Adventures of Superman #549 (August, 1997)
"The Gang's All Here!"
Writer - Karl Kesel
Penciller - Stuart Immonen
Inker - Jose Marzan, Jr.
Letterer - Albert De Guzman
Colorist - Glenn Whitmore
Separations - Digital Chameleon
Associate Editor - Mike McAvennie
Editor - Joey Cavalieri
Cover Price: $1.95
Today we've got a double-decker "1st Issue Special: Where Are They Now?" where we discuss an issue featuring two groups who were introduced back in that mid-seventies series. One of whom's first appearance... still eludes me.
We've got Newsboys!
We've got Dingbats!
We've got Arsonists!
and also...
We've got Boy Millionaires!
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We open in Metropolis, and it's just after midnight. Superman is... on patrol, which is something altogether new to him. Ya see, this is during the Electric Blue era, and he no longer has super-hearing/vision to rely on, and he's actually gotta go "pound the pavement" should he want to be where he's needed. I really dig this... one of the more nuanced differences during this era, and I'm happy to see it mentioned. Anyhoo, he's stood atop the Goldberg Theatre, and witnesses a car-full of fellas rushing in to "teach some punks"... a lesson, I suppose. Either way, Superman heads inside... and finds himself in the middle of just about the cutest rumble ever... it's the Newsboy Legion versus, get this... The Dingbats of Danger Street!
Superman injects himself into the middle of the action and pulls Newsboy Scrapper and Dingbat Krunch apart. It seems there's been a bit of a misunderstanding, with both gangs thinking the Goldberg is "their turf". After a stern talking-to, the disparate groups decide to enact a 24-hour truce... and then start making fun of Jimmy Olsen, for reasons I don't entirely remember.
Speaking of Superman's Pal, we join him... shiner and all, while he chats up Cat Grant. I'm assuming something bad happened to him on camera... but, it's been so long since I read this era that I don't recall what. Whatever it was, it left him with a black eye... so there's that. Cat hands him a copy of the Daily Planet, with a Lois Lane-written cover story discussing Intergang... and their mysterious new mob boss.
Speaking of Intergang, we join them... mysterious new boss and all! They ain't taking too kindly to the bad press, and decide it's time for a man named "Torch" to deliver a message to "a skirt" named Lois Lane. Hmm...
Speaking of Lois Lane, we join her... house guest and all! She arrives home to greet her husband, and has brought with her... Lori Lemaris! They reacquaint for a bit, and he shares with her that when not in his Electric Blue form, he has zero superpowers... he is basically just a human dude when not all bzzzted up. She's visiting because she's heading to South America the next day for some work-study. Wait, she's... still in College? What is she, me?
Outside, Jimmy Olsen skulks about. Upon realizing that he's outside of the Kent apartment building, he considers heading upstairs to chat them up... that is, if they'll still speak with him. Man, he must've really messed up... I gotta track down just what this fool did to get everyone so peeved! Anyhoo, before he can head inside... there's a hyooge explosion!
Upstairs, Lori instinctively heads for the fire escape... only to find that it's been... removed! Turns out Intergang tough-guy Rough House just pulled the damn thing right off the building! Jimmy runs to a pay phone to make a call... and finds that he's only got enough coinage to make one call. Seeing this as his opportunity for redemption. he decides to call his camerawoman, Angie. Oh, he asks her to call the fire department... I guess they charge for 9-1-1 calls in Metropolis.
Inside 1938 Sullivan Place, Clark has blued-up and is helping to gather the residents. The stairs are too full of smoke to consider taking... and so, he loads them all into an elevator, and uses his magneto-powers to deliver them to safety. Are there really only a half-dozen people living in this apartment building? Talk about an exclusive piece of real estate!
On the street, Lois, Lori and Superman meet up with Jimmy and Angie... and Jimmy asks where Clark is. Lois and Lori stammer for a bit, and say that Superman saved him first... which causes Jimmy's "freckle sense" to tingle. How come Superman always seems to save Clark Kent first? Hmm...
Superman considers for a moment that Jimmy might not be as dumb as everyone thinks... and corrects Lois and Lori, claiming that Clark is actually still inside the building looking for stragglers who didn't get that all-expense paid elevator ride to safety. Of course, this means Superman's gotta head back into the smoke trap... where he, transforms back to Clark Kent... annnnnd succumbs to smoke inhalation. Whoops.
Luckily, a firefighter is able to... actually rescue him. That's not something we see everyday. This entire ordeal has been captured on film by Jimmy's girl Angie, which will be important in a bit. Jimmy's happy to see Clark... but can't help but wonder, whatever happened to the Man of (Beyond) Tomorrow? Uh-oh.
We pick up with Lois picking up Clark from the hospital, where he'd been admitted for smoke inhalation. Gotta wonder how a hospital visit for a "human" Clark Kent might go... but it's probably best not to think too hard. Clark realizes the mortality these new powers bring... and decides to visit Emil Hamilton to see if there's any ETA on his "real" powers returning. Bad news, Big Blue... that ain't ever gonna happen! Yeah, yeah, I know... but let's play along.
We begin our wrap up back at the Goldberg, where it's current owner Mr. DeBris is ticked off about the damage done by the Dingbats and Newsboys. Superman arrives on the scene just in time to introduce a crew of V.I.P.s he'd invited to help with the renovations... annnnnd it's The Green Team! Worth noting... their "Green Machine" chopper lands on Simon Street.
They take one look at the "Goldboig", and drop two-million in cold hard cash at Mr. DeBris' feet. Now he can afford to renovate the old dilapidated theatre into a youth center... with room enough for both the Newsboy Legion and the Dingbats of Danger Street!
Our story ends in the office (or work space) of Jimmy Olsen, where he is watching back the footage from the Sullivan fire. Cat pops her head in to give him some kudos... and suggests he's better suited for "behind the camera" work. Jimmy pauses the tape on the scene where Clark is being helped out of the building... and suddenly realizes that... he knows who Superman is! Keep in mind there are two other fellas on screen when he says this.
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Had a whole lotta fun with this one... and not just because of the 1st Issue Special alumnus. This was just a really neat snap-shot of Electric Blue era Superman.
Let's start with the molecular/physiological changes in the Man of Steel himself. This era gets a lot of flack online... and I'd venture to say, the loudest complainers probably never read a single issue of it. It's certainly not my favorite... but even back then, we knew it was a temporary thing (despite what Emil Hamilton would have us believe). I couldn't imagine this story occurring in our contemporary (somewhat toxic) world of social media. Manoman, the creators would be getting harassed on a daily basis. Oof, I cringe just thinking about it.
But, I digress. This issue handles the changes wonderfully... masterfully, even! It's not beating us over the head with "different!" but actually places Superman into situations where the changes can be spotlit. I mean, our opening has him "on patrol"... as though he were Batman or something. I think that's really cool, and makes him a "fish out of water" while still in his own pond... or something... that analogy might've gotten away from me.
The smoke inhalation is a great way to illustrate a potential weakness subtly, without having him... I dunno, get shot... or stabbed. I feel like this shows his "everyday" mortality... it makes a reader wonder... can he now get sick? Can he now be poisoned (by something that isn't Kryptonite)? What would've happened if he transformed back into Electric Blue with lungs full of smoke? Would it burn out... or would there be an even worse adverse effect? Definitely some food for thought here.
The Jimmy subplot has the potential to be a goodie... but, since it's Jimmy... I'm always going to err on the side of "silly". It's been forever since I've read this era, but I'm already bracing for Jimmy to proclaim that the guy who helped Clark out of the building is really Superman. It's always gotta be silly. Seems like they want to "serious" him up every now and again... perhaps most recently during New Krypton. Of course that was all wiped away in the Summer of 2011.
Okay, now for the reason I dug this book out of the longbox... We get to see the Dingbats of Danger Street and the Green Team: Boy Millionaires. If the DC Wikia is accurate... this is the Dingbats third (and final) appearance, ever! Their first was in 1st Issue Special, their second was in issue #6 of Hero Hotline (I really ought to finish that series off!)... and this is where they wound up! I guess we can just assume that they're still hanging out in the Goldboig T'eatuh. This is also listed as the final appearance of the (original) Green Team! Weird... and random! Maybe there was a dare going around the DC offices to include some off-the-wall characters into an issue or something. Whatever the reason, I was glad to see them!
Overall, I think this was a really good issue. If you have even a passing interest in what "Electric Blue" Superman was all about, you could do far worse than checking this one out. I'm somewhat surprised that this is available digitally! Definitely worth a look.
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Superman: New Krypton Special #1 (December, 2008)
"New Krypton, Part One"
Writers - Geoff Johns, James Robinson & Sterling Gates
Pencillers - Pete Woods, Gary Frank & Renato Guedes
Inkers - Pete Woods, Jon Sibal & Wilson Magalhaes
Colorist - Hi-Fi
Letterer - Steve Wands
Associate Editor - Nachie Castro
Editor - Matt Idelson
Cover Price: $3.99
New Krypton hit during that strange and ugly time where I was suffering from a bout of interminable unemployment. Every now and again during this horrible year, in between losing almost everything, I would pop into comics news sites. I couldn't afford to actually read anything, but I enjoyed "keeping up".
Toward the Fall of 2008 the news broke that Superman would be... leaving Action Comics and Superman! I remember thinking, as a younger fella, that it would be cool if maybe Superman did a storyarc in Detective Comics while Batman did one in Action Comics, and thought this might be what was going on. Alas, it wasn't to be... instead, Superman's adventures were going to move to the World of New Krypton maxi-series, being replaced by Mon-El and the team of Nightwing and Flamebird in his "home" titles.
This wasn't the news I wanted to read... and I pretty much wrote off the titles. Not that I could afford to support them in the first place, but figured... if I could, I wouldn't. And this held true, until my obsessive tendencies kicked in a few years later.
They say time heals all wounds... and it's been a very long time (and multiple reboots) since I've actually tried reading this, so let's see how an older and mellower Chris receives this...
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We open during the funeral of Jonathan Kent. Pa had passed of a heart attack at the end of the Brainiac storyline which led up to the rediscovery (and resizing) of Kandor... and thus, the (re)introduction of a hundred-thousand Kryptonians! It looks as though Clark is giving something of a eulogy... though, it's worth mentioning that the first several pages are silent. What follows is a pretty violent fantasy (I'm pretty sure it's a fantasy and not a memory) wherein Superman beats the holy hell out of a defenseless Brainiac.
Clark remains in Smallville, and pops into the family barn to go through some of Pa's belongings and reflect. He comes across an old kite, a hat reading "Happy Father's Day" in Interlac from the far-flung future, and finally a horseshoe Clark had burnt a father's day message into with his heat vision.
We shift to a military installation and find a commander chatting up... holy cow, Codename: Assassin!? I think we know who is responsible for writing this bit (if it's 1st Issue Special, it's gotta be Robinson). They are discussing the arrival of the Kandorians and it is revealed that they currently have Brainiac hooked up to a whole bunch of machines in hopes that they can find out what he's got in his head.
While he's poked and prodded he awakens... and goes a bit berserk. He breaks free of his bindings and proceeds to thrash the Docs and researchers, demanding to know where his cities were taken. His rampage lasts long enough for Agent Assassin to get involved and flatten him with some power blasts.
Back in Smallville, Clark is talking with Ma. He offers to remain in Smallville for the foreseeable future, but she tells him he's needed elsewhere... also, the folks of Smallville have shown an outpouring of love and support for the Kent family. He jams out... and heads to the Antarctic where Kandor has been embiggened.
Upon arrival, he meets up with his Aunt and Uncle, Alura In-Ze and Zor-El. They are proud of the man their nephew grew into, and are thankful for his aid in rescuing their people from Brainiac's clutches. Superman suggests the Kandorians make themselves more acquainted with Earthen culture and customs... which Zor-El doesn't appear to be completely on board with. He asks why Kal-El would want his own people to learn to be "less Kryptonian". Hmm. Superman tries to clarify, however, the chat is interrupted by the arrival of his cousin (and their daughter) Kara Zor-El... Supergirl!
We hop over to Washington, DC where Lois is leaving a bouquet of flowers at her father, Sam Lane's grave. He was killed during Our Worlds At War, but don't cry for him just yet. Lucy Lane arrives, and the sisters have a fairly contentious conversation. Lucy has joined the military to honor her father... and talks about how pathetic she used to be, characterizing herself as "Lois Lane's sister". She continues... accusing Lois of loving Superman more than their father... and attributes that to his death, which is a low blow... and really doesn't make sense... but whattayagonnado?
Back in Kandor, the Kryptonians begin displaying meta-human powers. Up until this point, their powers have been few... now, they're all flying! The first thing one of the Kandorians do it... kill a(n endangered) blue whale! Whoops. The Kandorian felt it was a threat... and punched it. It feels like it's this point where Superman realizes that he's got a tough row to hoe.
Superman uses this to back up his stance on the Kryptonians adapting to Earth culture... and turns to Zor-El to aid in leading their people. Zor-El clarifies that he and his wife may lead the city... but they don't control the people. He assures Kal that before long the Kandorians will prove to be friends of Earth. Hmm.
We briefly pop back to Smallville... and witness a pretty heartbreaking scene of Ma Kent dining alone. It's scenes like this that always remain with me.
Back at the Daily Planet, Lois and Jimmy are talking. It's weird, Jimmy's calling Lois "Ms. Lane", which I would've figured they were beyond by this point. He mentions seeing a strange man during Superman's battle with... Atlas, (Heyyy... another 1st Issue Special alum!). He discusses a Cadmus facility in the desert called Warpath... that is amassing weaponry in order to "defeat Kryptonians"... in light of this perceived "invasion". But who could be behind this?
Glad you asked, because as we wrap up we visit Stryker's Island... more specifically the cell of Lex Luthor... but he ain't the guy we're talking about. He's been in prison since being booted from the White House, and is madly scribbling all sorts of plans on his cell walls... and floor! He finds himself visited by... well, the man behind the whole shebang (and Kryptonian invasion paranoia), General Sam Lane?!
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Well, I guess it's true... time does heal all wounds, at least for me. I really dug this issue this time around. We've got a bit to unpack, so let's get to it.
Now my main takeaway my first time through was that New Krypton made Superman less special. There's a point of view that Superman should always be the most fantastic part of any panel he's featured in. Putting him among 100,000 Kryptonians made him far less special. In reading this back, I can already see that they're building this story to illustrate that even among his own people... Superman is still special. His Kryptonian powers along with his Smallville upbringing make him stand out. I can dig that.
Speaking of the Kryptonians... there's a lot of potential for conflict here. I will admit that I've never read this epic tale to completion, so I don't know how this pans out (outside of General Zod having some part in it). I found it interesting... subtle even, that Zor-El was confused (and perhaps insulted) by Kal's suggestion that they familiarize themselves with Earth cultures and customs. I look forward to seeing if/how this pans out.
I do love Superman's face upon seeing the dead blue whale. It's as though he hadn't considered the negative potential for Kryptonian mass Earthen-immigration. Somehow punching a whale in the face still comes across as somehow subtle. Interesting that Zor-El kinda shrugs the whole thing off too. I dig where this might be headed.
The Ma Kent scene was one of the more powerful. Amid several beautiful and majestic looking two-page spreads, we get a quiet page of Ma dining alone. I'm unsure if the juxtaposition was intentional, but the hopelessness in her page was almost tangible. I mean, the pages of the Kryptonians flying were so impressive you could almost hear an orchestra beginning to play... then, Ma Kent in sitting at the table in her (silent) darkened kitchen.
Quiet scenes like that always get me. It's even worse than the funeral, or the actual death. It's where you must come to grips with the fact that life does go on... albeit in a drastically (and painfully) changed form. I'm reminded of a particularly painful scene in All in the Family following Edith's death. Archie returns home and sees a pair of her slippers... and he goes to yell at her for leaving them out as a reflex... but then the stark realization hits him. It's a scene I've only seen once, because... dammit, I'm not going to put myself through that twice... so, my memory might be a bit off.
The reintroduction of Sam Lane was interesting... or would've been had I remembered that he had died in the first place. I guess it would've been more impactful had I recently read Our Worlds At War. Putting Luthor back on the table as a threat is also a neat touch... it makes sense for the guy who always warns about the danger of "the alien" to team up with an anti-Kryptonian task force (of sorts).
I appreciate the nods to 1st Issue Special throughout this issue (and the Robinson run). He's clearly a big fan of the short-lived seventies oddity. I love anytime obscure characters are given a bit of a shine... I mean, DC (and comics in general) has so many one-off characters with potential... and it's nice to see 'em get some screen time every now and again. Plus, it gives obsessives like me something to mark out over.
The art here was really good, with the caveat that a few of the Gary Frank bits made the characters look a bit... let's just say, emaciated. Faces were kinda sucked in, and the mouths/teeth looked especially "off". Otherwise, great work throughout. If I remember right, Guedes and Woods were the regular artists on Superman and Action Comics respectively going forward.
Also... we've got triangle numbering! Whoo-hoo!
Overall... I'm not sure how long New Krypton will hold my attention... or how long it would hold yours, but I would suggest that this introductory special is worth checking out. It's been collected as part of Superman: New Krypton, Volume One and is also available digitally.
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Sandman #1 (Winter, 1974)
"The Sandman"
Penciller & Editor - Jack Kirby
Script - Joe Simon
Inker & Letterer - Mike Royer
Cover Price: $0.20
Engaging in a little bit of review-synergy today as we discuss Simon and Kirby's Sandman #1. Over at Weird Science DC Comics, my pod-ner and pal Reggie is reviewing Sandman OVERsize Special #1, as part of DC's celebration of The King's 100th Birthday.
So, after you read about Garrett Sanford... er, Sandman's first outing, you should definitely check out Reggie's review of his most recent... ish, um, if it's in continuity that is. Eh, we'll just say it is.
Now let's hop back to the mid-70's.
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We open with a young boy named Jed in the midst of a terrible nightmare. A shipwrecked man is bobbing in the angry sea while holding a doll that looks like a mix between Annihilus and a Skrull. The boy's struggling is overheard by his grandfather, Ezra who runs in to check on him. Jed is positive that his dream was real, and despite his doubts, Ezra accompanies him outside... where they find the same man from the dream! How can that be? Wellllll, there might just be a garishly dressed man behind all of this.
Jed and Ezra pull the man out of the drink, just in time for him to die. His last words are in reference to his Annihilus-Skrull doll... he pleads with them not to let it fall into "their" hands. He also calls it a Werblink. Jed thinks the little stuffed beast is pretty cool, while Ezra appears more than a little skeeved out by the thing.
Jed returns to bed with his new doll beside him... and he does what he does best... has terrifying dreams! In this one, an over-sized Werblink is chasing his grandfather across a strange barren planet. Jed tries to catch up, but falls into a crater. We flip to Sandman-vision, where our hero just received a "Nightmare Alert". He knows should Jed hit bottom, he'd... I dunno, probably die in real life. Sandman's nightmare buddies (?) Brute and Glob are all "screw it, let'm fall", but he ignores them and fetches the lad anyway.
As Sandman flies Jed out of the danger zone, he instructs him to wake up. This must've been another loud nightmare, because Ezra has come to check on him again. Jed explains the dream... and so Ezra dishes out some Dolphin Island justice on the little toy... smashing it repeatedly against a table.
Realizing that what he'd just done was flat-out batty, Ezra does what anybody would do in that situation... grabs a shovel and buries the evidence. After shoveling the final scoop of dirt over the little beastie, he says that he hopes that their lives will be "peaceable" again. Dude, the doll like... just got there... like 15 minutes ago, what are you talking about?
Now for something completely different... the introduction of General Electric! We shift over to Japan where a pair of neurosurgeons discuss the impressive developments in "Japanese brain surgery". Doctor Masugi informs Doctor Kaufman that this is due to their ability to "observe" the brain. B-b-but how? Ya see, there was this fella who led the Kamikazes during World War II who somehow survived a crash despite his head being basically destroyed. And so, they rebuilt his head... out of electric devices, and covered the whole thing with a glass dome!
The pair of Em-Dees then visit with the General, who is busy building... uh-oh... dolls! Dr. Kaufman goes to reach for one of the dolls, at which time General Electric becomes rather violent.
A gaggle of guards bust in the door to see what the hub-bub's about. Masugi tells them that GE's gone mad... though, before he can be restrained he throws himself through a window to escape. The guards raise their guns, but Masugi stops them from firing... because, between all dem circuits and know-how, there's a ton of Yen invested in that man's noggin.
We hop back to Dolphin Island, and one week has passed. We join a curious dog... who approaches a curious clump of (ticking!) Earth. After digging a bit, the doggy finds quite the... er, curious creature.
That night, Sandman's Nightmare Alert once again goes off... however, this time it's a Four-Alarm Nightmare Alert! It would seem all of the children in the area of Dolphin Island are not only having a nightmare... they're having the same nightmare! Brute and Glob ask to be released from their glass encasements (via Sandman's "hypnosonic" whistle) to attend to the crisis. Sandman refuses, claiming they'd just bungle everything. He slides down his Ejector Tube, which looks like a lot of fun, and arrives in the mortal world... where an Earthquake is causing all sorts of damage! He immediately lends the first responders a hand.
Turns out his assistance isn't all that welcome. He's approached by an officer who begins reading him the riot act. When Sandman begins pouring some mystical sand over an injured man, the officer raises his gun. This leaves our man no other option than to start tossing sand every which way to put his pursuers to sleep for a bit. I guess we'll forget that there's an Earthquake occurring, and how the officers may have been of assistance to those affected.
Elsewhere on the island, young Jed is digging up his doll. As soon as he nyoinks the Werblink from the ground, a uniformed man demands he hand it over. Sandman rushes in to save the lad, and gets in a few good shots... before being clobbered by a Jeep.
We shift to the backroom of a doll repair shop on the mainland. It's adorable... it's got beds and everything. We learn that the man behind the mischief is... shocker (pun!) General Electric. The uniformed men hand over not only the Werblink, but Sandman and Jed as well. General Electric states he's been working on exacting his revenge on the United States since World War II.
His plan includes... dolls. Well, to be fair... they're computerized dolls. When he links both Werblinks together, electric charges will blow Washington D.C. clear off the map. Sandman wishes he'd have let Brute and Glob out of their pods... and as luck would have it, just then one of the baddies discovers the odd whistle he's carrying in his glove. For whatever reason, he gives it a toot.
This frees Brute and Glob... who fetch their sacks of snips, snails, and lizard tails with which they can torment the bad guys. They arrive in the mortal world and dump out their bags... terrifying the uniformed guards. General Electric hasn't the foggiest idea what could've gotten into them.
Brute and Glob are invisible to General Electric, and are able to quickly untie Sandman without a hitch (pun! I think). Glob gives the whistle a high-frequency toot, which... shatters poor G.E.'s fishbowl beanie... which is immediately followed by the entire doll shop going boom!
We wrap up with Sandman bidding Jed farewell, and saying he will forget all about this misadventure... just as though it were a dream. The issue ends with a note asking for a letter campaign should the fans want to see more of these characters. Wow, it's like 1st Issue Special up in here!
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Hey, now that was pretty weird! Dug the heck out of it, though. Definitely gave me 1st Issue Special vibes. I'm sure if this had come out a year later, it would've been an issue of 1st Issue! It's strange to consider that the next issue of this series wouldn't hit until several months later... and feature a completely different creative team! You'd (or I'd) figure the main draw to an oddball book like this would be the Simon and Kirby collaboration... not sure anybody's really chomping at seeing what Michael Fleisher and Ernie Chua have in store for these characters.
Now my history with this character comes from Neil Gaiman's Sandman and a bit from the JSA, where he's a bit batty... actually, he's a different dude altogether. Here, he's more of a straightforward heroic type... who just so happens to be able to cross from the dreamworld into the mortal realm. Though, I do suppose it's worth mentioning that this fella was originally intended to be the actual Sandman or myth... and not a costumed vigilante, per say.
Now the story itself... is really quite out there. It's crazy to me that two of the elder statesmen of the comics (and the craft of comics) are responsible for so many daring and outlandish 1970's concepts (several of which were introduced in 1st Issue Special). I'd reckon that had I read this as a child... it might just have disturbed me a bit. There's an odd loneliness to it... an isolation. Even when we hear that "all children" are being affected by nightmares... we still only see Jed. The Earthquake victims... just a mere handful of firefighters and officers. Not sure if Jack just didn't feel like flooding panels with humanity, or if the cast was left sparse on purpose.
General Electric is a strange villain, and his punny name makes me think of Prez for some reason. I could totally see him fitting in there, standing beside Boss Smiley or something. Man, these were some wild times... I feel like I really missed out.
Overall, this is one I'd definitely recommend... based on weirdness alone. The fact that the story is a lot of fun (and nice to look at) is just gravy! This has been reprinted a couple of times... in The Jack Kirby Omnibus, Volume Two (2011) and The Sandman by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (2009). Oddly enough, it doesn't seem to be available digitally. That's actually a bit of a surprise.
Anyhoo, before we wrap up... now that you're more familiar with this Sandman, I want to again recommend checking out Reggie's review of Sandman OVERsize Special #1 (released today! er, August 16, 2017 for time-travelers) over at Weird Science DC Comics.
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