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Superman Post-Crisis #13
Superman: Eradication!
One of Superman's greatest foes, the Eradicator, transforms the Man of Steel into a brutal, emotionless monster over the course of these seven stories. Along the way, Superman must also battle Lobo, Maxima and Draaga. This storyline foreshadowed events in The Death of Superman graphic novel.
Action Comics #651-652, Adventures of Superman #460, 464-465 and Superman #41-42 -- written by Roger Stern, Dan Jurgens, and Jerry Ordway; and illustrated by George Perez, Kerry Gammill, Brett Breeding, Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke, Dan Jurgens, Art Thibert, and Andy Kubert.
Action Comics #651-652, Adventures of Superman #460, 464-465 and Superman #41-42 -- written by Roger Stern, Dan Jurgens, and Jerry Ordway; and illustrated by George Perez, Kerry Gammill, Brett Breeding, Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke, Dan Jurgens, Art Thibert, and Andy Kubert.
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1990
About the author
Jerry Ordway
936 books48 followersJeremiah "Jerry" Ordway is an American writer, penciller, inker and painter of comic books. He is known for his inking work on a wide variety of DC Comics titles, including the continuity-redefining classic Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985–1986), his long run working on the Superman titles from 1986–1993, and for writing and painting the Captain Marvel original graphic novel The Power of Shazam! (1994), and writing the on-going monthly series from 1995-1999. He has provided inks for artists such as Curt Swan, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, John Buscema and Steve Ditko.
Ordway was inspired in his childhood by Marvel Comics, and dreamed of drawing Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Avengers. (To date he has only worked on the latter.) He produced occasional work for Marvel between 1984 and 1988, then returned a decade later to write and illustrate a three-issue arc of Avengers (vol. 3) #16-18 (1999), as well as penciling the four-issue crossover mini-series Maximum Security (#1-3 and prologue Dangerous Planet) in 2000-2001.
In 1986, along with writer/artist John Byrne and writer Marv Wolfman, Ordway was one of the architects trusted with revamping Superman, in the wake of the Ordway-inked continuity-redefining maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths. Launching, with a revised origin and new continuity, in Byrne's miniseries, The Man of Steel, Superman soon returned to featuring in a number of titles. After the titular title Superman was cancelled and replaced with Man of Steel, it was swiftly relaunched as Adventures of Superman, continuing the numbering of the original Superman comic, with Wolfman as writer and Ordway as primary artist.
When Wolfman departed the title, John Byrne briefly took over scriptwriting duties before Ordway assumed the mantle of writer-artist and took over the series solely. Switching from Adventures of Superman, Ordway took over as writer-artist on the companion title Superman (vol. 2) between 1989 and 1991, before later returning to Adventures.. as writer. While writing for the Superman family of titles, he helped devise the epic "Death of Superman" storyline in 1992. After seven years working on the character, Ordway largely left the Superman titles in 1993, although he would make frequent returns to the character as writer and artist throughout his career.
In 1994, Ordway masterminded the return of the original Captain Marvel to the DC Universe with the 96-page hardcover graphic novel The Power of Shazam!, which he both wrote and painted. The story saw Ordway depict the revamped origins of the former-Fawcett Comics superhero. An early example of the one-shot Original Graphic Novel, it proved to be a success, and was followed by an on-going monthly series, also titled The Power of Shazam! (which ran between 1995 and 1999). Ordway wrote and provided painted covers for the entire run of the regular series, as well as illustrating fill-in issues between series-regular artists Peter Krause and Mike Manley. Towards the end of the series run, he again took on the dual role of writer & artist.
For Image Comics, Ordway co-created the character WildStar (with Al Gordon) in 1993, and published his creator-owned one-shot The Messenger in July 2000.
Ordway was inspired in his childhood by Marvel Comics, and dreamed of drawing Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Avengers. (To date he has only worked on the latter.) He produced occasional work for Marvel between 1984 and 1988, then returned a decade later to write and illustrate a three-issue arc of Avengers (vol. 3) #16-18 (1999), as well as penciling the four-issue crossover mini-series Maximum Security (#1-3 and prologue Dangerous Planet) in 2000-2001.
In 1986, along with writer/artist John Byrne and writer Marv Wolfman, Ordway was one of the architects trusted with revamping Superman, in the wake of the Ordway-inked continuity-redefining maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths. Launching, with a revised origin and new continuity, in Byrne's miniseries, The Man of Steel, Superman soon returned to featuring in a number of titles. After the titular title Superman was cancelled and replaced with Man of Steel, it was swiftly relaunched as Adventures of Superman, continuing the numbering of the original Superman comic, with Wolfman as writer and Ordway as primary artist.
When Wolfman departed the title, John Byrne briefly took over scriptwriting duties before Ordway assumed the mantle of writer-artist and took over the series solely. Switching from Adventures of Superman, Ordway took over as writer-artist on the companion title Superman (vol. 2) between 1989 and 1991, before later returning to Adventures.. as writer. While writing for the Superman family of titles, he helped devise the epic "Death of Superman" storyline in 1992. After seven years working on the character, Ordway largely left the Superman titles in 1993, although he would make frequent returns to the character as writer and artist throughout his career.
In 1994, Ordway masterminded the return of the original Captain Marvel to the DC Universe with the 96-page hardcover graphic novel The Power of Shazam!, which he both wrote and painted. The story saw Ordway depict the revamped origins of the former-Fawcett Comics superhero. An early example of the one-shot Original Graphic Novel, it proved to be a success, and was followed by an on-going monthly series, also titled The Power of Shazam! (which ran between 1995 and 1999). Ordway wrote and provided painted covers for the entire run of the regular series, as well as illustrating fill-in issues between series-regular artists Peter Krause and Mike Manley. Towards the end of the series run, he again took on the dual role of writer & artist.
For Image Comics, Ordway co-created the character WildStar (with Al Gordon) in 1993, and published his creator-owned one-shot The Messenger in July 2000.
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February 3, 2016
Fun reading, and some useful background about an important figure in the Superman mythology.
But, this has the same problem that Batman: Second Chances had, in that this slim collection seems somehow "incomplete", and almost like the issues included were picked somewhat at random.
But, this has the same problem that Batman: Second Chances had, in that this slim collection seems somehow "incomplete", and almost like the issues included were picked somewhat at random.
October 1, 2026
The story is a bit slow at first, but once the Eradicator fully takes over, the book becomes much more interesting.
April 10, 2015
Very cool. I first read about the Eradicator during the Return of Superman angle and didn't completely understand it.
Basically the original version of the planet Krypton with its Buck Rogersy style utopia is transformed into a cold Vulcan-like planet with a bit of a cruel streak to it. To know that this version of Krypton created an object that protected this culture was amazing and as the story proves, kind of scary.
Superman tangles with Lobo while being a little skittish about the Fortress the Eradicator created. He learns the truth about Maxima, which basically has become iconic. I have to say, despite being a despot, I REALLY would consider being the groom to a smoking hot redhead warrior queen.
The creepy acceptance of the Krypton Man, which is a pretty cool costume by the way. Leading to the eventual battle was neat.
All in all a great story. Needed a little more polish. But I have to admit these early Post-Crisis stories were great. B+
Basically the original version of the planet Krypton with its Buck Rogersy style utopia is transformed into a cold Vulcan-like planet with a bit of a cruel streak to it. To know that this version of Krypton created an object that protected this culture was amazing and as the story proves, kind of scary.
Superman tangles with Lobo while being a little skittish about the Fortress the Eradicator created. He learns the truth about Maxima, which basically has become iconic. I have to say, despite being a despot, I REALLY would consider being the groom to a smoking hot redhead warrior queen.
The creepy acceptance of the Krypton Man, which is a pretty cool costume by the way. Leading to the eventual battle was neat.
All in all a great story. Needed a little more polish. But I have to admit these early Post-Crisis stories were great. B+
June 1, 2019
The more you learn about the Eradicator, the less interesting it us
October 16, 2023
This one gets a little rough because readers will know what's happening almost immediately, but it takes Superman the entire volume to put it all together. We're entering the era of decompressed storytelling: What if we took something that would be one, maybe two issues in the past, and make it a 5-issue arc! That's half a year of comics!
The ending was good, though, and almost made up for the whole affair. ALMOST.
Also, I think I can see why I wasn't so into DC comics back in the day. Trades like this were not all that well thought out. There's a Lobo story in here that, while fun, has nothing to do with the Eradicator storyline and doesn't really need to be in here. There's a very jarring transition between issue one and two, and my suspicion is there's some other crossover event or something that happened between the two (not sure, but it's got that vibe).
But, hey, Lobo! I love Lobo unabashedly. I know he's supposed to be kind of a joke, a reaction to the "extreme" era of characters, but I don't care. An indestructible alien who is kind of a biker asshole? Very fun.
The ending was good, though, and almost made up for the whole affair. ALMOST.
Also, I think I can see why I wasn't so into DC comics back in the day. Trades like this were not all that well thought out. There's a Lobo story in here that, while fun, has nothing to do with the Eradicator storyline and doesn't really need to be in here. There's a very jarring transition between issue one and two, and my suspicion is there's some other crossover event or something that happened between the two (not sure, but it's got that vibe).
But, hey, Lobo! I love Lobo unabashedly. I know he's supposed to be kind of a joke, a reaction to the "extreme" era of characters, but I don't care. An indestructible alien who is kind of a biker asshole? Very fun.
October 22, 2020
It pains me to have to write a negative review, since I pretty much love this era of the Superman titles, but this compilation is BAD.
The Eradicator story, and mentioned in the text page, was far more complex than what is shown here, but on top of that we only get bits and pieces of this, something very unlikely in DC collections these days. Not even the covers are featured.
The complex, serialized nature of the Triangle Era (although this is shortly before that) Superman titles is benefited from longer, more comprehensive long-form collections.
The story itself, about Superman and his humanity, is a good one, but again, we only get a glimpse, and some details (such as what actually transpires at Newstime) don't really make any sense without context.
Great art by everyone involved, though.
The Eradicator story, and mentioned in the text page, was far more complex than what is shown here, but on top of that we only get bits and pieces of this, something very unlikely in DC collections these days. Not even the covers are featured.
The complex, serialized nature of the Triangle Era (although this is shortly before that) Superman titles is benefited from longer, more comprehensive long-form collections.
The story itself, about Superman and his humanity, is a good one, but again, we only get a glimpse, and some details (such as what actually transpires at Newstime) don't really make any sense without context.
Great art by everyone involved, though.
October 17, 2020
Such a bizarre old school Superman tale. A relic from Krypton's past becomes sentient (I guess) and affects Clark's mind. Throw in three fights with three different aliens for no reason and that's your book. There is some really good classic art from the likes of Dan Jurgens, George Perez, and Jerry Ordway but an incredibly stiff story that doesn't hold up well doesn't do the artists any favors.
December 23, 2012
Interesting follow from the Exile arc, and expanding and developing the Eradicator themes.
The Superman / Clark in this arc is not who you are used to seeing, and it is an interesting exploration of what could have been.
The Superman / Clark in this arc is not who you are used to seeing, and it is an interesting exploration of what could have been.
December 15, 2015
Really cool book, and interesting, never knew what the Eradicator really was, so it was fun. Also, added bonus, part 4 of this story was the first Superman book I read in my life, so it was cool finishing that story like 20 years later, did not dissapoint.
August 1, 2011
Yet another "Superman has his mind taken over" books. This tune really gets old after awhile.
October 10, 2012
Pretty good Superman tale. The Eradicator is an interesting villian, and its alway nice to branch out from Lex and the Daily Planet. Minus one star for the inclusion of Lobo.
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