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Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 08:34:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 8 08:34:32 1984
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Since I brought it up in the first place, I'll take a crack at the
review. I don't quite know what to expect of Jemm. As I said, it is definitely
not a "boy and his alien" plot. The first two issues were deeply tied up
in Jemm wandering around a ghetto area, and meeting Luther, a young black boy.
Seems Jemm is a "red" Saturnian (he thinks he is the last), a prince, and
has a gem on his forehead that only the great ones have had (it was there at
birth). Later, we learn that the Saturnians were divided into the "reds" and
the "whites", and a great war decimated most of the population. The remaining
"whites" are actively hunting Jemm down. All of this has a pretty gritty
realism associated with it (hard to believe, isn't it). Well, then things
get stranger. We have at least a couple of groups on Earth looking for
Jemm, and one of them (definitely a bad one) contacts Superman to search him
out (still with me?). That's about where the story is now. The "whites" have
captured Jemm (which led to the scene that started all of this), Superman
is starting to think the wool has been pulled over his eyes, and the story
seems to be leaving the ghetto in favor of a space setting. I have no idea
where it is headed next. Not a great story, but an intriguing one.
Just one man's opinion.
--
eric
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