirl first series
WFC = World's Finest Comics
DCP = DC Comics Presents
AWO = Amazing World of DC Comics
S70 = Superman in the Seventies trade paperback
GST = Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told trade paperback

/: = long post
//: = really long post
:: = short post
"SSS" = Sand Superman Saga (SMA 233 -242)

The first and last date on each page will be posted (but dates in between won't). For the purposes of brevity I have done away with most [][/] frills like boldface and italics.

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SUPERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES the index
page one

posted May 08, 2001 06:54 PM garythebari (gar):: ??? "Would anyone care to fill me in on the events, the chronology, the major Superman adventures in the 70s? "

India Ink (ind):: *** Pasko
*** O'Neil's Sandman Saga
promises to elaborate on a later post

Kev-El (kvl):: *** Sandman Saga "SS"(SMA 233 - 242),
puts up now defunct Superman through the Ages link

gar:: +++, etc.

jfurdell:: *** "SSS" & SMA 296 - 299, etc.

lildeath:: talks about his gap in knowledge of this era

bizarromark (bmk)/: 70s refined Weisinger
list (origin, extreme characters, supporting cast, Kryptonian Klutter, etc)
list (additions of philosophy, maturity, complexity, extended storylines)

gar:: >>>
re GST

KingKrypton:: *** SUPERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES (S70)

bmk:/ ### on cheesey content
### Chiaramonte
**** Swanderson

gar:: >>>

KingKrypton :: ***Chiaramonte

Lildeath:: ??? Gil Kane
### Swan

ind/: quarrels with Lildeath's evaluation of Swan
*** on Swan inkers (Anderson, Oksner, Williamson, Chiaramonte, Klein, et al)
etc.

Jetfire:: !!! >>>
??? on declining quality early 80s

ind/: essay on quality and content of the 70s

kvl:/ !!! for ind
addend.

First National Bastard:: ??? re reprinting of "SSS"


Knor-El:: ??? on his user name (guessing game)

jfurdell:: correction to error re "beef bourguinon" in ind's essay above (SMA 296 - 299)

ind:: >gulp< re correction
*** SMA 199
*** SMA 200 (in answer to Knor-El's question on user name)
re "SSS" never been reprinted in TPB
etc.

Bookworm:: addend. on Lex Luthor

Morbius:: *** post Sandman/pre-Crisis Superman

The Time Trapper (bbz--aka bizarro brainiac zero):: asks for *** on Swanderson, top ten list
??? Kandor enlargement
??? Luthor going good
asks for *** stories

posted May 26, 2001 03:53 PM SOLARLORD/: *** &&&& SMA 257, Tomar Re back-up
etc.


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Aldous
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posted February 12, 2003 04:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
OK, India... That could work. It would require all the 70s fans to become fluent in abbreviatese.

I might email Rob about something related to this and get back to you....

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Aldous
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posted February 12, 2003 04:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aldous
I received an email from Rob (thanks, Rob) regarding the (unavoidable) fact that we cannot have a "search" function.

So roll on with the "index"...

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India Ink
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posted February 14, 2003 06:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink
There's lots of abbreviatese, but I think--like my mother skipping over words she doesn't know in her novels--you can skip over most of them and still get an idea of the thread--it's just my quirky title abbreviations that will likely give the most troubles. Easy for me to say--I speak the lingo.

Anyhow I've done ten pages thusfar, and will proceed to load those onto this thread presently (wish me luck).

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India Ink
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posted February 14, 2003 06:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink

Notations, abbreviations, and explanations for the index

:: = short post
/: = long post
//: = very long post
///: = very very long post

gar = garythebari
ind = India Ink
pks = Pksoze
jnl = Jon-El
kvl = Kev-El
vid = Village Idiot
ald = Aldous
tog = The Old Guy
pro = The Progenitor
sol = SOLARLORD
osp = Osgood Peabody
bmk = bizarromark
cop = continental op
bd2 = bluedevil2002
twb = twb


&&& = synopsis
**** = recommendation
>>> = bon mots, good words, positive response
??? = question, enquiry
+++ = thanks
!!! = cheers, enthusiastic response
### = caution, warning, negative comment

{xxx} = a brief mention
[xxx] = indexer's addition, correction
1st = first appearance
addend. = an addendum to previous comments of a poster or posters
re = in regards to
etc. = extraneous content omitted

Swanderson = Curt Swan pencils and Murphy Anderson inks
Chiaramonte = Frank (Francisco) Chiaramonte--inker, mainly over Swan pencils
Schaff = Kurt Schaffenberger, penciller and inker
Swoksner = Curt Swan pencils and Bob Oksner inks

ACT = Action Comics
SMA = Superman (first series)
SMF = Superman Family
SJO = Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
SLL = Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
SBY = Superboy (first series)
SGL = Supergirl (first series)
WFC = World's Finest Comics
DCP = DC Comics Presents
AWO = Amazing World of DC Comics
S70 = Superman in the Seventies trade paperback (tpb)
GST = Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told trade paperback (tpb)

"ISA" = "The Immortal Superman" story arc ACT 385 - 387, circa 1970, by Bates/Swan/Roussos
"SSS" = Sand Superman Saga arc SMA 233 - 238, 240 - 242, 1971, story by O'Neil
"GG" = Galactic Golem stories
"STTA" = Superman through the Ages website & related links

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For the sake of brevity: The first and last date on each page will be posted (but dates in between won't). I have done away with most [][/] frills like boldface and italics. All posts that are purely bumps have not been included in the index. Cover dates for most seventies works are not given, but year dates for works outside the seventies usually are. Abbreviations not listed above are given on the fly or else assumed to be understood. Frequent poster names are abbreviated to three letters in lower case, while frequent titles are abbreviated to three letter in upper case.

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India Ink
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posted February 14, 2003 06:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink
yikes--the first glitch, looks like my format doesn't fit the screen (not quite)--sorry about that chaps...

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India Ink
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posted February 14, 2003 06:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink
The Amazing New Adventures of
SUPERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES
index

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posted May 08, 2001 to May 26, 2001

posted May 08, 2001 06:54 PM
garythebari (gar):: ??? "Would anyone care to fill me in on the events, the chronology, the major Superman adventures in the 70s? "

India Ink (ind):: *** Pasko
*** O'Neil's Sandman Saga
promises to elaborate on a later post

Kev-El (kvl):: *** Sandman Saga "SSS" (SMA 233 - 242)
puts up now defunct Superman through the Ages ("STTA") link

gar:: +++, etc.

jfurdell:: *** "SSS"
*** SMA 296 - 299, etc.

lildeath:: talks about his gap in knowledge of this era

bizarromark (bmk)/: thesis--70s refined Weisinger
list (origin, extreme characters, supporting cast, Kryptonian Klutter, etc)
list (additions of philosophy, maturity, complexity, extended storylines)

gar:: >>>
re GST tpb

KingKrypton:: *** SUPERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES (S70)

bmk:/ ### on cheesey content
### Chiaramonte
**** Swanderson

gar:: >>>

KingKrypton :: ***Chiaramonte

Lildeath:: ??? Gil Kane
### Swan

ind/: quarrels with Lildeath's evaluation of Swan
*** on Swan inkers (Anderson, Oksner, Williamson, Chiaramonte, Klein, et al)
etc.

Jetfire:: !!! >>>
??? on declining quality early 80s

ind/: essay on quality and content of the 70s

kvl:/ !!! for ind
addend.

First National Bastard:: ??? re reprinting of "SSS"

Knor-El:: quiz for posters on his user name origin

jfurdell:: correction to error re "beef bourguinon" in ind's essay above (SMA 296 - 299)

ind:: >gulp< re correction
*** SMA 199
*** SMA 200 (in answer to Knor-El's quiz on user name)
re "SSS" never been reprinted in TPB
etc.

Bookworm:: addend. on Lex Luthor

Morbius:: *** post Sandman/pre-Crisis Superman

The Time Trapper:: asks for *** on Swanderson, top ten list
??? Kandor enlargement
??? Luthor going good
asks for *** stories

posted May 26, 2001 03:53 PM
SOLARLORD/: *** &&&& SMA 257, Tomar Re back-up
etc.

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posted February 14, 2003 06:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for India Ink

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posted May 29, 2001 to June 12, 2001

posted May 29, 2001 12:49 PM
ind:: >>> for Time Trapper, promises list of stories
>>> for SOLARLORD (sol) re Tomar Re story, SMA 257
Grant Morrison on Superman etc.

SOLARLORD (sol):: addend. on Morrison

Village Idiot (vid)/: essay refuting (with all due respect) the adoration Silver Age fans have for these inferior stories that cannot compare with today's sophisticated comics.

bmk:: ### >>> refuting vid

sol:: admits that vid may have a point, etc.
distinction between Silver and Bronze Ages

vid:: gets a laugh from bmk post above

vid:: >>> addend. re sol

bmk:: muses on what music Superman listened to

vid:: addend. on what Superman listened to

bmk:: refutes vid: addend. re sol
superman comics today are different but not more sophisticated

BuddyBlank:: re sol on Tomar Re in SMA 257, gives defunct link for "STTA"

vid: refutes bmk re sophisticated mod. Superman

gar: !!! >>> for vid re mod. Superman
*** for Byrne reboot

ind//: essay on "what if" Julie Schwartz made Superman comics in 1997 instead of 1977

vid:: >>> ind --"well said"

vid:: addend.

kvl: !!! >>> for both p.o.v.s
on context
re Alan Moore

ind/: addend. on depth of stories in any decade

ind//: begins list of 25 Swanderson stories for Time Trapper
*** &&& SMA 237 "Enemy of Earth" ("SSS")
*** &&& SMA 242 "The Ultimate Battle ("SSS")
*** &&& SMA 243 "The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space"
*** &&& SMA 246 "Danger Monster at Work!"
***&&& SMA 247 "When on Earth..."

ind/: Swanderson list--
***&&& SMA 249 "The Challenge of Terra-Man"

ind:: on posting snafu
Swanderson list--
*** SMA 255 "The Sun of Superman"
*** SMA 257 "Superman Battles the War-Horn!"
*** SMA 262 "Puzzle of the Telepathic Twins!"
*** SMA 264 "Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!"
*** SMA 267 "World Beneath the North Pole!"
*** SMA 270 "The Viking from Valhalla!"

ind:: &&& SMA 255 "The Sun of Superman"

ind:: &&& SMA 257 "Superman Battles the War-Horn!"
***AMAZING WORLD OF SUPERMAN (METROPOLIS EDITION)

ind/: Swanderson list--
&&& SMA 262 "Puzzle of the Telepathic Twins!"
&&& SMA 264 "Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!"
&&& SMA 267 "World Beneath the North Pole!"
&&& SMA 270 "The Viking from Valhalla!"

posted June 12, 2001 08:34 PM
ind:: *** &&& ACT 398 "Spawn of the Unknown"


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posted June 12 , 2001 to July 12, 2001


posted June 12, 2001 08:49 PM
ind:: Swanderson list
*** &&& ACT 400 "My Son...is he Man or Beast?"
*** &&& ACT 408 "The Secret of Super-X!"

ind:: *** &&& ACT 414 "Superman vs. Superstar!"
--1st Gregory Reed

ind:: *** &&& ACT 417 "The Conspiracy of the Crime-Lords!"
*** &&& ACT 418 (Nov. '72) "The Attack of the Phantom Super-Foes!"
--1st Grax in 70s
--last Dorfman story
last Boltinoff edit

ind:: 420 "The Made-to-Order Menace!"
--1st Towbee (see SUPERMAN: LAST SON OF KRYPTON, novel by Maggin)
--1st mention of Johnny Nevada

Jetfire:: !!! >>> +++ for ind
etc.

Pilgrim:: ??? for sol re "Polyester Age"

twb:: {ACT 434} etc.
***Swoksner

ind/: Swanderson list
*** &&& ACT 421 "The Fantastic Feats of Captain Strong!"
--1st Captain Strong re Popeye
--{Billy Anders}
***Swoksner
*** &&& ACT 428 "Whatever Happened to Superman?"
--re "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" [1986]
*** Nick Cardy covers {ACT 425}

ind/: *** &&& ACT 430 "Bus-Ride to Nowhere!"
*** &&& ACT 431 "The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!"
re supporting cast
*** &&& ACT 432 "Target of the Toy-Men!"
--1st Toy-Man II
--1st Toy-Man I in 70s
--last Swanderson

Pksoze (pks):: ??? for ind re "Galactic Golem" ("GG")

ind:: for pks re "GG"
Swanderson list
*** &&& THE AMAZING WORLD OF SUPERMAN (METROPOLIS EDITION, 1973), et al, "The Secret Origin of Superman"

pks:: re "GG" SMA 258 "Fury of the Energy-Eater" by Len Wein

The Time Trapper/: re favourite "Silver Age" Superman list
***SMA 143 "Return to Krypton (reprint SMA 232)
***SMA 149 "Death of Superman" (reprint SMA 193)
***SMA 156--Virus X
***SMA 158--Kandor
***SMA 162 "Superman Red, Superman Blue"
***SMA 164 "The Super-Duel"
***SMA 167--Luthor & Brainiac
***ACT 300 "Superman Under A Red Sun"
***ACT 292 & 294--Luthor
***SMA ANN 4
+++ for ind

ind:: >>> for The Time Trapper re favourite (60s) etc.
*** "Super-Duel"
*** late 60s ACT, 3-parter by Bates

ind//: for pks re "GG"
&&& Superman # 248 "The Man Who Murdered the Earth!"--1st "GG"
&&& Superman # 258 "Fury of the Energy-Eater!"--2nd "GG"

pks:: >>> for ind

Jon-El (jnl):: ??? re Garcia-Lopez {Conway, Grundy, Parasite}

ind:: for jnl re Garcia-Lopez, SMA 301

jnll:: *** Neal Adams cover, green Superman {Metallo}

BuddyBlank:: for Pilgrim re "Polyester Age"/Bronze Age

ind:: for jnl re cover [indexer's note: this is riddled with errors]

KryptOnite:: for jnl re Adams cover, SMA 317***

ind:: correction on his previous post--more research needed

jnl:: ***SMA 317, Metallo storyline [indexer's note: everyone is remembering the Pasko run here, but they don't know it--this storyline is reviewed much later on this thread]

posted July 12, 2001 12:54 PM
ind:: >>> for website links--defunct "STTA" site, etc.
re "Mr. Xavier" SMA 296 - 299

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posted July 12, 2001 to August 09, 2001


posted July 12, 2001 02:45 PM
twb:: !!! >>> re 1976 - 78 Superman, etc

ind:: >>> "STTA" site, re STARWINDS HOWL (Krypto novel by Maggin)

ind:: addend.

jnl:: *** Superman 1976 - 79

pks:: >>> re STARWINDS HOWL

ind:: correction re "late 60s" ACT 3-parter
--actually early seventies

ind:: addend.--??? who inked it
ref. Gaiman's SANDMAN "The Wake"

ind/: addend.
--&&& AWO 2, 1974
--Leo Dorfman obit

ind/: AWO 2, re interview with Bates & Maggin, etc.
Bates re ACT 3-parter

ind///: begins &&& "ISA" (ACT 3-parter, 1970)
part 1 *** &&& ACT 385 "The Immortal Superman"

gar:: quote ind on "The Wake"

ind///: "ISA" part 2 *** &&& ACT 386 "The Home for Old Super-Heroes!"

twb:: "I was never able to find the concluding chapter of the 'Immortal Superman'..."

ind///: ### for twb..."ISA" part 3 follows...
*** &&& ACT 387 "Even a Superman Dies!"

ind///: addend. &&& ACT 387 cont'd.

twb:: >>>

conkom(con):: ??? story from Weisinger
transition period (circa 1970)

The Old Guy (tog) :: re conkom ??? remembers story,
late 60s amnesium
also another multi-parter, circa 1968
--Virus X

con:: remembers that one, too (Andru/Esposito, ???Bates)

tog:: thinks Leo Dorfman, etc.

con:: ??? for tog re two-parters
??? aliens eliminate evil
??? Clark Kent gangster

tog: identifies stories
--re aliens--"Superman's Greatest Blunder" etc
--re gangster--imaginary story etc

ind:: ??? on Super-Sons in ACT 391 & 392, etc

JamesS:: ??? re Lois & Clark, Clark proposes ??? SMA 317, etc

posted August 09, 2001 09:25 PM
Osgood Peabody//: "What a great thread!..."
*** ACT 403 "Attack of the Micro-Murderer"
*** SMA 251 "The Island that Invaded Earth"
gives answers...
--Super-Sons 1st in WFC 154
--Virus X multiparter ACT 362 - 366
--"Unemployed Superman"/"Superman's Greatest Blunder" ACT 368 & 369
--Superman amnesia--ACT 371, 372, 374, 375
-- "The Killer Costume"/"The Forbidden Costume" ACT 383 & 384
--Clark proposes SMA 314
*** Kirby's Jimmy Olsen (SJO 133 - 148)
***Schwartz WFC (198 - 214) team-ups
!!! >>>


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posted from August 09, 2001 to November 25, 2001

posted August 09, 2001 10:03 PM
kvl:: !!! >>> +++ etc

ind:: re Clark proposes *** Pasko run
--"Some day I will list all of those stories..."

ind:: for Osgood Peabody (osp) re Super-Sons ACT 391 - 392
re Kirby SJO, etc

osp:: re Superman family, etc

ind:: re Superman family, Kanigher, Schaffenberger, etc., 60s SLL

osp/: >>> SLL ( tie-ins with Kirby 4th World) 111, 115, 116, 118 - 119
-- {Morgan Edge evil clone}
--SJO (ENB/Skeates/Sekowsky/Oksner) "The Double-Edged Sword"

osp:: the real Morgan Edge in SMA 241, 244 etc

ind:: Morgan Edge/Intergang in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 94 (1971)

osp:: "SSS" exclusively in SMA vs other 1971 Superman titles

ind:: on death of Gray Morrow
--tales of Krypton (Kryp & Tonn) in SMA

ind:: on "STTA" links

vid/: ??? "evil" Pete Ross in S70 tpb
### Terra-Man

The Progenitor (pro):: *** "evil" Pete Ross story
*** the rescue of Supergirl's parents

ind/: re Terra Man's origin

vid:: re Terra Man
??? pre-Crisis Mongul

pro:: Mongul in DCP

vid:: >>> pro
??? Kryptonite Man in "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"

DavidEdwardMartin:: re Kryptonite Man aka Kryptonite Kid in SBY

pro:: Kryptonite Kid in Superboy TV show

pro:: quiz for posters re a supporting character of the times in "SSS"

ind/: re Terra Man
--thesis on the 5 types of Superman villains

ind/: re "evil" Pete Ross
--&&& DCP 13 & 14 (Jonathan Ross) "To Live in Peace--Nevermore" & "Judge, Jury...and no Justice!"

ind//: addend., commentary
quote from Paul Levitz (author of DCP 13 & 14)

posted November 25, 2001 04:34 PM
ind:: re Mongul created by Jim Starlin in DCP [indexer's note: this was later discussed at length in the "80s Superman" thread]

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posted November 25, 2001 to January 05, 2002

posted November 25, 2001 09:22 PM
pro:: re ind on Mongul, definitive version
{"silver age" Satanus}

ind:: ??? re Satanus

Kal/: !!! >>>
Clark's proposal in SMA 314
*** SMA 317 - 319
*** ACT 471 - 473 (Faora & Zod)
*** SMA 296 - 299
*** Mongul, etc
*** cover art

jnl:: re SMA 317 - 319, etc

fredflintstonedino:: re ind on Supergirl

ind:: answering pro's "SSS" quiz from page five
-- on supporting character

pro:: re ind's answer

ind:: >>> "SSS" tpb idea

pro/: re SMA 317 - 319 [indexer's note:
Jon-El (jnl), Progenitor (pro) & others
are confused here,
they actually are talking about SMA 307 - 309]

ind:: re SMA 317 - 319 [actually 307 - 309] continuity change

pro:: re SMA 312 - 316--Nam-Ek & Amalak

casselmm47:: re ind on Mongul in DCP
>>> { ACT 477-478, 480-483, 419 }
The Supermobile

pro: !!! >>> Supermobile
{Kryptonoid}

twb:: !!! Superman 1974 - 79

ind:: re twb on 1974 - 79

ind:: puts up links for STARWINDS HOWL, AWO, et al

vid:: !!!
!!! for "STTA"
??? for ind on condition of his collection

ind/: on his collection--condition, bagging, etc

vid//: re his collection--condition, storage, etc.

axel:: re Supergirl & Superman story [SMA 307 - 309]

ind:: on LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITIONs through the mail

axel:: encourages another direction of discussion

ind/: context of "ISA" (ACT 385 - 387)

ind//: *** E. Nelson Bridwell & reprints (GIANTS, 48 pagers, etc)

ind:: addend.

posted January 05, 2002 07:58 AM
BuddyBlank:: re new "STTA" link

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posted January 05, 2002 to January 17, 2002

posted January 05, 2002 01:28 PM
vid:: >>> for ind

ind/: *** "STTA" link &&& "SSS"
Sad Superman thesis, etc
--examples...
--ACT 400, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 86
SMA 239 (G-84)

vid:: compares "Sad Superman" with "Woe is Me" (2001) Superman
speculates on buying "SSS" back issues

vid:: prices too high for "SSS" back issues

ind///: *** &&& SMA 239 (G-84) reprints "Superman's Greatest Battles"
-- &&& "Hercules in the 20th Century!" & "Superman's Battle with Hercules" ACT 267 & 268 (1960)
-- &&& "Titano the Super-Ape" SMA 127 (1959)
-- &&& "The Super-Duel" SMA 164 (1963)
[ind's favourite story ever!!!]
-- SMA 239 letterpage comments

ind/: quotes from SMA letterpage--on SMA 232 reprints

ind/: *** SJO 140 (G-86) reprints "Amazing Adventures out of this World"

ind//: SJO 140 (G-86)
-- &&& "Superman in Kandor" SMA 158 (1963)
-- &&& "Nightwing and Flamebird (the Caped Crimefighters of Kandor)" SJO 69 (1963)
--{ "World of Doomed Olsens" }

ind/: on Jack Kirby's SJO

Fred Schiffer:: *** >>> !!! for 70s Superman
>>> for 50s Superman by Wayne Boring

ind:: defunct link for "Superman in Kandor" on "STTA"

ind:: another defunct link

ind:: and another

ind:: and one more

ind/: on 48 page DCs--1971-72--reprints
quotes from letterpage [SMA 253]
--ENB constructs link between 1940s Superman & Earth 2 Superman

ind/: addend

vid:: ??? for ind

ind/: answers vid
continues &&& reprints (from 48 page SMAs)
--SMA 246 "There is no Superman" (SMA 40, 1946)
--SMA 242 "The Girl who didn't Believe in Superman" (SMA 96, 1955)
--SMA 241 "Superman's Neighbors" (SMA 112, 1957--first 3B 344 Clinton Street, Clark Kent's address)
--"Superman's Day of Truth" (SMA 176, 1965)--Val-Lor, the Vrang, Krypton history

Aldous (ald) /: "Hello, everybody..." !!! >>>
more on "Superman's Day of Truth
--fleshes out details and corrects errors in ind's &&&

ind:: >>> !!! for ald's &&&

ind/: on DC 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULARS (reprints)
--some general details on Super-Specs
--SMA 245 (DC-7)--Super-Spec
--defunct link (on "STTA") for story originally from SMA 167 (1964) [Luthor-Brainiac]
--{ SMA 87 "The Prankster's Greatest Role!" }
--Curt Swan pencil sketches of Superman

ind/: on SMA 252 (DC-13)--Super-Spec
--Neal Adams flying heroes cover
--*** "Powerstone" (ACT 47, 1942)
& *** "When Titans Clash" (SMA 17, 1942)
... Luthor 2 parter
--&&& "Superman's Greatest Feats"...
SMA 146 (1961) -- alternate timelines

ind/: DC 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR (SUPERMAN) DC-18
--"I Sustain the Wings" (SMA 25, 1943)
--"The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue" (SMA 162, 1963)


ind//: fanciful discussion of the early Schwartz Superman

ald/: re ind's discussion
meaty stories

posted January 17, 2002 05:43 PM
ind:: >>> for ald
re the WW II generation

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posted January 17, 2002 to January 21, 2002

posted January 17, 2002 08:54 PM
wbrentleigh:: >>> for ind

wbrentleigh:: addend.

ind:: >>> comic creators = "parents"

ind//: SMA 238 ("SSS")
-- Infantino & Anderson cover shows Superman and "Sand-Superman"
--{ Gray Morrow, Kryp & Tonn }
-- quotes from letterpage--Elliot S. Maggin and Richard H. Morrissey, etc

ind:: addend.

bluedevil2002 (bd2) :: ??? reprinting of "SSS"

bd2:: ??? about obtaining "SSS"

ind//: >>> re ENB &
comic book knowledge of other posters
*** SMA 167 (1964) "The Team of Luthor and Brainiac" (1sts)
-- quotes from letterpage--advancing the mythology
-- fan letter from ENB

ind:: re bd2-- buying vintage comics { SMA 164}
[indexer's note: ind later bought SMA 164
thru Mile High, but can't vouch for the integrity of that outlet,
altho he prizes his copy of SMA 164 just the same]

ind:: on automatic message board censor

ald/: agrees re bd2 on "SSS"

ald:: expands on "sad" Superman vs.
"self-pitying" ["woe is me"] Superman thesis
>>> *** on "SSS" {"The Ultimate Battle" [SMA 242] }

ald:: addend. ("Superman Breaks Loose" SMA 233)

bd2:: ??? on petition for "SSS" tpb

ind:: ??? campaign for collected edition of "SSS"
re Sad Superman thesis

bd2:: on "SSS" campaign

pro:: DC "bigwigs" ### on collecting "SSS"

ind:: DC pro & con collected "SSS"

bd2:: ??? "Elseworlds" logo on collected "SSS"

kvl/: "SSS" tpb overdue
-- had DC stuck with saga continuity....
{ SMA 243 "The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space"}
back issues

ind:: *** "Starry-Eyed Siren..." (contrasted to "SSS")

ind//: re Rich Morrisey on...
contrast of Kirby's Superman in FOREVER PEOPLE &
Byrne's version of the same
discusses the "paternal" Superman,
with examples
(including Maggin's "Must there be a Superman" SMA 247)


ald//: &&& ### "Starry-Eyed Siren..." with apologies to ind

kvl/: re "Starry-Eyed Siren..."
-- lack of closure or follow-up to
great Superman stories and concepts

posted January 21, 2002 11:59 PM
ald:: still with a bee in the bonnet about
"Starry-Eyed Siren" etc

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posted January 22, 2002 to February 07, 2002

posted January 22, 2002 04:17
ind//: >>> for ald, etc
personal remembrance of "The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space" [SMA 244]
--speculation on the story beyond the story, re Superman mythology

ind:: "Good Grief! Nine pages. I really have to start being more brief."

BuddyBlank:: for ind re Schwartz false-starts on SMA

ind:: agrees with BuddyBlank, etc.

ald/: >>> for ind

osp:: >>> for the thread
>>> for "Starry-Eyed..."
BuddyBlank:: *** Kirby SJO
*** "Who Took the Super out of Superman" SMA 296 - 299
*** Jim Starlin's Mongul stories

osp/: on "...Siren..."
contrasts O'Neil on SMA vs. other titles
*** "Attack of the Micro-Murderer" ACT 403, by Bates
*** "Vengeance of the Tomb-Thing" WFC 202, by O'Neil

ald:: on osp re WFC 202

ind//: re linkage in 70s Superman titles, et al,
per "SSS"

osp:: addend.

ind//: speculation on the working relationship
between writer Bates and editor Schwartz

ind/: correction to a previous error
on a past page--re Toy-Man
--"The Toyman's Castle" reprinted in
DC SPECIAL 14 (from SMA 47, 1947)

ind:: rethink on Bates speculation

osp:: addend.
link posted

ald//: *** &&& "Kneel to your Conqueror,
Superman" ACT 404

ald//: &&& "Kneel..." cont'd

ald/: &&& "Kneel..." concluded

jnl:: >>> "Whatever Happened to Superman" in ACT
*** ACT 495 - 496 two-parter

ind:: for ald on "Kneel..."

ind/: remembrance of Schaff, on his passing
--Schaff in SMF on many features--"Mr & Mrs Superman"

ald/: *** &&& "Danger--Monster at Work" SMA 244, by Len Wein

osp:: *** Len Wein on...
--"The Island that Invaded the Earth" SMA 251
--"A Matter of Light and Death" WFC 207 (with Batman)
--"Peril of the Planet-Smashers" WFC 208 (with Dr. Fate)

ind:: link for post on Schaff in
"Backdoor to the 70s" thread

posted February 07, 2002 07:15 PM
ind/: >>> re Len Wein

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