Superman's Lost Love (Superman #12)

Superman's Lost Love (Superman #12)

This book felt like a throwback to comics past. The kooky idea of Superman dating a mermaid felt like a Silver Age story where the premise was always insane. In fact, the story of Lori Lemaris was originally told in Superman #129 from 1959!

They Stole His Mind. He Wants It Back! (Total Recall: Movie Special #1)

They Stole His Mind. He Wants It Back! (Total Recall: Movie Special #1)

Douglas Quaid wants finds himself dreaming of Mars and wants to travel there but is shot down by his wife. He sets up an appointment with a company called Rekall that implants memories, in order to get the vacation of his dreams. While the memories are being implanted it’s discovered that Quaid has already been to Mars!

Avengers: Towards Tomorrow! (Avengers #38)

Avengers: Towards Tomorrow! (Avengers #38)

This book is from the third Avengers series. This book would be very late in my childhood collection, since it’s cover-dated for March 2001 and I would have been a senior in high school. I probably picked it up because Kurt Busiek was the writer and I always enjoyed his books.

X-Men '92, Literally (Uncanny X-Men #291)

X-Men '92, Literally (Uncanny X-Men #291)

I wasn’t the biggest X-Men collector as a kid, which is odd considering that mutants were the biggest thing in comic books in the early 1990’s when I was  getting into comics.

Currently, Marvel is running an X-Men '92 series revisiting the team from animated series but let's see what was going on with the X-Men in '92.

It's a (Cat) Woman's World (Batman #460)

It's a (Cat) Woman's World (Batman #460)

Grant and  Breyfogle are always good and this story is no exception. Tim Sale who would go onto fame working with Jeph Loeb. Even the Assistant Editor is Kelley Puckett who would go on to create Cassandra Cain. That’s a pretty awesome creative team.

Toyman In The Attic (Superman #85)

Toyman In The Attic (Superman #85)

What I really liked was how Jurgens told the story. He broke from the linear narration and  flashed back and forth between Cat going to confront Schott and Superman trying to capture him and then finally in the last panel they are seen togethe

He's a Freakin' Demon! (Detective Comics #603)

He's a Freakin' Demon! (Detective Comics #603)

Like I said about last week’s entry, I like stories of Batman out of his element, overmatched and out of his comfort zone. Last week’s issue dealt with Batman dealing with an alien invasion and this week features him dealing with a supernatural threat and has to find a way out of a hopeless situation.

Parasite Aliens Invade Gotham! (Detective Comics Annual #6)

Parasite Aliens Invade Gotham! (Detective Comics Annual #6)

Back in the 90s, DC ran different themes with its annuals, one year it was Elseworlds stories, one year it was an alien invasion with Armageddon In 1993, it was Bloodlines. DC had a universe-spanning annuals theme that featured aliens attacking humans sucking out their spinal fluid and leaving the the unlucky ones that survived with superpowers. It was meant to create new, exciting characters but the only notable character that came from this storyline was Hitman. This book features Jean Paul Valley, Azrael, as Batman but before he adopted the entire costume.