posted April 23, 2003 01:16 PM               

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Originally posted by arromdee:
Also, where do you get the 264 pages from? I thought that it had to be a multiple of 16.

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posted April 24, 2003 10:18 AM            

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Originally posted by arromdee:
Are you sure about issue 195? The Superman Family covers are at http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/gallery/superman-family-comics.html
and the cover for issue 195 mentions Mr. and Mrs. Superman.

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Originally posted by outpost2:
I seem to recall the GCD being wrong on that issue when I looked at my Superman Family run a few months ago. I'll check again this weekend to verify.

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posted April 24, 2003 10:41 AM               

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Originally posted by outpost2:
Pulled out issue #195 last night. There is indeed a Mr. & Mrs. Superman story. "Lois Lane's Super-Risk", 8 pages, by Cary Bates, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Dan Adkins. (Lois shuts down a Superman robot by taking two fingers and sticking them in its ears. I kid you not.)

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posted April 24, 2003 04:00 PM            

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Originally posted by Owen Cardiff Darcy:
Thanks, Outpost. The GCD erroneously lists it as a Lois Lane story. I've just updated the Mr. and Mrs. Superman map.

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Yup... that's the first story in SUPERMAN FAMILY after the shift from SUPERMAN. It should have appeared in #331 (or #332 considering #330 was a booklengther).

I really think there is a better shot at TPB or at least a 100-page "replica edition." Definitely worth pitching to Bob Greenberger if he returns to the boards.

posted May 04, 2003 09:01 AM               

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Originally posted by Stan Brown:
I don't think think the 6-sided S-shield ever appeared in the comics before. It is different than any previous shield because these stories represent the jumping-off point for the hitherto unchronicled adventures of the Earth-2 Superman. So the actual Superman stories of 1938-1952 or whenever were the Earth-2 Superman, but these stories pick up where those left off---so they imagine an alternate evolution of the character--including a "new" 1950s shield.

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It was certainly not a Golden Age design. It did pop up in a couple of other places though, including World's Finest #271 in which we see it worn by the 40's and the contemporary Earth-2 Superman.