Superman #309 is one of the earliest comics I can remember reading; so I was thrilled to get this one that looks and seems to read like it could've been the very next issue, not three years later! From 1980,
Superman #347, "The Sleeper Out of Time!" Written by Gerry Conway, art by José Luis García-López.
The "bad guy" this month isn't; it's an alien courier, that had been delivering a peace treaty, but had crashed on earth. While that's what gets the cover and all, it still feels secondary to other things going on; like Lois Lane going after Superman perhaps more "fragrantly" than usual; although she does still bail on their date to try and get the story to the
Planet. She's not thrilled to be scooped by Clark, and while he seemed to antagonize her there, he seems concerned that their rivalry seemed to be getting more intense. The
Planet drama barely misses a beat from
#309, too.
Sadly, this was about JLGL's last on this title: he would appear on the Mr. Mxyzptlk back-up in
#351, though.
Never has punching out the fedex guy looked so good before or since. I’m pretty sure a lot of regular readers probably wanted JLGL to stay on the title for way longer than he did, simply because of how well he drew literally everything. I know I certainly would.
ReplyDeleteI know DC was smart enough to use the shit out of his work for merchandise licensing (I wonder how much of a cut of total profit he saw. Probably nowhere near what he deserved) but he also was sorely needed for comics as well.