The Ottawa Comic Book Guy

Good day, everyone. It's time for another "episode" of  Random Books, this time my son picked Adventures of Superman #637 (April 2005). When I asked him why, he gave this reaction: (This picture comes in so handy...) This book is from an era of Superman that my knowledge is lacking in, as I actually have some missing books from this period as the print runs were not as large. Not that it really matters here, of course, after all to qualify for this column, it has to be already in my collection. So before I completely chase you away, heeeeerrrrreeee's my review! Adventures of Superman #637 - "The Road to Ruin - Part Two) Writer: Greg Rucka, Pencillers: Renato Guedes and Matthew Clark, Inkers: Renato Guedes and Andy Lanning, Letterer: Rob Leigh, Colourists: Tanya and Richard Horie, Associate Editor: Tom Palmer, Jr.,  Editor: Eddie Berganza (This is a long list for one regular-sized book.) A flashback starts the book. In the Oval Office, President L...

If there are two truisms in life, one is that there is never enough time; although time itself is (allegedly) infinite, we humans have only a finite amount of it. This week has seen me working too much and family has taken up the rest of the time. (The other truism that taxes (cue Prinicpal Skinner's "oh yeah, the taxes" thing), which just depletes the resources needed for more comic books.) So, as I have not had enough of "me" time this week to begin writing my article on gorilla comics, I thought I would show some interesting covers of books of the subject I shall be covering soon. Luckily for me, school is winding down for the boy (meaning less school events to go to) and time should free up again soon. (Please note I am not complaining truly as I would do anything for my kids first and foremost.) So without further ado let's get our monkey on... I tried to get a mix of comic book companies, but DC has by far the mo...

This time I can honestly say Little Caveman dug deep, he went three-quarters into a box before picking this one. He picked Superman Family Issue 180(Nov 1976). A little history behind the title. Superman Family is the continuation of one of DC's longest running titles dedicated to a side or spin-off character, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, which made it's debut with the September-October 1954 issue. At the time of first publication, the Superman television show was on TV and Jimmy Olsen as portrayed by Jack Larson was one of the most popular characters from the era. The success of the title convinced DC to release a series featuring Lois Lane (titled Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane ) in March/April 1958. After Supergirl made her debut in 1959, she eventually received her on magazine in 1972 after her run in Adventure Comics finished with issue 424. The three characters have been intertwined on many occasions, and even occasionally showed up in the same story (exa...