Superman (1987-2006) #61

Superman (1987) #61

by Dan Jurgens (Writer/Illustrator), Brett Breeding (Illustrator), Glenn Whitmore (Colorist)

Superman has a tough decision to make: is the mysterious Waverider attempting to destroy the time stream, or is he out to save many innocents from certain death?

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 17, 1991

About the author

Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including The Adventures of Superman, Superman vol. 2 and Action Comics. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man and was the writer on Thor for six years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on Solar for Valiant Comics in 1995.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 3 out of 5]

(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Refers to lots of previous plots—and most I haven't read—a foggy slog (this "epilogue"), too tough to follow threads.

*Progress update

[Arianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is just 20 pages of annoying characters arguing the ethics of time travel and changing the events of the past. The "twist" at the end was predictable and completely uninteresting.

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one felt more like an Epilogue!

Superman and the Metal Men are trying to carefully extract a quantum field generator out of the STAR Labs rubble.
Unfortunately, it begins to erupt!

That’s when the same Linear(wo)man appears from Superman #59 and freezes time to teleport both Superman and the generator away!

Waverider, who was surveying the scene, slips through the time stream to follow them to the Vanishing Point!

The Brotherhood has lots of justifications for letting the explosion kill people but Waverider refuses to let his parents (who were his aunt and uncle in the special) die!

Which in turn creates the Matt that leads the Brotherhood!

This issue does end with a lead-in to another Superman storyline.

While neither Superman comic was a typical Epilogue I did appreciate seeing the consequences of the event in main title comics.

Side note: Lois’ hair's long again!

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Something of an addendum to Armageddon 2001. Waverider meets up with the Linear Men and history is changed. All of this time travel stuff will make your head hurt if you think about it too much.