#frank berkowitz

[superman86to99]

Action Comics #699 (May 1994)

"THE BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS" STARTS HERE! Well, not here here, since most of the issue is actually just the setup for the battle itself, but this still counts as the first part of the storyline that will reshape the City of Tomorrow forever (in comic book terms, so "for a few months").

We start with Lex Luthor Jr. being interviewed on a panel-style TV show that conveniently recaps all the relevant plot points: Lex Jr. is at war with Project Cadmus because he blames them for the virus that's killing all the clones in Metropolis (including Lex Jr. himself, because he's actually Lex Sr. in a clone body). The Underworld clones living in Metropolis' sewers also blame Cadmus for their malaise and have been voicing their displeasure by breaking Cadmus shit all over the city, using big '90s-type weapons Lex secretly provided.

During the interview, Lex points out that Metropolis' so-called protector hasn't been terribly helpful during the current crisis, but that's because Superman's been occupied dealing with his power issues -- as in, his superpowers going out of whack, not that his landlord cut off his electricity or something. Fortunately, Superman managed to get rid of his excess powers last issue by just letting the Parasite absorb them (which turned the Parasite into a big-ass monster, but that's a problem for another storyline).

After recovering from his fight with the (now-missing) Parasite and confirming with Professor Hamilton that his powers are completely back to normal, Superman catches up with Lois Lane, who recently lost her job due to Lex's h4xx0r skillz. Talking to Lois, Superman finally learns the shocking truth about Lex Luthor Jr. = Lex Luthor Sr., and he also finally connects the dots between the clones of Metropolis getting sick and Lex suddenly looking old and frail.

When Superman goes to confront Lex, he sees that a kinkily dressed-Supergirl is about to kill him and has to stop her (see the Supergirl miniseries for more details on how the heck that happened).

Once Supergirl leaves, Superman goes after her, apparently forgetting what he came to LexCorp for (or deciding to give poor Lex a break, given his frail state). Lex's faithful medical team, Drs. Kelley and Packard, end up putting him in a "hyperbaric chamber"/big healing tube and chopper him to his private yacht so he can recover.

Meanwhile, the city is being evacuated and things are tense between the various groups that are supposed to protect it. A fight is about to break out between members of Team Luthor, the Special Crimes Unit, and Project Cadmus, when some nasty Underworlders suddenly emerge from the ground and attack the Cadmus guys. Superman drops by to reason with the Underworlders, and they actually seem to be listening to him... until Lex, from the safety of his yacht, remotely fires one of those sci-fi guns he gave the Underworlders, and all hell breaks loose. OK, now we can say the battle has started. TO BE CONTINUED!

Plotline-Watch:

We get an appearance from Jimmy Olsen's mom AND Bibbo in the same page?! Oh boy. Unfortunately, Jimmy himself appears too (along with Ron Troupe, both riding Bibbo's bike straight into the danger zone). Interesting that Jimmy has an Uncle Fred and Aunt Lynn in the city, yet he still ended up living in his car for a while. Is there a a deleted scene where he asked if he could crash with them and they just laughed for ten minutes?

Lex publicly blames Cadmus for destroying his private homes all over the world, but those who read the Supergirl mini know that was actually S-Girl subtly letting him know she's breaking up with him. Incidentally, in Supergirl #4, she actually throws Lex through his office's window and Superman rescues him, but in this issue, Superman arrives before she can throw him. Continuity error... or an anomaly caused by a certain time crisis looming in the horizon?!

When Superman is having his check-up with Professor Hamilton, he notices Hamilton seems distraught -- Hambone claims it's because of the chaos going on in the city, but I think it's clearly because Superman didn't even comment on the fact that he just dyed his hair brown at some point since his last appearance.

What with the city being under martial law and all, Perry White moves the Planet's city room to the newspaper's printing plant on the edge of town, and thinks to himself: "I've endured fires, blackouts, and riots, but I've never been forced to evacuate my own city room... until now." He might be talking about the fires, blackouts, and riots that happened during and around the "Blackout" storyline, when Metropolis was going through a Lex-triggered economic crisis.

Incidentally, Perry also seems to notice for the first time that all of the Planet's computer equipment was made by his biggest enemy's company, so he asks to see a test run of anything that's printed from now on. Don Sparrow says: "Interesting that Perry White, no longer a reporter, is the first to have the notion of checking the presses while investigating the wacky headlines Lois was purportedly creating. Lois and Clark are both intrepid newshounds, and neither of them thought of that? I suppose Clark was busy being enormous at the time."

Mayor Berkowitz, usually a level-headed chap, sides with Luthor and says on TV that Cadmus is intentionally creating all that chaos as revenge for that time he and Lex didn't let them steal Superman's corpse (during "Funeral for a Friend"). Surely this means Lex will finally forgive Berkowitz for having him arrested way back in The Man of Steel #4, right? (Spoilers: haha, no.)

I mentioned in our post about Man of Steel #33 that the nonchalant way in which Lois told Superman about Lex Jr. being a clone kinda bugged me. It was so nonchalant, in fact, that Superman didn't even seem to remember that bit of information in this issue, since he exclaims "What?!" when Lois mentions it again. Or maybe he thinks Lex Jr. being a clone was predictable but it's the part about him having Lex Sr.'s brain that took him by surprise? Either way, I'm actually glad we got a do-over on that moment, even if it still wasn't as dramatic as I would have hoped for.

Patreon-Watch:

This post was published today and not in like three months thanks to the Superman '86 to '99 Patreon gang, Aaron, Chris “Ace” Hendrix, britneyspearsatemyshorts, Patrick D. Ryall, Bheki Latha, Mark Syp, Ryan Bush, Raphael Fischer, Kit, Sam, and Bol. You rule!

You know who also rules? Don Sparrow, who has more commentary on this issue after the jump...

Art-Watch (by @donsparrow):

We start off with the cover, and it’s a very blocky, Kirby-like pose, of Superman fast-walking into gunfire.  I love the one eye in shadow, which gives the pose an intimidating and mysterious air we’re not used to seeing with Superman.  As always, Guice’s Superman seems to have the longest Tarzan locks (at least until Stuart Immonen joins the team) and that’s true here.

Inside the issue we get extremely '90s guest artwork by Norman Felchle and James Pascoe, and while it’s not my cup of tea, he is remarkably consistent throughout.  Felchle would go on to do storyboard work for Pixar, Netflix, Marvel and others, so hopefully he isn’t sweating the criticism from a never-was like myself! The opening splash page is a good example of the 90’s style “extreme” stylization, as we see a computer-generated Lex Junior with a big old curly tress blocking his eye.

The length of this stylization changes panel to panel.  We get more extreme linework a page later as Perry White’s disapproving expression makes his forehead look like cracking clay. [Max: Are we sure this isn't Darkseid posing as Perry as part of some nefarious plan?] After this argument, we get our first look at Superman himself, and it’s not bad overall—the S-shield is consistent throughout, and his wavy hair is well rendered.  One of the main things that bug me about this art style (apart from when he attempts regular clothing, but we’ll get to that) is that every male character has an identical nose, particularly from the front view.  Once I noticed it, I couldn’t stop seeing it. [Max: Dang, can't unsee it either.]

A few pages later, as Superman trails the Parasite underground, we get an example of Felchle’s penchant for perhaps-unnecessary detail.  Rather than the gritty cement he has at the top of the panel, the Metropolis sewer is drawn to have been made up of European cobblestone, which is both pleasing to look at, and an unlikely building material, especially some 20 feet below the ground.  Felchle does excel at motion—there’s a great image of Superman flying away from Professor Hamilton’s apartment.

It’s followed immediately, however, by the strange physics of Lois Lane dislodging a cathode ray television set with a couch pillow! The following page is the best example in the book of Felchle’s aforementioned weakest point—drawing regular humans in regular human fabric.  Lois’ green sweater clings in such an unnatural and revealing way to her body that it appears to be made of cellophane (there was a similar instance earlier in the book when a beat cop’s uniform appeared to have been painted on, and again in a few pages on poor old silver-haired Sarah Olsen). [Max: To be fair, Byrne did establish early on that Mrs. Olsen is actually pretty young and attractive, but her hair greyed prematurely.] Sadly for the industry, this kind of cheap fan service depiction of women would become the norm rather than the exception in the decade to come, but in this era, it is a real deviation from the naturalistic look we’ve gotten used to. 

A few pages later we get a tiny glimpse into the concurrently running Supergirl mini-series, where Superman talks Supergirl out of taking her vengeance on Lex Jr. too far.  This whole scene is a little blasé for my tastes, as the stuff Supergirl describes (attempted murder, cloning experiments) is as bad or worse than the stuff Lex Jr. has been pulling on Lois.  As Guardian looks for the Underworlders, we get still more of Felchle’s unique brickwork, this time above ground, at least.  Lastly, we get a pretty lean and mean Superman on the final couple of pages as the Underworlder/Cadmus conflict becomes a shooting war.  The three-fingered mutant firing on Superman recalls a couple Byrne panels, starting with flesh-suit Metallo getting (temporarily) blown away by S.W.A.T team members in Superman #1, and also Superman getting shot at by Bloodsport a few issues later in Superman #4. 

STRAY OBSERVATIONS: 

There’s just a ton of stories going on here, perhaps too many to comfortably deal with in a single issue.  We have the abrupt end of the Super-giant storyline (with no sighting of the Parasite that Superman crashed to Earth with), the who-cares war between Cadmus and the Underworlders [Max: I care, Don! I care!!], the Lois-bonkers headline storyline, the Lex-is-dying storyline, and then even a glimpse at Supergirl’s mini-series.  It’s no wonder this issue feels quite long, but also incomplete.

It’s nice to see a little more of the Daily Planet’s operations, but the introduction to plant manager Jeff (no last name) and Jane (no last name) are so quick, and staged so distantly, we really get no sense of them as people. [Max: Jane Stewart, Don! Big fan of Jane Stewart, who appears for all of three panels. I don't know if she ever shows up again, but I'm giving her a tag on the blog anyway.]

Without saying too much, they’re certainly telegraphing who the mole in Lex’s organization is.  Whenever this character appears in this issue they’re either admonishing Lex, or revealing details of Lex’s life to underlings.  The reveal they’re setting up for really doesn’t feel so shocking after all this. [Max: Is it Vekko? I bet it's Vekko.]

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The Man of Steel

Volume: 1

Issue: 4

Enemy Mine

Writer: John Byrne

Penciler: John Byrne

Inker: Dick Giordano

Colourist: Tom Ziuko

Cover: John Byrne, Dick Giordano

DC

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band members as g3 my little ponies

pete wentz: sunshimmer

twiggy ramirez: minty

gabe saporta: rainbowberry

daisy berkowitz: dainty daisy

gidget gein: scootaloo

gerard way: blushie

will wood: jade garden

frank iero: october dreams

ray toro: peachie keen

okay love you bye

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david berkowitz and frank iero look so much alike to me. in like.. the best way possible i guess

[docgold13]

Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

My Top Fifteen Most Favorite Episodes of Batman: The Animated Series

#15). Harley and Ivy - Airdate January 18th, 1993. Written by Paul Dini; directed by Boyd Kirkland.

#14). Robin’s Reckoning Part One - Airdate February 7th, 1993. Written by Randy Rogel; directed by Dick Sebast.

13). Egg Baby - Airdate April 1st, 2000.  Written by Hilary J. Bader and Alan Burnett; directed by James Tucker.

#12). His Silicon Soul - Airdate November 20th, 1992.  Written by Marty Isenberg and Robert N. Skir; directed by Boyd Kirkland.

#11). Birds of a Feather - Airdate February 8th, 1993.  Written by Brynne Stephens and Chuck Menville; Directed by Frank Paur.

#10). Over the Edge - Airdate May 23rd, 1998. Written by Paul Dini, Stan Berkowitz and Alan Burnett; directed by Yûichirô Yano.

#9). The Laughing Fish - Airdate January 10th, 1993. Written by Paul Dini; directed by Bruce Timm.

#8). Joker’s Favor - Airdate September 11th, 1992.  Written by Paul Dini; directed by Boyd Kirkland.

#7). Growing Pains - Airdate February 28th, 1998.  Written by Paul Dini and Robert Goodman; Directed by Atsuko Tanaka.  

#6). Harlequinade - Airdate May 23rd, 1994.  Written to Paul Dini; Directed by Kevin Altieri.  

#5). Feat of Clay Part Two - Airdate  September 9th, 1992.  Written by Marv Wolfman and Michael Reaves; Directed by Kevin Altieri.

#4). The Trial - Airdate May 16th, 1994.  Written by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm; Directed by Dan Riba.

#3). Two-Face Part One - Airdate September 25th, 1992.  Written by Alan Burnett and Randy Rogel; Directed by Kevin Altieri.

#2). Almost Got ‘Im - Airdate November 10th, 1992.  Written by Paul Dini; Directed by Eric Radomski.

#1). Heart of Ice - Airdate September 7th, 1992.  Written by Paul Dini; Directed by Bruce Timm.  

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Andre Keith Braugher (/ˈbraʊ.ər/; July 1, 1962 – December 11, 2023) Stage, film and television actor best known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the Fox/NBC police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021). Over his career, Braugher received two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations.

Braugher started his career acting in numerous productions in The Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park. He transitioned his career into television gaining roles in Kojak (1989–1990), The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990), and The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), followed by leading roles in the ABC medical series Gideon's Crossing (2000–2001), the CBS crime series Hack (2002–2004) and the TNT comedy series Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011). He  also appeared in numerous series such as Thief, The Good Fight, House, New Girl and BoJack Horseman.

In 2006, Braugher starred as Nick Atwater in the mini-series Thief for FX Networks, winning a second Emmy for his performance. He appeared on the TV series House, M.D. as Dr. Darryl Nolan, a psychiatrist who helps House recover from his addiction to Vicodin.

Braugher had a recurring role as defense attorney Bayard Ellis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011–2015, and starred as the lead character, Capt. Marcus Chaplin, in ABC's 2012 military drama TV series Last Resort. In 2017, Braugher had a recurring role in season 4 of the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman as California Gov. Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz. From 2013–2021, he starred in the Golden Globe-winning TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine as the precinct captain, Raymond Holt. For his performance in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. (Wikipedia)

IMDb Listing

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Books on Balanchine

I’ve been meaning to list as many of the Balanchine- and NYCB-related books as I can. This post is limited to biographies of Balanchine, memoirs of Balanchine, and biographies of those closely associated with him. (A few are by or about people who didn’t work with him but who talk about dancing his ballets.)

Later posts will list books relating to his ballets, his teaching, criticism, NYCB history and general, School of American Ballet, fiction (yes, there is some!), and maybe the Ballets Russes (Balanchine-related).

Balanchine Biographies Bethany, Reine Duell        Balanchine—Russian-American Ballet Master Emeritus (author is the sister of Daniel and the late Joseph Duell)

Buckle, Richard     George Balanchine, Ballet Master (friend of Balanchine’s)

Charles River Editors       George Balanchine: The Life and Legacy of One of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Choreoraphers (80 pp.)

Costas     Balanchine: Celebrating a Life in Dance (photos)

Gottlieb, Robert        Balanchine: The Ballet Maker (concise)

Homans, Jennifer        Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century (Nov. 1, 2022)

Kendall, Elizabeth       Balanchine and the Lost Muse

Krista, David George     Balanchine: American Ballet Master (for children)

Portrait of Mr. B (photos, with introduction by Lincoln Kirstein)

Shearer, Moira      Balletmaster (Royal Ballet ballerina who worked with Balanchine)

Taper, Bernard      Balanchine: A Biography: With a New Epilogue

Teachout, Terry        All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine (concise)

Memoirs of Balanchine Ashley, Merrill     Dancing for Balanchine (ballerina, 1960s-1990s)

Bentley, Toni       Winter Season (journal of a corps member from the 1970s)

Boal, Peter        Illusions of Camelot (principal, 1980s-2000s) (Oct. 18, 2022)

Bocher, Barbara     The Cage: Dancing for Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine 1949-1954 (soloist)

Clifford, John      Balanchine’s Apprentice: From Hollywood to New York and Back (principal, 1970s)

Danilova, Alexandra        Choura (second wife)

Farrell, Suzanne        Holding on to the Air (ballerina, 1960s-1980s)

Fisher, Barbara Milberg     In Balanchine’s Company (soloist, 1950s)

Geva, Tamara       Split Seconds (first wife; wonderful book)

Hayden, Melissa     Melissa Hayden, Offstage and On (ballerina, 1950s-1970s)

Karz, Zippora       The Sugarless Plum (soloist, 1980s; title refers to her diabetes)

Kent, Allegra      Once a Dancer (ballerina, 1950s-1980s)

Kirstein, Lincoln     Mosaic

Kistler, Darci      Ballerina: My Story (for children) (ballerina, 1980s-2010s)

Martins, Peter      Far From Denmark (principal and NYCB director)

Martins, Peter and Steven Caras     Balanchine: Photo Album and Memoir (mostly photos; 62 pp.) (Caras was a corps member, 1960s-1980s)

Mason, Francis     I Remember Balanchine (hefty volume of reminiscences from all periods of Balanchine’s life)

Newman, Barbara      Striking a Balance (interviews with Doubrovska, Lifar, Christensen, Youskevitch, Shearer, Nerina, Le Clercq, Mason, Kelly, Bonnefous, Martins, Ashley, Ananiashvili)

Newman, Barbara      Grace Under Pressure (interviews with Schorer, Tomasson, Russell, Frohlich, Verdy, Denvers)

Ohman, Frank, and Emily Berkowitz        Balanchine’s Dancing Cowboy (soloist, 1960s-1970s)

Patelson, Alice     Portrait of a Dancer, Memories of Balanchine (corps, 1970s)

Soto, Jock      Every Step You Take: A Memoir (principal, 1980s-1990s)

Tallchief, Maria, and Larry Kaplan        Maria Tallchief, America’s Prima Ballerina (ballerina, 1950s-1960s)

Tracy, Robert       Balanchine’s Ballerinas: Conversations with the Muses (interviews with Danilova, Geva, Doubrovska, Toumanova, Boris, Reiman, Marie-Jeanne, Moylan, Tallchief, Hayden, Adams, Kent, Verdy, McBride, Farrell, Mazzo, von Aroldingen, Ashley, Kistler)

Villella, Edward        Prodigal Son (principal, 1950s-1980s)

Zorina, Vera       Zorina (wife #3)

Biographies of Balanchine-Related People Duberman, Martin     The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein

Jowett, Deborah     Jerome Robbins, His Life, His Theater, His Dance

Kavanagh, Julie     Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton

Kavanagh, Julie     Nureyev

Lawrence, Greg     Dance with Demons: The Life of Jerome Robbins

Leddick, David     Intimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln Kirstein, and Their Circle

Lesser, Wendy      Jerome Robbins, a Life in Dance

Lobenthal, Joel     Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet (ballerina, 1950s-1960s)

Osato, Sono     Distance Dances (minor mentions)

Protopopescu, Orel        Dancing Past the Light: The Life of Tanaquil Le Clercq (fifth and final wife; principal, 1940s-1950s)

Robbins, Jerome     Jerome Robbins by Himself (letters, journals, drawings, etc.)

Sills, Bettijane        Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir (soloist, 1960s-1970s)

Vaill, Amanda     Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins

West, Martha Ullman        Todd Bolender, Janet Reed, and the Making of American Ballet (principals, 1940s-1950s)

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Josh Gad, Ben and Max Berkowitz, and Dark Horse team for The Writer

Josh Gad, Ben and Max Berkowitz, and Dark Horse team for The Writer #comics #comicbooks

In June, Dark Horse Comics will release the first in an all-new four-issue comic miniseries the all-star team of actor/singer Josh Gad, creative storytellers Ben and Max Berkowitz, artist Ariel Olivetti, and letterer Frank Cvetkovic. The Writer combines the fantastical elements of cultural folklore with the real-life challenges of the creative process, in a story that is unique, familiar, and…

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PACKAGE/SLEEVE DESIGN BY KOZIK -- PREY TO CHURCH OF SERIAL KILLER.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the 10 inch/two track vinyl pressing of "Murder Company" by Japanese DOOM Metal band CHURCH OF MISERY, released on dark translucent purple vinyl under the legendary Man's Ruin label in 1998. Sleeve/package design by the late, great Frank Kozik (1962-2023).

TRACK LIST:

Side A: "Murder Company" (Henry Lee Lucas)

Side B: "Son of a Gun" (David Berkowitz)

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3106018659926957107 & discogs.

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Superman: The Man of Steel #33 (May 1994)

An unfortunate series of events has turned Superman so grotesquely swole that he now looks like he’s, well, a character in a ‘90s superhero comic. Last issue, his rapidly growing powers simply made him slightly taller, but by now he's basically a head drowning in a mass of comically large muscles (I’m amazed his costume hasn’t burst yet; props to Ma Kent’s stitching abilities). Another unfortunate side effect of his ordeal is that he’s afraid to even breathe near Lois Lane because he thinks he might kill her.

Superman asks his friends at Project Cadmus to come up with a way to turn him back to normal and they oblige, despite having their hands kinda full with the army of sewer mutants currently trying to invade them (more on that in the plotlines section below). Their idea is to put Superman near the Parasite, the superpower-stealing supervillain, so that he’ll absorb Superman’s excess energy. Wouldn’t that make the Parasite super-strong and stuff? No, you see, because they’ll put him near some “siphoning coils” that will drain the excess energy from him.

Within a few seconds of the experiment starting, the siphoning coils fail to siphon the excess energy (you had one job, siphoning coils) and the Parasite becomes super-strong and stuff. He immediately breaks free and starts killing Cadmus people as Superman tries to stay away from him so he doesn’t become even more powerful. Then Superman realizes “Hey, wait a minute, I’m even more ridiculously overpowered!” and does this:

Superman pushed the Parasite into the ground so fast and with so much strength that the rock melted from the friction and crystalized, trapping him in a “glass prison,” just as Superman planned -- he may look like the Hulk now, but he’s no brute.

Since that plan to cure Superman failed, Cadmus decides to take a page from him and do what he does whenever he has a problem he doesn’t know how to solve: just chuck it into space. As in, they strap Super-Superman to a big-ass rocket and launch it to a space station orbiting the Earth’s dark side so that he won’t be able to absorb any more energy from the sun.

For once, I sympathize with Cadmus’ Director Westfield when he asks if all that expense was really necessary (couldn’t Superman have flown himself there?). Anyway, TO BE CONTINUED!

Plotline-Watch:

As mentioned, the Clone Plague storyline escalates dramatically when the sick and dying Underworlders invade Cadmus en masse and actually manage to break in before they’re shot down by soldiers. We then see the dramatic death of Rambeau, the ram-headed Underworlder we met at the start of the “Doomsday!” storyline, who dies right in front of the (also sick) Newsboy Legion kids after warning them that they’re next. We’ll miss you, Rambeau... or maybe not so much since, according to the “Death of Superman” video game, he’s got like 40 identical cousins.

Last issue, master hacker Lex Luthor Jr. hacked into Lois Lane’s computer to rewrite her exposé on him so that no one would believe her ever again, and now we see what he came up with: a front-page article accusing Luthor of being a “SPACE-ALIEN CLONE” who “WILL SLAY EARTH’S WOMEN.” He also bribed (and later murdered) the Daily Planet’s night editor so he’d let the article through. Everyone from Director Westfield to a random traffic cop makes fun of Lois for her story, but Don Sparrow points out: “In a world where every major American city is guarded by super-powered off-worlders, is Lois Lane’s ‘alien clone’ headline that laughable?” Yeah, perhaps the most incredible part here is that this wouldn’t really be front-page news if true.

Luthor’s revenge on Lois doesn’t end there: throughout the issue we see that he went full Kingpin on her, ruining her credit cards, emptying her bank account, bribing that traffic officer so she’d fail a breathalyzer test, and making it look like she’s having a nervous breakdown. The credit thing is the worst part, because it embarrasses Lois as she’s paying for a meal with Mayor Berkowitz in a fancy restaurant. Don again: “I know that it’s to set up her online financial problems, but was Lois really picking up the cheque while dining with the Mayor? Or were they going Dutch?”

Speaking of Lois, this issue includes another variation of the cute scene where Superman wakes her up by lightly tapping on her window, only this one isn’t so cute because he’s so strong that his “light” taps break the window and Lois cuts her feet.

Superman asks the Cadmus folks to meet him at the tree city of Habitat, which has been in ruins since Doomsday rampaged through it, because at least he can’t do any more damage there. I wonder if they ever explained how it went back to normal in future issues. Did the Hairies rebuild it? Did it just grow back? Zatanna?

The Parasite had been captured in S.T.A.R. Labs since way back in October 1991. In this issue we’re told that Westfield “acquired” him from S.T.A.R., and of course the first thing he does is pump him full of super-energy and let him kill an employee. He almost kills Big Words of the Newsadult Legion, too (it would have been pretty funny if he had and then suddenly started using big words).

One thing that bugs me about this issue is how casually Lois reveals to Superman that, oh yeah, Lex Luthor Jr. is a clone of Lex Luthor Sr., meaning that his greatest enemy isn’t really dead and had been pretending to be a friend for years. That’s a big deal! Superman’s like “sorry, I’m too swole to care about this right now.” I’m also iffy about the part where she says she implicated Luthor in his trainer’s attempted murder; he DID murder her, but then aliens brought her back to life. Is “attempted” the correct legal term in that case?

What I do like is how the creative teams have handled Lex’s slow transition from smooth Australian philanthropist to full-on supervillain as his body and mind deteriorate due to the Clone Plague. The issue ends with a frail Lex (in some sort of medical gown that looks like his Pre-Crisis mad scientist suit) meeting with Clawster of the Underworlders to give him bombs and weapons to use not just in Cadmus, but in all of Metropolis, because if he's dying from the Plague then he wants to take it with him. It’s fitting that just as he’s starting to look like the classic Lex, he suddenly has an excuse to behave like him too.

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And now, more from Don after the jump!

Art-Watch (by @donsparrow​):

We start with the cover, and it’s an interesting one.  A common complaint about Jon Bogdanove’s style is that the superheroic bodies have impossibly huge muscles, with tiny little pin heads. So it’s on some level a little “meta” that we see this hulking, veiny version of Superman from this artist with a rep for exaggerated physiques.  There was also something about the pose (and slatted office window) that reminded me of Jerry Ordway’s incredible cover to an early Adventures issue, though I think the similarities are unintentional.

Once we get into the issue, we are thrown into a shooting war between Cadmus and its own creations, and no one seems to draw the  misbegotten Underworlders with as much panache as Bogdanove.  There’s an interesting thatching sort of ink technique we see on Guardian in that first page, which had previously been used only on Steel, to indicate a metallic chrome finish.  But clearly, Janke enjoys this inking style, so we see it a little more often now.

Page 2 and 3 we’re treated to a large splash page, featuring our gargantuan Superman outside Lois’ terrace door.  Though this particular spread has a lack of comparative context for Superman’s size, apart from his swollen musculature, the pose indicates discomfort and monstrosity.  Bogdanove also excels at a very cute Lois in a Margot Tenenbaum-style nightdress. The next few pages, Superman’s bizarre physicality is even more flaring, as his limbs really do appear as though they’re inflated.

As we return to Guardian battling it out with the Underworlders, the “Thing”-like texture of Clawster’s face is well-drawn.  Then later, while Superman is himself at Cadmus, he cuts a very Conan-like figure (and in case anyone was wondering, it appears it isn’t just his limbs that have swollen—yipes!). [Max: It’s true, his neck does look pretty swollen too.] A page later, the shine on Parasite’s transparent cage is a nice touch.  A little later, as the energy transfer begins, we get some nice Kirby-crackles. 

I like Lois’ sophisticated driving look as she’s pulled over for yet more “The Net” style persecution by Luthor.  Speaking of, his twisted and sickly pose on the last page is a really good bit of gesture, as he’s looking even rougher than the last time we saw him.

STRAY OBSERVATIONS:

I must admit, even with how familiar I am with these stories, I find myself straining to remember just why Superman’s power level is surging like this.  I remember having a theory as a kid that the black and silver recovery suit from the Return of Superman storyline was to blame.  That it was designed to funnel as much solar energy as possible in order to restore its wearer to full strength, and it kept doing so despite Supergirl’s molecular reassembly of the suit?  Am I close?  Why is this happening? [Max: I kinda like the explanation from last issue blaming that big blast of Eradicator-filtered kryptonite at the end of ‘Reign,’ mainly because it’s such a cool moment and I like that it had consequences.]

Perry White is awfully chill about such an insane headline adorning his beloved newspaper.  I might have thought he’d be the one “apoplectic” rather than the publisher.  It does feel a little bit unlikely that the paper could get so widely printed and distributed with no one along the line raising an eyebrow at the intentionally goofy headline.

I feel like the state trooper’s assertion that Lois had been “driven to drink by people’s reactions to the article (she) wrote about Mr. Luthor” is a reach.  And a mouthful.

It’s helpful that we are reminded that Lois has an inside informant about Luthor, which will come to matter in the issues ahead. [Max: I think this might be the first mention of Lois’ current informant, which makes sense since she knows her previous one got thrown off a bridge by superpowered hitmen, so she has to be careful about this stuff.]

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Summary of Documents

Here are all the documents posted below. The order here is oldest at the top, but in the blog it is the reverse. I've included how the parents are listed in each document.

1852 Iasi Jewish Census – no Marcu Sin Meer

1860 Iasi Jewish Heads of Households.  There is a Marcu Sin Meer

1866 Birth of Haim Mendel  Meer – IASI -  Marcu Sin Meer, Finchail Hava maicuti Manasi

1866 Birth of David Meer – IASI – Marcu Sin Meer, Finchail Hava maicuti Manasi

1868 Marriage of Cearna Rata Marcu to Itic Arie Sin Idel Leib – IASI – Marcu Sin Meer, Finchel  Meer

1869 Birth of Oisie Meer – IASI – Marcu Sin Meer, Finchel  Meer

1874 Birth of Leea Meer IASI – Marcu Sin Meer, Hava Finchel  Meer

1874 Birth of Sura Meer IASI – Marcu Sin Meer, Hava Finchel  Meer

1877 Birth of Munis Meer  - IASI -  Marcu Sin Meer, Finchel  Meer, Marcu is listed as “under the protection of Germany,” indicating that he was a Sudit. 

1879 Marriage of Velvil Fein to Sura Fetel -  IASI – Mortha Fein, Finchel Hava Fein

1882 Marriage of Ghisela Frechel to Moses  Leibil - IASI -  Marcu Frenchel , Finchel Frenchel

1888 Marriage of David Frenchel -  IASI -  Marcu Fenchel, Finchel Frenchel (Marcu is listed as being deceased) 

1890 Marriage contract of Charles Franck to Elise Bodenheimer – PARIS – Marcus Franck, Fain Finckel

1890 Marriage certificate of Charles Franck to Elise Bodenheimer PARIS – Marcus Franck, Finchel Franck

1898 Marriage certificate of Sura Frenchel to Smil Rabinovici – IASI – Marcu Frenchel, Fincha Hava Frenchel

1892 Marriage certificate of Garsile Frenkle to Ike Berkowitz - NEW YORK - Markus Frenkle, Huy Shaw

1902 Marriage of Max Franke to Minnie Goldman -  NEW YORK -  Morris Franke, Finkle Fiskman

1907 Death Listing of Finkel Chava Frenkel - IASI

1914 Marriage certificate of Munis Meer Frenkel to Hana Gluk – IASI -  Marcu Sin Meer, Finchel Meer Schnurling

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Jason Sussman, Special Advisor to the Kirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab

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It highlighted the great advantages of the traditional approach of English law towards corporate insolvency – in relation to the more judicially activist US approach. His paper, Financial Innovations and Corporate Insolvency (co-written with Julian Franks), was awarded the prize of the most significant paper of the year by the Journal of Financial Intermediation. I presented a one hour introduction to FreeFem++ to 2070 students.A zip file contains the lecture slides and example files. Make a gift »to support the critical research, education and training we do. Validation of blood protein biomarkers in the serum of humans using SRM mass spectrometry. This study is a validation that the biomarkers changing in the prior two aims are changing in humans.

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Sussman saw that artificial intelligence ideas can be applied to computer-aided design . Sussman developed, with his graduate students, sophisticated computer-aided design tools for Very Large Scale Integration . These ideas and the AI-based CAD technology to support them were further developed in the Scheme chips of 1979 and 1981. The technique and experience developed were then used to design other special-purpose computers. Sussman was the principal designer of the Digital Orrery, a machine designed to do high-precision integrations for orbital mechanics experiments.

Technology complements in-person healthcare and together will improve the health and well-being of our communities. In the UK, Oren advised HM treasury in relation to the Bankruptcy Act 2002. The Franks-Sussman survey of UK insolvency was part of that effort.

Dr. Sussman is internationally recognized for her research that focuses on the psychological consequences of cultural transitions and return migration. She was awarded the prestigious SIETAR Interculturalist Award and has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research and the American Psychological Association. She has presented more than 50 papers at professional meetings including the International Association of Cross-cultural Psychology, the Japan and the American Psychological Associations. Dr. Sussman has published many book chapters and research articles in journals including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Review, the International Journal of Intercultural Relations, and the Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology. Her research has been featured in the South China Morning Post , the China Daily, the Shanghai Daily, USA Today, Wikipedia, and numerous blogs on cross-cultural transitions.

Non-degree programs for senior executives and high-potential managers. A full-time MBA program for mid-career leaders eager to dedicate one year of discovery for a lifetime of impact. In addition, Ms. Sussman has experience with land use permitting and approvals, and California Environmental Quality Act compliance for energy, transportation and development projects, including CEQA litigation. She also has handled renewable energy projects, including representing solar and wind developers for due diligence and permitting. In addition to her clinical and research interests, Dr. Sussman aims to infuse her role as an instructor with energy and enthusiasm. She hopes that her strong commitment to student learning and her passion for issues related to aging will inspire students to learn about and work with older adults and their families.

Sussmann allegedly acted as an intermediary of sorts between Joffe, the data analysts, and members of the media, Elias and others said. Sussmann did not testify in his own defense, but his legal team did not contest his communication with members of the media about the data. Under direct examination, Baker told the jury Sussmann was a "friend," and he had no reason to doubt representations about his motives at the time. Sussmann didn't ask Baker to do anything with the data, Baker testified, but he took the allegations to the FBI's head of counterintelligence, Bill Priestap, who was also called as a witness.

He has extensive experience handling complex transactions, including the launch of new networks and other complex rights negotiations. Mr. Sussman's experience also includes professional sports matters such as media deals, team ownership or P & L structuring, facility arrangements, revenue-sharing ,and player contract negotiations. Additionally, he represents sports organizations, network, studios and other media companies in mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. He advises senior management regarding potential changes in the competitive, legal or regulatory environment and compliance with regulatory, corporate, and contractual obligations.

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Which serial killer is the scariest in your opinion and why?