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Continue reading →: Super-Stats: Artists by Title
While I was compiling last week’s posts, I thought it would be interesting to do some tables that showed the regular artist shift on each individual title during the Post-Crisis Era. It’s a great way to see all the comings and goings. First up is SUPERMAN. One notable fact is…
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Continue reading →: Super-Stats: Jon Bogdanove
Jon Bogdanove’s write-up is likely to be more brief than some of the others, but for a rather notable reason – he’s the only long-running Triangle Era Superman penciller who stayed on one title for the entire length of his run. Jon launched SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL with Issue…
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Continue reading →: Super-Stats: Tom GrummettI mentioned in the Dan Jurgens stats that when Dan left the main SUPERMAN title, the letter column said he’d drawn Superman continuously longer than anyone but Curt Swan. That’s pretty impressive, but from a certain point of view, today’s subject Tom Grummett could be said to surpass that. Tom…
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Continue reading →: Super-Stats: Dan JurgensDan Jurgens won’t even make his true debut on a Superman book until just under a year from where we are in 1986 continuity, but after covering Byrne and Ordway’s stats, it feels right to move forward and work out the numbers for some of the other prolific creators. And…
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Continue reading →: Super-Stats: Jerry OrdwayJerry Ordway was there at the start of the Post-Crisis era as the regular penciller on ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN from the moment the title launched in late 1987. He began as an artist, transitioned to being a writer/artist, and finished up his tenure on the Superman books with writing duties…
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Continue reading →: Super-Stats: John Byrne
At some point after John Byrne moved on from the Superman books, he was asked why he left. Though he’s given various reasons over the years, the interview that most stuck in my memory for over 30 years was one where he cited a surprising statistic. I’ve attempted to locate…
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Continue reading →: The Man of Steel #2 – On this date 40 years agoThe Man of Steel #2Released July 3, 1986 John Byrne – Writer & PencillerDick Giordano – InkerTom Ziuko – ColoristJohn Costanza – LettererAndy Helfer – Editor This comic is the most Christopher Reeve Superman comic in existence. By his own admission, Byrne grew up as a fan of THE ADVENTURES…
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Continue reading →: SUPERMAN RETURNS turns 20 today!Twenty years ago this morning, I was at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater for the first screening of the film I maintain is the best DC Comics film post-1981 that isn’t directed by Christopher Nolan: SUPERMAN RETURNS. It’s a film whose reputation has waxed and waned over the years, but I’ve…
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Continue reading →: It’s okay for Krypton to suck
When John Byrne rebooted Superman, one of the criticisms that stuck around for a while was how he turned Krypton into sort of a techno-dystopia. Readers who grew up on the “Buck Rogers” Krypton of the Silver Age disliked this presentation of Krypton as an emotionally sterile planet, where its…
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Continue reading →: The Man of Steel #1 – On this date 40 years agoThe Man of Steel #1. Released June 19, 1986. John Byrne – Writer & Penciller. Dick Giordano – Inker. Tom Ziuko – Colorist. John Costanza – Letterer. Andy Helfer – Editor. This issue was my introduction to Post-Crisis Superman. My Aunt Betty gave me all six issues in the miniseries…
Hello,
I’m Adam Mallinger
I’m a lifelong Superman fan who got to live his dream in 2020 when I was hired on the CW show SUPERMAN & LOIS as Writers’ Assistant. In my second season there, I was promoted to Staff Writer and I remained on staff through seasons 2 and 3. During my time there I wrote one episode in each of the four seasons and co-wrote the SUPERMAN & LOIS comic.
I also used to blog and tweet under the name The Bitter Script Reader. I also wrote the book MICHAEL F-ING BAY: THE UNHERALDED GENIUS IN MICHAEL BAY’S FILMS under that name.
I started this blog as a tribute to my favorite era of Superman, the Post-Crisis incarnation also often referred to as “The Triangle Era.”
Email me at ZuulTheReader@gmail.com