Once the books unlinked, there were a lot of filler issues.
Starting with the books below, I decided to move away from my completist mentality. I had toyed with the idea of spreading out the Secret Files issue, but realized that it works well after the JLA special, at the midpoint of the story. Wonder Woman was getting a lot of good reviews at this time, but a lot of those issues recap what was going on in the Superman issues, so they ultimately got dropped, since there was no clean way to insert them.
With OWAW, I was trying to keep the book as Superman-centric as possible, but still keep in the tie-ins I found interesting – like Batman, which actually did feature Superman at the end and tie in quite well with several Superman plotlines. Our Worlds at War Secret Files and Origins #1 That’s why I dumped it except for the pages dealing with Lex 2000 and the birth of Ron and Lucy’s baby to wrap up that subplot. Adventures of Superman causes a bit of a problem here because it’s trying to tell its own continuous story, but still links in with various ongoing plot points. Anyway, I originally had the trade for Y2K – called Endgame – but flawed binding led me to bind it.Īdventures of Superman #588 (birth excerpts)Īt this point, the creators basically said they weren’t going to be following the strict linkage and triangle/shield numbers. I don’t know why the Y2K special wasn’t released immediately before parts 2-5. As the titles unlink and several fill ins get tossed in the mix, I found a lot of issues to remove to create a smoother read.Īlready out of exact triangle number order. I start getting away from the “completest” mentality during this era. (Before that, it was just one or two creators changing at a time.) As a result, the series take on a different tone, and sometimes it’s hard to believe that we’re reading the same Superman, especially once we get past Infinite Crisis. In 1999, the Superman titles saw a massive overhaul in creative talent, probably for the first time since Byrne took over.
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