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From: scott@hou2g.UUCP (N. Ersha)
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Subject: Re: re: CRISIS #7 [reposting]
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 15:08:52 EDT
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>>  I recall the early Linda Lee stories
>> with Jim Mooney art (I STILL can't stand that stuff!), and how bad her
>> various title and backup features were.  It's too bad the only time she
>> got good writing was for her swan song...

>Bah! Them's fightin' words! I *liked* (and still do) the Jim Mooney art
>on those old Supergirl stories. As for her other appearances, I thought
>that Paul Levitz did a good job with her in her recent appearances in
>LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (beginning with the "Great Darkness" storyline).
>In fact, there was some indiction that an alternative plan to killing
>her off was to permanently move her up to the 30th Century and the Legion.
>I wish they had.

I wish they had as well.  Perhaps I was a bit hasty in my evaluation.
The Legion stories were indeed good (in fact, Kara was consistently handled
better by Legion writers, by my reckoning).  I might also add that I enjoyed
some of the early stories after she took over Adventure Comics from the
Legion (What? That was HOW many years ago?).  You'll still never get me to 
admit anything positive about "Moonies" art, though, except that it was 
probably better than the Infantino slop in her recent book.


>Maybe they felt [killing off the Earth-2 Superman] would diminish 
>Supergirl's death by overshadowing it.

Logical.


>> P.S.  No time to review the Superman Annual--I expect JMB or Moriarty
>>       to rave as usual about Alan Moore's script (and JUSTIFIABLY so),
>>       but did anyone else notice the Monitor among the worshippers of
>>       Mongul toward the end?  And isn't it Monghul?

>You got us pegged. We already raved about it. And I think it *is* Mongul,
>not Monghul. I didn't notice the Monitor, but there was one thing that
>really impressed me --- Alan Moore certainly did his homework. I'm not
>sure whether I mentioned this in my review, but during Superman's fantasy
>sequences, he's married to an actress named Lyla. Those of you who are old
>farts may remember a Superman story from circa 1960 called "Superman's
>Return to Krypton" in which he went back in time and space to his homeworld
>before he was born. In that story, he fell in love and almost married an
>actress named Lyla Lerrol (another "L.L."!)

*I* remember the story, though from the first reprint, not the original,
and felt it proper that his "dream" would go this way.


				Not as old as Jerry, but still a fart,

				-SJB