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I thought it was a mis-nomer to call this one "Superman Family" as they are mostly Jimmy Olsen stories.
I did buy the Superman one based upon Eryk's review of it. And I am enjoying it.
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I think future volumes will cover Jimmy and Lois about evenly, but since they're printing them chronologically, and Jimmy's series started first, he ends up dominating the first volume.
I really think the Superman gets better as it goes along, Quis.
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Almost every Daily Planets headline is either about Superman, or about something great that one of their reporters did.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I think future volumes will cover Jimmy and Lois about evenly, but since they're printing them chronologically, and Jimmy's series started first, he ends up dominating the first volume.
I really think the Superman gets better as it goes along, Quis.
Well I only have 4 more stories to read. of them all I like the Bizarro story the best.
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In JO #7, Superman helps his boy pal teach three teenagers who move to the badlands about the dangers of loco-weed, and the terrible delusions it can cause!
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In JO #11, Jimmy becomes... "Superman's Seeing Eye-Dog!"
Seriously!
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That issue also features, "Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent's Pal!", featuring perhaps more gay subtext than even I thought possible during the Silver Age!
Sample dialogue:
"You know, I like you a lot Clark, even if you are the quiet type..."
"Jimmy will forget about me when he reads this note from Superman on his desk!"
"This is incredible... I've actually become my own rival for Jimmy's friendship!"
"Gee, these quiet evening with you are super, Clark! Maybe I'll move in permanently!"
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I can only imagine that one day the editors of DC just sat down in their offices and thought:
"You know... Superman's got a ton of powers. Think how many books we could fill up by writing stories in which Jimmy accidentally gains one of Superman's abilities!"
And thus was born many a Jimmy Olsen story.
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Still about 200 pages left to go in it, but I believe this will tie with HoM as my favorite Showcase thus far.
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