Superman Week Parts 2 & 3
We've got a two-fer with today's Superman Week offerings at the
backissuebin! One from just a few years ago and one classic of my childhood where the man of steel made an unforgettable guest appearance.
Superman Week Part 2: Superman: Secret Identity #1
Quick Rating: Excellent
Title: Smallville
What happens when you share a name with the most famous fictional superhero in the world… and then you become him?
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Art & Colors: Stuart Immonen
Letters: Todd Klein
Editor: Joey Cavalieri
Cover Art: Stuart Immonen
Publisher: DC Comics
Review: For years now, from his breakthrough work on Marvels to his personal work on Astro City, to a great run on Avengers and a flawed but heartfelt effort on Power Company, Kurt Busiek has shown us superheroes in fantastic, unusual worlds. In this book, he brings a superhero into the most unusual world of all... our own.
Read the rest of the review here at the Back Issue Bin.
Superman Week Part 3: Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #1
Quick Rating: Great
Title: The Pluto Syndrome
The Zoo Crew comes together with the Man of Steel!
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Scott Shaw
Inks: Bob Smith
Colors: Carl Gafford
Letters: Bob Smith
Editor: Dick Giordano
Cover Art: Scott Shaw
Publisher: DC Comics
Review: Here’s an old guilty pleasure of mine, Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw’s classic superhero comic Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew. Thomas established that all of DC’s classic “Funny Animal” comics of the 50s and 60s took place on this alternate world of Earth-C, which (in this issue) was pounded by meteors sent to Earth by the old Justice League foe Starro the Conqueror. The meteors transformed many of the animals into super-beings, including Rubberduck, Alley-Cat-Abra, Yankee Poodle and Fastback. The old comic star Peter Porkchop became Pig Iron, and mild-mannered cartoonist Roger Rabbit (his middle name was later revealed to be Rodney, and that became his form of address to avoid litigation) became the super-powered Captain Carrot just in time to meet Starro’s foe from Earth-One, Superman.
The complete review is online now at the Back Issue Bin!