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Osgood Peabody Member	posted May 05, 2002 10:21 PM "The Super-Outlaw of Metropolis" was indeed featured in the Best of DC #36 (May 1983), a collection with the theme of "Superman vs. Kryptonite". According to the GCD, this story is credited to Jerry Coleman (Script), Wayne Boring (Pencils), and Stan Kaye (Inks). IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted June 13, 2002 05:50 PM This thread has been on the sidelines a while, so it gets the bump. IP: Logged
Old Dude Member	posted June 13, 2002 10:37 PM I'd like to see a collection of Weisinger-era famous firsts — the stories that established the Silver Age Superman legacy. I'd include: The first Brainiac/Kandor story The first Legion of Superheroes story (yeah, already done to death) The first red kryptonite story The first Lori Lemaris story The first Superman Revenge Squad story The first Phantom Zone story Any other ideas? IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted June 14, 2002 03:00 AM quote: Originally posted by Old Dude: I'd like to see a collection of Weisinger-era famous firsts — the stories that established the Silver Age Superman legacy. I'd include: The first Brainiac/Kandor story The first Legion of Superheroes story (yeah, already done to death) The first red kryptonite story The first Lori Lemaris story The first Superman Revenge Squad story The first Phantom Zone story Any other ideas? The first Krypto story The first Bizarro stories--both from Superboy and from Action Comics The first Pete Ross story The first Elastic Lad story The first appearance of Jimmy Olsen's signal watch The first Supergirl would have to be included even though it's also been reprinted to death And of course--the first appearance of Titano, the Super-Ape! Some of the features of the Weisingerverse just sort of grew--Superboy and Superman robots for instance; I'm not sure their first appearances werre all that notable. IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted June 14, 2002 03:17 PM Seems like the first Fortress of Solitude story should qualify. IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted June 14, 2002 06:07 PM quote: Originally posted by NecessaryImpurity: Seems like the first Fortress of Solitude story should qualify. Sure would! That was the thing that kept nagging at me... IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted June 14, 2002 08:25 PM Great Rao! This collection would also need: The first Jor-El and Lara appearance The first of Kal-El's many, many returns to Krypton The first Superbaby story IP: Logged
Mister Solo Member	posted June 14, 2002 10:45 PM I would buy any of those Weisinger-era tales! ------------------ "We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement without whose assistance this message would not be possible" IP: Logged
Old Dude Member	posted June 15, 2002 12:57 AM The first Fortress of Solitude story was that one called something like "The Mystery of Fort Superman" that was reprinted in the furst Superman annual and The Greatest Superman Stories (I'm embarrassed that I can't remember the title. This was not an "origin" story as such. When read for the first time, one would never know that the fortress hadn't been around for some time. As far as the robots go, there was a Superboy story in 1958 that had a flashback to his first encounter with green kryptonite. It also had Superboy robot. This was a later "retcon" of sorts, not the true first of the robots or kryptonite, but it was a swell story. IP: Logged
Steven Utley Member	posted June 18, 2002 11:27 AM Superman in the Fifties, which has been announced for September, will feature stories from SUPERMAN (first series) #65, 79, 80, 96, 97, and 127; ACTION COMICS #151, 242, 252, 254, and 255; WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #68 and 75; SHOWCASE #9, SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #8; ADVENTURE COMICS #210; and SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #13! "The tales contained in this collection feature some important milestones in Superman’s history: the first appearances of Supergirl, Krypto and Titano the Super-Ape; the first Kryptonian villains; Superboy’s last day in Smallville; Superman’s big brother; Superman’s Super-Magic Show; the battle with Bizarro & the Bride of Bizarro; the new team of Superman and Robin; and much, much more!" IP: Logged
JayFlip Member	posted June 18, 2002 11:34 AM It looks as if most of you are getting your wishes in the "Superman in the '50s" book. Looks like a good line-up to me, except for the first Supergirl story, which seems to me to get reprinted at least once a year. I think I have at least five reprints of that one. IP: Logged
Osgood Peabody Member	posted June 18, 2002 12:54 PM From the clues provided, I think the complete contents will look like this: “Three Supermen From Krypton” from Superman #65 (Jul/Aug 1950) – 1st appearance of Kryptonian villains “Superman's Super-Magic Show” from Action #151 (Dec. 1950) – featuring the Prankster, Luthor, and Mr. Mxyztplk “Citadel of Doom” from Superman #79 (Nov/Dec 1952) – battle with Luthor “Superman's Big Brother” from Superman #80 (Jan/Feb 1953) “The Menace from the Stars” from World’s Finest #68 (Jan/Feb 1954) “The Girl Who Didn’t Believe In Superman” from Superman #96 (Mar 1955) – Superman tries to convince a blind girl of his existence. “The Super-Dog From Krypton” from Adventure #210 (Mar 1955) – 1st Krypto “The New Team of Superman and Robin” from World’s Finest #75 (Mar/Apr 1955) – Robin must sub for an injured Batman. “Superboy’s Last Day In Smallville” from Superman #97 (May 1955) “The Six Jimmy Olsens” from Jimmy Olsen #13 (June 1956) “Mrs. Superman” from Showcase #9 (Jul/Aug 1957) – quasi-imaginary story featuring what a Superman/Lois marriage might be like. “The Super-Duel In Space” from Action #242 (Jul 1958) – 1st appearance of Brainiac and Kandor. “Titano the Super-Ape” from Superman #127 (Feb 1959) “The Ugly Superman” from Lois Lane #8 (Apr 1959) – Lois dates a wrestler with the moniker of “Ugly Superman”!! "The Supergirl From Krypton" from Action #252 (May 1959) – 1st Supergirl “The Battle With Bizarro” from Action #254 (Jul 1959) – 1st time the adult Superman encounters Bizarro. “The Bride of Bizarro” from Action #255 (Aug 1959) – 2nd part of 2-part Bizarro story introducing Bizarro-Lois The 1st Fortress story, "The Super-Key to Fort Superman" and the 1st Lori Lemaris story are not here, but they have also been reprinted on numerous occasions, most recently in the Superman Annual replica from a few years back. IP: Logged
Steven Utley Member	posted June 18, 2002 02:06 PM Thanks, Osgood. It should go without saying that the apparent line-up is not the one I would have chosen. Never satisfied, c'est moi. IP: Logged
Old Dude Member	posted June 20, 2002 02:13 AM Yeah, bring on the Utley Legion of Super-Gorillas! IP: Logged
Wayne1776 Member	posted June 20, 2002 06:15 PM Osgood, Thanks for the probable rundown for the Superman 50s book. I have a whole bunch of those stories in the 80 page giants etc., but it will be nice to see them all in one easy to read package. I am looking forward to it regardless. I would love a whole TP devoted to Uncle Mort's imaginary stories - leading off with Superman 159. (Dang I wish I had kept that issue.) I also wish, if I may somewhat contradict myself, that the Lois Lane Showcase issue had been the cover story from 10 not the 'imagainary' story from 9 (again- Millennium edition, Essential Showcase - already.) Has the cover story from Showcase 10 ever been reprinted? IP: Logged
Osgood Peabody Member	posted June 21, 2002 12:54 PM To the best of my knowledge, "The Forbidden Box from Krypton" from Showcase #10 has never been reprinted. In fact, I don't think Weisinger ever reprinted any of the Lois Showcase stories during his tenure. Possibly because they were done by Boring, and clashed with the quintessential Schaffenberger Lois? It also just occurred to me that they may go with "The Superwoman of Metropolis" from LL 8 in the 50s collection, instead of the Ugly Superman story, so I may have misspoke on that one. IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted July 18, 2002 03:30 PM Bump IP: Logged
Steven Utley Member	posted August 07, 2002 12:04 PM I am told that the Crisis on Multiple Earths trade paperback is selling well, which is sure to encourage DC to follow through with a second volume collecting the further adventures of the JLA and JSA together. The book I am really hoping for, of course, is the one somebody on these message boards has christened The Justice Society in the Sixties,[i/] collecting those wonderful Gardner Fox/Murphy Anderson stories from [i]Showcase and The Brave and the Bold. IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted August 07, 2002 12:16 PM That would be very cool. Besides the Dr.Fate/Hourman and Starman/Black Canary stories, it should include both Atom/Atom teamups, a couple of double-Green Lantern teamups, and the Spectre/Wildcat story by Neal Adams. And despite their oft-reprinted status, it would make sense to begin it with Flash #123 and the third Flash/Flash teamup, in which the JSA emerges from retirement. IP: Logged
Osgood Peabody Member	posted August 07, 2002 12:38 PM I think I may have given a name to this JSA collection on one of those threads that I neglected and let vanish from this space/time continuum. But as I recall, it was an idea kicked around previously, and I just attached the '60s hook to link it to the other recent Superman/Batman books. There's a lot to choose from in addition to the ones you mention - I would definitely want at least one of the Spectre Showcase issues in there. And India Ink mentioned a semi-imaginary Batman story that had an appearance by the Earth-2 Batman. And someone else mentioned a solo Hourman story that was in one of the Spectre issues. I also theorized about an unpublished Kanigher story, where he reveals that Wonder Girl and Wonder Tot were in fact the offspring of the Earth-2 Wonder Woman! I know, fat chance, but you can dream. IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted August 07, 2002 12:47 PM quote: Originally posted by Osgood Peabody: ...There's a lot to choose from in addition to the ones you mention - I would definitely want at least one of the Spectre Showcase issues in there. And India Ink mentioned a semi-imaginary Batman story that had an appearance by the Earth-2 Batman. And someone else mentioned a solo Hourman story that was in one of the Spectre issues. I also theorized about an unpublished Kanigher story, where he reveals that Wonder Girl and Wonder Tot were in fact the offspring of the Earth-2 Wonder Woman! I know, fat chance, but you can dream. I dunno... Kanigher was pretty contemptuously dismissive of attempts to reconcile continuity--I'd find it hard to believe that he's ever have written such a story. Sure would be cool if he had, though. I wouldn't oppose including any of the stories you mention, especially one or more of the Showcase Spectres. There are probably enough double-Flash stories for a tpb of them alone, now that i think about it.... IP: Logged
John Moores 3 Member	posted August 09, 2002 01:54 PM On a few subjects: Re: those great mid-60s JSAers/JSAer team-ups in Showcase and B & B; a recent interview with Roy Thomas advised me that the Mid-Nite / Sandman one probably never got past the planning stages. Shame. I would actually buy Mr. Utley's gorilla TPB. My fiancee is an aspiring primatologist. Her fave monkeyshine is the story (ish no. escpaes me) wherein Grodd makes everyone "love" him, and nearly gets elected governor. Mine is "Batman Battles the Living Beast Bomb!" for the unforgettable image of Batman lifting Karmak the Gorilla above his head. IP: Logged
Steven Utley Member	posted August 10, 2002 02:01 AM On another thread, scra1941 writes: "Well, if we were to start getting GA Flash [Archives containing stories from Flash Comics and All-Flash] every other year, it would take 24 years to finish. If we got it every three years, it'd be 36 years. And if DC goes insane, and we have to wait 4 years between volumes, it'll take a whopping 48 years! Kinda depressing isn't it?" Pretty much the same is true, alas, of the other intermittently Archived long-running fissaparous series from the 1940s, Golden Age Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Shazam! -- even if that last devotes itself exclusively to Big Red Cheese stories from 155 issues of Whiz Comics and 150 issues of Captain Marvel Adventures, never mind those in America's Greatest Comics, etc., let alone the adventures ofall the subsidiary Cheeses. This rather strongly suggests to me that the only places we are ever going to get to see any of the Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Marvel Family stories from the post-WW2 era is in trade paperbacks and 80- and 100-pagers. IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted August 10, 2002 12:04 PM Unfortunately, the same factors that make it necessary for Archives to be high-priced hardcovers holds here too--in the absence of previous reprints of the material, a trade paperback of mostly late-40s-to-early-60s reprints would be unreasonably expensive because of art restoration costs. Unless DC is willing to write the restoration cost off somehow against the future presumed cost of archives for the material in question. IP: Logged
Steven Utley Member	posted August 27, 2002 03:52 PM Summoning all my strength, I raise myself from my bed of pain and cry out, "Bump!" IP: Logged

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