Pre-Interim: AC 676 – [Hellgrammite] MOS 11 – [Hamilton, Flashpoint (from Exile World)] S 67 AOS 49O – [Hamilton, Husque] AC 677 – (Sg will work with Lexcorp) MOS 12 – (Monster from beneath Metro.) S 68 – [Deathstroke the Terminator] AOS 491 – [Metallo] AC 678 [Lex, Metallo] MOS 13 – [Cerberus] S 69 – [Pete Ross, Agent Liberty] AOS 492 –...
First, Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite: S 49 – Barrage from Superman Annual #2 (the one who shot that cop [Dan Turpin] that fell in love with Sawyer) is back in town. Mr M gives L that red kryptonite he made, it takes away S’s powers on the condition that L not reveal M’s involvement. S & L brawl, L kicks S out to be dealt with by those who hate him too (L really does...
As I write this, I am also experimenting with possibilities: what will I write, what will it mean, what is its purpose? If the tone of these questions sounds excessively ponderous, then that is only a side-effect of what I wonder, here and more generally. I am noticing that although the first few sentences are beginning to accumulate, they are not leading anywhere; circular labyrinths...
EXILE: Superman #28 – Starts with a good recap. Apparently, Brainiac was injured in the Invasion and is now back within the clutches of Lexcorp (and senses/tells that S is no longer around). CK’s expose is being published, re. Edge’s Galaxy co. and Intergang. First world S visits is lifeless, reminding him of the horror; nearly crashes into a star; saves an alien from crash...
This will start from Action Comics Annual #1, then overlap with the Millennium event. Superman Annual #1 Tears for Titano. (Dr Moyers [cf. S#7], also Mrs Wallers and Mr Steel). An experiment that escapes, and keeps growing until Moyers kills it. Action Comics Annual #1. Superman helps Batman out in a small town with an old vampire in the middle of the swamp. Action Comics #594 All That Glistens...
Editorial notes: Having dedicated two earlier entries in 2011 to Superman, in November 2015 Shai returns to writing about superheroes. In a month of flurried activity between mid-November and mid-December 2014, Shai writes 13 posts, dedicated to reviewing Superman, Hawkman, Aquaman and Flash. The post below is one of a number of entries in Shai’s Evernote journals, where he attempts to...
Editorial notes: This Essay was found as a ‘draft’ entry in Everything2. It was last updated on 03/05/2011. I’ve always been sympathetic to science fiction, but never really ever loved any of its progeny. For example, I’ll always have fond feelings towards Star Trek: The Next Generation for its naive utopianism, but could never take its campy plots seriously. That said...
Fortune’s Light is the 15th numbered TNG novel, written by the now well established Star Trek author Michael Friedman. Riker gets a message regarding an old friend who it seems has stolen a politically-significant artefact from the planet Imprima. The minor plot thread sees Data running a holodeck program of an underdog Alaskan baseball team. We get to learn more of Riker’s past in...
Editorial notes: Shai was always fascinated with cartoon characters and, at least as his written coverage is concerned, mostly with Superman. Between March 2011 and December 2014, Shai writes nine articles dedicated to this superhero and in November 2014 he starts a blog dedicated to reviewing Superman novels. Superman came first, anyone else came later. It all started with...
Another Howard Weinstein novel, and number fourteen The Next Generation novel. As with Weinstein’s previous TNG novel, the story concerns a planet undergoing political turmoil resulting from environmental problems. In brief: Polluting-aliens need help from eco-aliens whom they exiled a couple of centuries back. Political mish-mash and hand waving is needed from the Enterprise to negotiate...
