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1. The Story of the Year
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| Supreme #41-42, 50-51, 52a, 52b, 53-56; Supreme: The New Adventures #43-49; Supreme: The Return #1-6: Alan Moore script |
| Supreme #41-42, 50-51, 52a, 52b, 53-56; Supreme: The New Adventures #43-49; Supreme: The Return #1-6: no interior art data entered |
| Supreme #41-42, 52a, 52b, 53-56; Supreme: The Return #1-6: no cover data entered |
| Supreme #41-42: published by Image Comics |
| Supreme #41 | Supreme, returning to Earth, encounters alternate Supremes, then visits the Supremacy, then journeys to Earth's Omegapolis as Ethan Crane, illustrator at Dazzle Comics;
features a 2/3-page flashback sequence;
cover-dated August 1996 | 1 |
| Supreme #42 | "Secret Origins";
Ethan Crane, experiencing amnesia, "returns" to Littlehaven, where he grew up as Kid Supreme, visits Darius Dax's grave, and talks to Judy Jordan, who runs the Supreme Museum and whose grand-daughter Hilda gives Supreme a drawing;
features an 8-page flashback of "The Origin of Supreme";
features an 8-page flashback of Kid Supreme entitled "The Hoaxers from Beyond History!" (introducing the League of Infinity, then consisting of Zayla Zarn, Giganthro, Young Bill Hickok, and Witch Wench; Supreme in the future waves to his young self);
cover-dated September 1996 | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #43-49; Supreme #50-51: Rob Liefeld cover |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #43-48: published by Maximum Press |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #43 | "Obscured by Clouds";
Supreme visits the Citadel Supreme and battles Suprematons who think themselves real, then hangs Hilda's drawing;
features an 8-page flashback entitled "The Conundrum of the Cloud-Castle";
begins with a page from the Omniman comic of Supreme's world;
cover-dated October 1996 (though published more than a month after the previous issue) | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #44 | "The Age of Gold";
Supreme summons the Allies, including Glory, Doctor Rocket and Alley Cat (who are married), plus Mighty Man and Waxy Doyle (Roman, Die-Hard, the Super-Patriot, and Professor Night don't show);
features a 12-page flashback (in three 4-page segments) entitled "The Allies' Last Case" (brilliantly in the style of Mad and EC Comics, incorporating their topics into super-hero history, the third segment being "Supremelvin!!!" -- after Mad's classic "Superdooperman");
cover-dated January 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #45 | "Supreme's Pal Billy Friday";
Billy Friday, revisionist writer at Dazzle Comics, gets a multitude of arms courtesy of Supremium, then is transferred to Amalynth;
features an 8-page flashback entitled "The Secret of the Supremium Man!";
cover-dated late January 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #46 | "The Girl of Our Dreams";
Supreme journeys into outer space and rescues Radar (the Hound Supreme) and then Suprema (from Gorrl, the Living Galaxy);
features an 8-page Suprema flashback entitled "Satana's Slave-Supreme!";
cover-dated February 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #47 | "The Finest of All Possible Worlds";
opens with a hilarious 3-page sequence showing Radar and Suprema fighting robbers;
Supreme visits Kendall Manor, talks to Pratap (Taylor Kendall's butler), and journeys into imaginary space, discovering that Hulver Ramik, the Slaver of Souls, is responsible for Professor Night's and Twilight's suspended animation;
features an 8-page flashback entitled "The Turnabout Trap of the Terrible Two!" (in which Supreme and Professor Night battled Darius Dax's and Jack-A-Dandy's team-up);
cover-dated March 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #48 | "Just Imagine...";
Supreme, with the reunited Allies, journeys into imaginary space, confronting Hulver Ramik, who has stolen the souls of many heroes for Optilux, who appears at the end;
features 6 covers of Silver Age covers to The Allies (#1, 16, 21, 28, 24, and 37, in that order, all in the style of the Silver Age
Justice League of America);
cover-dated May 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #49; Supreme #50-51, 52a, 52b, 53-56; Supreme: The Return #1-6: published by Awesome Entertainment |
| Supreme: The New Adventures #49 | "The is a Light That Never Goes Out...";
the Allies capture Optilux and free to captured heroes;
features an 8-page flashback entitled "How Low Burns the Lantern?" (in which Supreme, in space in May 1971, confronts the spirit of Jack O'Lantern; illustrated in the style of Neal Adams);
cover-dated May 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme #50 | "A Love Supreme" (after Coltrane);
Ethan Crane and Diana Dane meet to discuss their plans for the Omniman comic book, debating Omniman's possible love interests while Ethan offers advice based on his knowledge of Supreme;
in the two-page epilogue, Hilda shows her grandmother, Judy Jordan, a detailed schematic of the Citadel Supreme that she has drawn;
features a 12-page flashback (in three 4-page segments) entitled "The Many Loves of Supreme" (in which Supreme uses a possibilitron to see his domesticization should he marry Judy Jordan, the death of Luriel from his imaginary menagerie when he marries her, and his squabbling and city-devastating battle should he marry Glory);
cover-dated July 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme #51 | "A Roster of Rogues";
after quickly defeating the 1990s-style overgrown cyborg Cyber-Zerk who attacks Dazzle Comics, Supreme complains to Diana Dane of the present state of super-villains;
in the 10-page epilogue (which makes the main story, minus the flashback, only eight pages), Judy Jordan uses Hilda's built-in thrusters to visit the Citadel Supreme, trash the Suprematons, and trap Supreme when he arrives in the mirror penitentiary, where he is powerless and at the mercy of its super-villains;
features an 8-page Supreme's Girlfriend Judy Jordan flashback entitled "The Remarkable Ruse of the Rogues' Roster!";
cover-dated late July 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme #52a | features
- a 19-page main story ("The Return of Darius Dax!") in which Judy Jordan reveals herself to be Darius Dax, then takes control of Magno's powerful body while the incarcerated super-villains beat up Supreme; and
- several back-up features;
cover-dated September 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme #52b | features
- a 19-page main story (continuing from last issue) in which the Allies and the League of Infinity free Supreme, defeat Hilda, and watch as Darius Dax, in Magno's body, merges with the Citadel's Supremium, traveling back in time to become the Supremium Man (whose arrival heralded Suprema's powers) and then merges with the Supremium there to fall back in time and become the original Supremium meteor that created Supreme, afterwhich Supreme says goodbye to the League of Infinity and waves at his younger self (as seen from that younger self's perspective in #42's second flashback tale) before speaking to Omegapolis; and
- several back-up features
cover-dated September 1997 | 1 |
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| Supreme: The Story of the Year | collects Supreme #41-51, 52a, 52b; does not reprint back-up material from #50, 52a, 52b; uses Alex Ross sketches and some back-up material from #52a and #52b as part of the book design; Alex Ross cover; brief Mark Thompson foreword; published by Checker Book Publishing Group; softcover
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2. The Return
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| Supreme #53 | | 1 |
| Supreme #54 | cover-dated November 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme #55 | cover-dated December 1997 | 1 |
| Supreme #56 | final issue; cover-dated February 1998 | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #1 | continues from Supreme #56;
cover-dated May 1999 | 0 |
| Supreme: The Return #1 [alternate cover] | features a sketch by Alex Ross as its cover | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #2 | the cover falsely suggests that the title is simply Supreme;
cover-dated June 1999 | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #3 | cover-dated November 1999 | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #4 | cover-dated March 2000 | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #5 | cover-dated May 2000; published on 7 June 2000 | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #6 | the cover falsely suggests that the title is simply Supreme;
cover-dated June 2000; published on 28 June 2000 | 1 |
| Supreme: The Return #7-8 (originally Supreme #63-64): were to include a 2-part story but were never published |
| Supreme: The Return | collects Supreme #53-56 and Supreme: The Return #1-6; Alex Ross cover; brief Mark Thompson foreword; published by Checker Book Publishing Group; softcover
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Supreme was shit until
Alan Moore took it over.
