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These hit the stands Wednesday, Feb. 6.

Superman titles:

SUPERMAN #179
Written by Geoff Johns and Jeph Loeb; art by Ariel Olivetti; cover by Ed McGuinness and Cam Smith
Featuring co-author Geoff Johns (JSA, THE FLASH) and guest-artist Ariel Olivetti (JLA/HAVEN: ARRIVAL). A new African-American hero emerges in New York as Superman deals with a crime in Harlem. The Man of Steel is forced to reconsider what makes a hero. This title, written by Jeph Loeb who was the creative force behind SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS, is probably the smoothest of the four mainstream Superman titles for new readers to get into. The art may be a bit simplistic with the regular team, but it doesn’t distract from the story, and the writing is great.
32 pages, $2.25

SUPERMAN ADVENTURES #66
Written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer; art by Aluir Amancio, Wayne Faucher and Terry Austin; cover by Mike Manley and Austin
Final issue. "Power Play," Part 2 of 2. Livewire has been a pawn in a game that's brought Lex Luthor into a pact with Darkseid, who has transported them — along with the Man of Steel — to Apokolips! This title follows the animated version of Superman.
32 pages, $1.99

Supergueststar Titles:

JLA: SHOGUN OF STEEL
Written by Ben Raab; art and cover by Justiniano
Though this Elseworlds story is about the whole JLA, I believe it centers around an alternate version of Superman. A rocketship from an exploding planet Krypton lands not in Smallville, but rather war-torn 14th century feudal Japan. When the baby from Krypton grows into a man, Hoshi, he is convinced by a ragtag band of warriors — Elseworlds versions of the Flash, Hawkman, and Batgirl, among others — to join a rebellion against the oppressive and cunning "Shogun of Steel." By setting Superman’s childhood in Japan, they may avoid having a freak of the week show up, but don’t be surprised if an alternate version of Lex appears somewhere prominately in
the book (I haven’t read it, but Lex is usually the main villain in Superman Elseworld stories.)
64 pages, Prestige Format. $6.95.

Trade Paperback of the Week™!
Well, we’ve looked at the whole death and return of Superman. Now for something completely different. A few years ago, a 12 issue maxi-series came out. Looking at the cover, one might have thought it was an Elseworld’s tale about Superman in the Old West. In truth, it is completely in continuity, it is set in the Old West, but Clark is not the Kent involved. Take a trip back to an almost dead genre of comics as Clark learns about his adoptive genealogy.

THE KENTS
Written by John Ostrander, art by Tom Mandrake and Timothy Truman
If you enjoy the “no flight, no tights” aspect of Smallville, here’s a comic which follows the same rules, but for a slightly different reason. Though both Clark and Jonathan appear in this story, they exist only for the purposes of exposition and narration. Jonathan has found some old family letters from when the Kent family first moved to Kansas, and he decides to share the tale that unfolds within those correspondence through his own letters that he writes to Clark in Metropolis. As Jonathan and Clark write to each other, we are transported back in time to see the story of
Jonathan’s ancestors as they deal with the trials of the Old West, the Civil War, and a family torn apart as so many were during that time. Though this story ties in with Superman, it is truly of the Western genre of comics. Ostrander does a great job with this, and the art is wonderful. This is one of the best Superman TPBs available, and it isn’t even about Superman.
272-page Trade Paperback. $19.95 - Order it now from Amazon.com!

OTHER RECOMMENDED SUPERMAN COMICS WEB LINKS
The Superman Homepage - Superman Through The Ages

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