A bit ago, I showcased a Supergirl #6 from Greece, a gift from a buddy when he had traveled there. Turns out he had another gift for me, an interesting Superman album from the same time.
It is the size of your standard Asterix or Tintin size and produced by Anubis Publishing.
But it is an odd collection.
Action Comics #870 included one of my first 'Best Of' moments on this site. Supergirl ends up stopping Brainiac's 'solar aggressor' missile, saving Earth. Remember, this was a Kara that was terrified of Brainiac and needed a little pep talk from Superman to steel herself and get to work.
Three seemingly random issues.
Action Comics #870, from 2008, is the finale of the Geoff Johns Brainiac arc which led into New Krypton.
Superman #15, from 2013, is a middle chapter in H'El on Earth.
Superman #39, from 2015, was the end of another Geoff Johns run on the character, a time when Superman was using his solar flare and had just told Jimmy Olsen his secret identity.
Three issues without any connection. One in an old continuity. Another in the middle of a less than stellar, very long arc.
Does the company only have access to some issues? Was this based on art? Gary Frank, Kenneth Rocafort, and John Romita Jr. provide great art here.
But such a fascinating group. All reviewed here at the time of release! I have been doing this a long time!
Now this was an interesting time for Supergirl. Sterling Gates first issue had come out a week before. The character and the title was about to get a renaissance after struggling to define this new Kara for nearly three years.
Of course, this page is all Greek to me.
What an omelet!
Superman #15 is sort of time capsule showing how bizarre the New 52 was. Superboy was a living weapon. Supergirl was falling in love with H'El, a guy who wanted to destroy the solar system. Superman was courting Wonder Woman. Lex was badly burned, burned at the hands of Superman.
What an omelet!
But I loved Rocafort's art then and now. What an interesting style!
Superman #39 was another interesting choice. Superman had the Solar Flare power which made him powerless. He told Jimmy his secret identity. And in this issue, while powerless, stands up to an armed mugger. Johns always knows what to do with Superman. His Ulysses arc earlier in this run didn't really stand out as much as I thought it would. But this was a nice coda.
Anyways, a nice little gift from a friend and worth sharing here.
4 comments:
Hi again ANJ unfortunately i was not familiar with this particular issue but after a bit of digging i manage to find some information.
So this album was a gift from a sunday newspaper that had a series of dc heros like batman and wonder woman and superman was the first album the gave.
Ithink that explains the randomness of the stories since this was a one time thing so they probably wanted to just showcase the character, perhaps it was a licensing issue as well and this was cheaper to them.
Sorry i couldn't find any more imformation this is quite an obscure album and from what i could see you can't buy it, the anubis site doesn't even have it, you friend was very lucky to find it.
Forgot to ask does this have an editorial or just the stories?
If there's anything inside you want to translate just post a picture and i will do my best to explain it.
Thanks so much for the info. I think it was just the books ... but I'll check again!
I seem to be the only one on Earth who liked H'el and generally don't like Johns on Superman.
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