METROPOLIS
S.C.U.
RUN: 4 issues 1994-95
KEY CREATORS: Cindy Goff (writer)
and Pete Krause (artist)
OUTLINE: Maggie Sawyer teams with
Lois Lane to go after Terra-Man. Her devotion to her job impacts on her
relationship with her girl friend Tobie
STANDOUT/DUD ISSUE: None
OVERALL: With a bit of editing
this could have been great. Number one thing I'd do is ditch the entire
bit about Lois tagging along. The wide eyed Lois learning about what it's
like to be part of the SCU takes away from the action plot involving
Terra-Man
which had potential but needed a little more build up of Sawyer doing
detectuive
work. More importantly, it takes away too much air time from the Tobie
sub-plot. Tobie's been underused in the Superman books, and a series that
was supposed to star Sawyer should have been a great place to really focus
on their relationship. Unfortunately we get enough to tantalize on what
might have been, but that's it.
RECOMMENDED OR NOT? No, and it's
a real shame because I was really looking forward to this
CONTINUITY NOTES: I believe that
Lois' involvement has been played up in the core titles