Just having her and JFK in the same panel is enough of a sly wink. Including a baseball player is b0und to make one think of Marilyn’s ex, Joe DiMaggio. Seems like there is a hint of something subversive in this scene. Jerry Lewis is another, and Mickey Mantle. It’s Halloween on Bizarro World, and they don masks of terrifying creatures – such as JFK and Marilyn Monroe. But once that disappointment passed, I was able to enjoy the story hugely on its own merits. In truth, I was disappointed the first time I read it, as it appears in the Overstreet Price Guide listing as “Bizarro JFK and Marilyn Monroe,” and I was fully expecting those people to appear in the story. Jerry Siegel hits the gold mine with Adventure 294, with my favourite Bizarro World story. Superman Blue’s adventures were published for the entirety of 1997, and he was later joined by Superman Red in early 1998.Adventure 294 – JFK, Marilyn Monroe and the best Bizarro World story It’s a hell of a visual and when you see how he flies, you won’t even miss the cape.”

“He still has the ‘S’ and it seems to me if you’re going to do a story like this, you should really go all the way. “We thought it was time to make things a little tougher for Superman,” said Joey Cavalieri at the time, “And since we’ve already killed him, it seemed the way to do it was to get him powers he was unfamiliar with and have him learn how to walk again.”Īt the time many fans were unimpressed, arguing for the classic Superman to remain. The landmark issue, featuring a new Superman logo, also featured a special glow-in-the-dark cover on thick paper stock. Not only did Superman have new powers, but he also had a new costume and a new symbol. The new powers fully developed in “Superman #123,” (released March 12th) by Dan Jurgens, Ron Frenz, and Josef Rubinstein. For example, though bullets would bounce off him in the past, they now pass right through him.”

“Superman’s new powers are a very drastic change from the powers he previously had. Superman doesn’t exactly fly any more he zaps from place to place like a bolt of lightning…”ĭan Jurgens reinforced the significance of the change. Instead of the living solar battery he’s always been, Superman is now an energy being. Everything you knew about Superman’s powers, abilities, and appearance became comic book history as DC brought us the new Superman – The Man Beyond Tomorrow!Īt the time, editor Joey Cavalieri said, “All his traditional powers are gone. That was no longer the case (officially) starting from “Superman #123,” which hit comic store shelves in March 1997. While Superman’s powers had gone through a variety of changes over the years since 1938, the fundamental nature of the Man of Steel had always remained the same.

Bizarro Comics by Joey Cavalieri