Contents
“To Laugh and Die in Metropolis” -- 17 pages
- written by John Byrne
- pencils by John Byrne
- inks by Karl Kesel
- Superman faces the Joker
- Clark Kent gets a scrapbook of his adventures as Superman (from Superman Vol. 2 #2)
- Lana Lang is apparently activated by an alien probe (foreshadowing Millennium)
- nothing keeps this story before Superman Vol. 2 #10 and is best placed here to fix continuity problems involving Lex Luthor between Superman Vol. 2 Adventures of Superman)
“Metropolis 900 Mi” -- 7 pages
- written by John Byrne
- pencils by John Byrne
- inks by Karl Kesel
- at a little diner outside Metropolis, Luthor offers a married waitress $1,000,000 to live with him for one month
- Lex Luthor refers to “Project Overload” (revealed in Superman Vol. 2 #10)
- a classic Lex Luthor story
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]
