100 Issues Ago May 2013

It’s an action packed issue of WORLDS’ FINEST this month that takes the highlight spot – hardly surprising as it’s the issue where Power Girl finally shrugs off the hideous New 52 costume and returns to the classic look, even including the boob window. Well, technically, it’s not this issue – this same month, Power Girl made an appearance in SUPERGIRL #19 and it’s there, not even in the pages of her own (shared) title, that she returns to the classic look. The events of that issue and the new costume aren’t even mentioned in this issue.

Elsewhere it was the end of Geoff Johns’s run on GREEN LANTERN which had its share of ups and downs but delivered some massive events in its time; FIRESTORM limps to an end; EARTH 2 explores the new Dr Fate while in the EARTH 2 ANNUAL, we get a better look at the new Batman which is a Thomas Wayne that, from memory, owes some small debt to the FLASHPOINT version in terms of character and appearance; and JUSTICE LEAGUE is building up to the forthcoming Trinity War and the awful FOREVER EVIL that follows that.

Outside of DC, it was a single issue of Garth Ennis’s FURY MAX and that was it.

Untold Tales #438 Stardust vs Space Ranger

Man, it looks like Cryll is still evil and at this point has kidnapped Myra, forcing Space Ranger to take on those who are trying to bring him in.

Untold Tales #437 Crusader vs Arion

I had no idea who Crusader was when I came across him on the cover of a FANTASTIC FOUR issue – and having looked him up, I’m not sure I’m any the wiser!

Untold Tales #436 Morbius vs The New Guardians

No, not those New Guardians, this other bunch pulled from the various rainbow corps to follow Kyle Rayner around.