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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
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Subject: Re: More Superman info
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Date: Sun, 1-Dec-85 20:32:46 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  1 20:32:46 1985
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Nicely put together summary of the CBG article.  A few comments and
questions generated by several statements:

>Dick Giordano will ink Byrne's pencils.

I'm very glad to hear this, as I would think Giordano's style would mesh
with Byrne's nicely (didn't they do "The legend of the Batman" a few years
ago, together?) -- but isn't Giordano still DC's Executive Editor?

>Only one piece of green kryptonite exists. There are no other colors.

Good idea, but that is going to make for marked competition for that little
item...

>Superman has no girl friend. "There's no way it could work."
>[Byrne has clearly read "Man of steel, woman of kleenex".]

Well, perhaps no girlfriend who he can have sexual relations with -- but
what about dat ol' unrequited love stuff?  I'm not sure Byrne can cancel out
all the romantic overtones -- and as the Kent/Superman/Lois triangle was a
big part of the early Supes, and Byrne is on a nostalgia kick, I expect
some of this to stay.

>Superman will have a very limited rogues gallery. Byrne is creating a new
>Metallo, and Lex Luthor will still be around as Superman's greatest rival.
>[It doesn't say if Byrne is going to get rid of Luthor's stupid looking
>costume. I would assume he will.]

Hmmm... if Metallo is still around, I guess we know where that one piece of
kryptonite is, don't we?  Glad to see that Luthor will be back to #1.

All in all, I'm looking forward to Superman in a way I haven't ever before
-- I considered it pretty dry reading even at an early age.  Good show,
all...

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