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Part 5: Action Comics 684 – Cities made of trees, Australian Lex Luthor and secret genetics labs! This era of Superman was bats**t

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Credits: Written by Roger Stern, art by Jackson Guice & Denis Rodier and edited by Mike Carlin Cast: Clark 'Superman' Kent, Jim 'Guardian' Harper, Maxima, Lex Luthor II, Supergirl/Matrix, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. Plot: With Maxima down, Superman leaves her care to Guardian as he flies off after Doomsday. There is a massive trail … Continue reading Part 5: Action Comics 684 – Cities made of trees, Australian Lex Luthor and secret genetics labs! This era of Superman was bats**t

Chapter 1: Fire From Heaven 1 – Moving the pieces into place.

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Credits: Written by Alan Moore, pencilled by Ryan Benjamin, the inkers were Chuck Gibson, Richard Friend and Mark Irwin, the whole thing was edited by Mike Heisler. Cast: (Just going to go with code names here) Stormwatch members Hellstrike, Fahrenheit, Cannon, Weatherman 1 and Flashpoint. Team-7 members Jackson Dane, Deathblow, Grifter, Jack Lynch and Backlash. … Continue reading Chapter 1: Fire From Heaven 1 – Moving the pieces into place.

Part 4: Adventures of Superman 497 – If a job’s worth doing.

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Credits: Written by Jerry Ordway, pencilled by Tom Grummet, inked by Doug Hazlewood and edited by Mike Carlin Cast: Clark 'Superman' Kent, Bloodwynd (seriously!!) Maxima, Lex Luthor II, Supergirl, Mitch, Catherine 'Cat' Grant, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Tora 'Ice' Olafsdotter, Guy Gardner and The Guardian Plot: Superman slows Doomsday almost long enough to head back … Continue reading Part 4: Adventures of Superman 497 – If a job’s worth doing.

Prologue 3: Deathblow 26 – Does Ethan know who any of these people are?

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Credits: Written by Brandon Choi and Tom Joyner, pencilled by Mel Rubi and inked by Trevor Scott. Cast: Dr Simon Tsung, Ethan McCain, The Sword, One-Eyed Jack, Rake, Hardball, Mike 'Deathblow' Cray, Rainmaker, Burnout, Backlash, Freefall, Fairchild, Grunge, Grifter, Alicia Turner, Jack Lynch, Jackson Dane, Maggie Monroe, Kaizen Gamorra, LeGauche, Borgia, Minotaur, Gila and Rodon. … Continue reading Prologue 3: Deathblow 26 – Does Ethan know who any of these people are?

Part 3: Superman 74 – Nice to know teenagers were d**ks when I was one as well.

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Credits: Written and pencilled by Dan Jurgens, inked by Brett Breeding and edited by Mike Carlin. Cast: Clark 'Superman' Kent, Jon Michael 'Booster Gold' Carter, Ted 'Blue Beetle' Kord, Tara 'Ice' Olafsdotter, Beatriz 'Fire' DaCosta, Guy Gardner, Maxima, Bloodwynd, Mitch, Mitch's little sister and Mitch's mum. Plot: Several of the JLA are down, if not … Continue reading Part 3: Superman 74 – Nice to know teenagers were d**ks when I was one as well.

Prologue 2: Sigma 1 – Damocles is coming, we may need more chairs.

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Credits: Written by Brandon Choi, pencilled by Tom Coker, Juvuan Kirby with Ryan Odagawa inked by Troy Hubbs with Richard Friend and edited by Johnathan Peterson. Cast: Damocles, Sigma, Damocles, his wife and daughter Seela, Simon Tsung ,Ah-Yee Tsung, Deathblow, GRifter, Jack Lynch, Gen-13, Marc 'Backlash' Slayton, Ethan McCain, Celia Tsung, Spenser, Jocelyn Andrews, Maggie … Continue reading Prologue 2: Sigma 1 – Damocles is coming, we may need more chairs.

Part 2: Justice League America 69 – Nice to know Superheroes aren’t any more interesting on chat shows.

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Credits: Written and drawn by Dan Jurgens, finishes by Rick Burchett and edited by Brian Agustyn. Cast: Clark 'Superman' Kent, Jon Michael 'Booster Gold' Carter, Ted 'Blue Beetle' Kord, Tara 'Ice' Olafsdotter, Beatriz 'Fire' DaCosta, Guy Gardner, Maxima, Bloodwynd (no seriously, he was called Bloodwynd) and Cat Grant. Plot: In Ohio, a humanoid (though not … Continue reading Part 2: Justice League America 69 – Nice to know Superheroes aren’t any more interesting on chat shows.

Part 1: Man of Steel 18 – No one’s worked it out, look at the size of him?

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Credits: Written by Louise Simonson, pencilled by Jon Bogdanove, inked by Dennis Janke and edited by Mike Carlin. Cast: Clark 'Superman' Kent, Loise Lane, Keith Parks, Charlie Dawson, Clawster, several other Underworlders and Doomsday. Plot: Somewhere in the US, a green garbed creature breaks through the ground and into the air above. In Metropolis, Keith … Continue reading Part 1: Man of Steel 18 – No one’s worked it out, look at the size of him?

Okay, does anything here make any sense? Wildstorm and the Fire From Heaven story.

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Jim Lee has the honour of plotting and pencilling the best selling single comic of all time. Over 7 million copies of X-Men (vol 2) 1 were sold in the latter half of 1991. This was the season I went from being the occasional reader to the avid collector I spend the next 20+ years … Continue reading Okay, does anything here make any sense? Wildstorm and the Fire From Heaven story.