In discussion of a Recent Superman Sale, I was reminded of the Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus Collection. It Collects to Good Chunk of the period just after John Byrne’s Relaunch Following Crisis on Infinite Earths And Shortly Before The Triangle Era, Although You Coul Probablay Argue The Creative Push for That Time Did Start Here. A Large Portion of the Creative Teams That Would Go On To Define The Triangle was coalesced here with work from Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens, Kerry Gammill, Dennis Janke, and Brett Breeding.

As well as The Writer Whoe Work i’ll Be Looking At Here As HE CAME ABOARD THE Superman Family Action Comics Weekly experiment), Roger Stern. And a rare guest appearance during Mike Mignolain Between His Collaboration with John Byrne On World of Krypton and Jim Starlin ON Cosmic Odyssey.

“There is definitely Subject Supernatural About This. “

Roger Stern Took Over Writing Duties From Byrne With Superman #23 Along With Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Petra Scoteseand John Costanza. IT PICKED UP ON THE STORY OF THE RECENTLY Introduced Silver Banshee with A Mostly Standalone Story of Superman Traveling to Ireland To Investigate A Strange Book Found By Batman.

IT’s Vary Fitting a Story for Mike Mignola, Presaging His Own Foray Into Myth and Folklore Further in Hellboyas The Tale of Silver Banshee’s Origin Unfolds. It taps in to the clan History of the McDougals and an ancient ritual that occurs for the first in the depths of Castle Born. Part of Which Told Through The Stylized Art of A Clan History Book That Magically Adds The Events That Are Occurring. When You Throw in Superman, You Get A Larger Than Life Square-Jawed Do-Gooder in the Lead Too. For Good Measure, Stern Also Reinforces Superman’s Weakness to Magic and An Inclusion of Lone and Jimmy Olsen to satisfy classic Superman Story Elements.

The Artwork Is Gorgeous. P. CRAIG RUSSELL IS ONE OF THE BEST OTHER ARTISTS TO INK MIGNOLA’S WORK, COMBINING HIS OWN FINE LINE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN SHADING WITH MIGERLA’S INKY SHADOWS AND ABILITY TO REFINE CHARACTERS INTO ICONS. The Limited Color Palette Against Primary Colours for the Main Characters by Petra Scotese is Vary Effective. The Eerie Blues Add A haunting atmosphere to the story. Added To that the Always Impressive Lettering from John Costanza.

“Don’s Give Me That! I am kryptonian by ancestry, but i was born and raised upon the earth … This is my world! ”

Superman #23 From Stern, Mignola, Russell, Scotese, and Costanza, On the Surface, Might Just to Be an Entertaining Story About the Origin of A Villain Steeped in Folklore, But It’s More than Just That. It’s the start of a legendary journal in Superman Storytelling as Roger Stern Began Writing Regularly for the Line and a Watershed Moment in the Career of Mike Mignola That Can Be Seen As a Dry Run of His Own Superherics Meets Mythology Format For Which He’s Become Known.

Superman #23 – “Curse of the Banshee”
Writer: Roger Stern
Penteler: Mike Mignola
Inker: P. Craig Russell
Colourist: Petra Scotese
Letterer: John Costanza
Publisher: DC Comics
Date release: July 21 1988
Available collected in The DC Universe by Mike Mignola and Superman: The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus