Contents
“The Name Game” -- 22 pages
- written by John Byrne
- pencils by John Byrne
- inks by Karl Kesel
- introduces the new Mr. Mxyzptlk (an imp from the 5th dimension)
- Clark Kent is apparently having sex with Cat Grant (spurring Lois Lane’s jealousy, which begins a period of cold relations between the two that continues through the end of Byrne’s run)
Additional Images
Byrne and inker Karl Kesel were able to lend their remarkable skills to Mr. Mxyzptlk’s imaginative creations. Excerpt from Superman Vol. 2 #11 (Nov 1987).
Cat Grant giddily tells Lois Lane that she’s sleeping with Clark (though Byrne, typically, leaves an out for readers disinclined to believe such a think). The final page of Superman Vol. 2 #11 (Nov 1987).
See It in Context on the Continuity Pages:
Post-Crisis Superman: John Byrne Era (1986-1988)
In 1986, in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC chose John Byrne to helm the reboot of the Superman titles. Byrne was the popular artist of Marvel’s The Uncanny X-Men, which he had often… [more]
