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Matrix 111 The newsletter of the British Science Fiction Association £1.25 April - May 1994 April - May 1994 Membership about placel with SF connotation': Corfc Cast.le, Determinants the Forth Road Bridge, .. wlter-1oiled Eut Allglia, a melancholy near-future Manchester. This cosu .£11 per yeu (UK &lid EC). Please Thi. will be a very long-term project. enquire for OVC-rKa& ralel. The flip lide of all this politive encouragement is that there il .. great deal of New mc.mbcu: AJilOn Cook, 27 A1bem.arlc Drive, work involved and neither Stcve oor I WIlllt to Grove, Wantage, Oxon OXI2 ONB Thil i"ue ofMaim will k the lut onc Steve and I will edit: U wc arc both involved heavily with bum out u a fan. We don't want to find th.al this fanoilh "'uff is 11 cOOre, especially u my childrcn Rencwal.: Kcith Freenwl, 269 Wykch&m Road, organisingthe fan programme for Intersection, the arc fanllishly inclined and havejllll [lDilbc.d the Reading. RG6 1PL Glugow Worldcon in 1995, thil nocdl to take priorily over other Ktivily and I CIpOCwly want IIltCIl. illuc of their faru:ine, Cyb,~, BIUV1Y (they were very ull-keen about the prof redding for USA: Cy Chauvin. 14248 Wilrred SUeet, Detroit, to spend more time with my cbildrc.n. Wc haYe some oblCure reuon). So, with rcIuetanee, StcVe MI 48213, U.S.A. been looking after Malriz for four yean DOW and be OD the: whole it bu been cxuemely intcrCllinJ and and I have docidcd th.al Maim will paucd on rewarding. I have ccrt&inly enjoyed it a lot and to 11 new editor to whom both of UI will cive roecntly have bad a lotofproof-re&dingbclp from every~urage.neDt. There wu not very much time betweeD Carte c.ry, 224 South_y, Park Bam, Guildford, Oris TctTUl who is mel:iculoul (but then, receipt o( the mailinc and the de&dlinethis time SurrcyGU26DN membcr1lwlllhavenOlicedthelharpdec:reuein typographical and typing erTOrl in tbe maguine). and it ill very creditable th.al the leucc colullUl I'd really like to tall:e thil opportunily to thank ahould be 10 intcrcsting. Also, there is a him together with the other people who keep qucstionnaire prepared by Dcbra Ken 011 SF rca.ding and convention behaviour (or members to Carol Ann Green, .5 RaJlan Avenue, R.apa.n MalriJ:goinZ: BarryTrailh, Harry Payne,Peter rtUin. StTcct, Hull HUS VB and Julie VenDer, 42 Tennant, John Madradd, Mark 0Zier, Roger So now it'l goodbye from me and it's Walgravc Sleed, Newland Avenue, Hull HU5 Robinson, [)ave Bell, Pele Cox, and Georr zoodbye from him We have tried to produce an 2LT Cowie. Getting Malri.r together bu Ill_YI been a turn effort and that il onc of the thin,. IIh.IlII intercsting IllId readable magazine while havinz (un oursc!vu. Alone the way, we've gailled a lot Officials mi"'lIlot. That'1 not to lily that we .haIl 101C of experience io magazine production an6 even more friend•. StcVe and I would like to keep both. JWI AdministrltOrs: Mlureea Speller. 60 conW;(, because onc of the key themes of the (an Bournemouth Road. Folkeaone, Kent CTI9.5AZ programme in IntcrlOCtion will be active (and and Calie Cary. 224 Southw.y, Park Bun, wilJing) involvement. Guildford, Surrey GU2 6DN The momingpart ofthe fan programme will bcco-ordinatcdhyJadticMcRobcrt.Sheis The new editor o(Malri.r hili nOl. beell announced yel: (Ill of 7 April 199-1), 10 please eould any Treasurer: E1iz.abcth Billingcr, 82 Kelvin Road, very cnthusiastic about encouraging people into contributorsSClldthcirpiCCClltoMaureenSpcller, New CUbbington, Leamington Spa CV32 7TQ (andomMd hu a lot ofori,inal and innovative ideas. Her piece on a pollible _y (orward for 60 Bournemouth Road, Folke~lIe,CTI9 5AZ. Orbilers: Carol Ann Green,S Raglan Avenue, the BSFA wu reprinted in thelut illueofMarriJ: Raglan Street, Hull HUS 2JB (rom her own fanzine, nw Sla'll~d BlW1Y. 1 know from bitter expericnce with young children Evolution: the 1996 Eastercon Awards: Nicholu Mahoncy, 215 Lonadalc thllpCOpJcncwto (andorn arc not thconly OnC8 Avenue, Intake, Doncutcr DN2 6HG who arc first up in the morning, 10 the morning The bid 10 horn the 1996 Eastcrcon hu been won programme will allO cater (or early riserl, by Evolution, chaired by Bridgct Hardcutle, who Fateien Liaison: Bridget Wilkinson. 17 Mimosa, reluctant or othcrwise. The programme in the wu involved with Imperial Collcge convention•. 29 Avenue Road, London NI5 anernoon will have item' more o( interut 12 fan. The rern of the commiuoc includes Simon BillOlI, than, pcrhapl,f.2r fanl. So. typical proeramme Mill)' Branscombc, Pat McMurray, Steve Glover, item will be more likely to analysclhe interuto( British Scien,;:e Fiction A'lO<:iation Ltd. Company Mark Char,ley and the GUCltl of Honour ue No. 921500. RegisteredAddreu; 60 Bournemouth narrow boating than how many llaplel Ihould be Vemor Vinge, Colin Greenland and Jack Cohen Road, Folkestone, Kent CTI9 sAl. Rcgistcred in in a fMZine, and fMzine production will be with BriM Talbot u Comic. Guest of Honour. England. Limited by Guarantee. Publilhcd by rccogniscduoneofmany intcrClllafanlmay have Theconventionwillprobablytall:eplace rather than one of the mOll important and buic. PDC Copyprint, 1I Jcffrict PUllIgC, Guildford at the MclrOpole Hotel, Brighton. For more GUI 4AP. Copyright - BSFA 1994. Individual With a Guest o( Honour like Samuel information,pl_write to 13 Lindfield Gardens, Ddany, it would be a uemcndous shame not: to copyrights uc the property of the author' and Hampite&d, l.ondoll NW) 6PX. editorl. ISSN 0307 3335. Prodll«ld by Jcnny and have a gay thc:mc runnine throu&h the SlcvC Glovcr with Chril TcrrM. programme. This is being looked after by Jane CarnoII. Dcadina for the year: ChriAlna 1.aIr:e and liliM EdWlltds will MalriJ: 112: DcadlineMay 13, to printer May 27, help with the evcnina programme and ""0 mailing out June 17 pouibly onc o( the convC/llioll public.u.io/l$: MalriJ: JJJ: DeadlincJuly 15, to printer July 29, tcnWively titled SolUldbyus, it will conlider fan mailing out August 19 history lince the IllS! British Worldcon, MarriJ: 114: Deadlinc Sc:ptembec 16, to printer Conspiracy in 1987. The other planned fan September 30, mailin, out October 20 publieationwill include the bell fan wrilinC since MarriJ: 115: Deadline November 11, to printer CoIlSPiracy, sc!octcd by Abigail Frost. November 25, mailing out December 16. Onc project I am Ycry ctIlhuaiuticaboul is an SF Atlu of <kcat Britain. I1 wu inspired by lCCinga Fantasy GuWSc.to GrC&l: Britainprod\leOd for the t"CCCllt Tolk>cn COllferCDCC_ There were a few intriguing g'Pl in it and I started thilllr.inC Matrix 111 inuitulionalileniceneu:. Housdeo, Minstrel, Smitly and roadielaage °1 had the ple&lure of knowing Bob manager Ninja Bcar) News Shea, firil po5UlIy and tbcn in person u well, for All Time GrClll: Sam'I Song (ZMder Nyrond and fifteen yean. When Bernadeue. Bod.:y and I had Soren Nyrond). our non-legal wedding ceremony, he offieiated, with the 5tyle, hUmGlIr and warmth he brought 10 Conferences From: David Hunter, NaM. V... Mcnsah, everything. He was I flawed human bein, like all of UI, but hii good qllalitiCl far outweighed his Tcrry Pratehen, Peter rennMI, Chri. A most weeeuflll meeting ofthe Utopian Stlldiu naws. I will mi" him. ~ Crollghton. Arthur D. Hllvaly. Peter Sodel)' wu held at the Univen:ity of York in -ArthllrO. Hllvaly Myakomin, Erica Licbman, 8&rTy March on Feminiil Utopial. The programme Tt.ish, Mal/teen Speller, Ron Ha!&­ eon,ilted of "Edgar MUJ Poe's Scieo.ce EVIln k Childcn lames. Andy Sawyer Calling all SF lovers FictionIFeminilt Utopia' by Marlelle Ban­ an.d your cditon. (Virginia Polytcchni.., Blaeksburg, Virginia); The BBC is looking for cnlhllsiutie and 'Lesbians and Virgini: The New Motherhood in Deaths: Real and Unreal p&S5ionate rcaden who are prepared 10 air their Her/arid" by Val Gollgh (Univ«sity of views io front of a telcviiioo earnera. Hu your Uverpool); "The Constn.cr.ion of the h.land of "NOled Scictlce Fictioll lulbor Roben Anion life been changed by a paniclllar book or allthor1 BaJi u Utopia' by Mary Condt (Queen Mary and Wibon was found dead in hi. bome yuterday, Are you woTTied abollt the lAP between seience WC5lfle1d, London) and 'Space, Tunc and appatenlly the victim of • bean I.l1aCk. Mr fact and Science Fiction1 If you fed pusiollll.ely Gender: The Impacl of Cybemeta on the Wibon, 6], wu diK(lven,d by hi. wire, Arlcn.­ about any author, book or genre, the BBC wants Feminilt Utopia' by Jellny Wolmark (University This wu reported in the Febrllal)' 22 wue o(thc 10 hear from you for a popular booki programme of Humbenide). For deu.ili of fllture meetings, Los Anldu nfMl. The article continued "M. 10 go Ollt on BBCI in the alltumn. Cogent and pleue con\lll;\ Or Ruth Levitas, University of Wibon wall the author of numerous books committed readenofScience Fiction, Fantasy and Bristol, Dept. of Sociology, 12 Woodland Road, including the CO-Iuthorship of the cult claaic: Horror should write 10 Daisy Goodwin, Room BriSlol BS8 IUQ (tel: 0272303030, ext, 3149/1), IlfJUniNUlu! trilogy. He wu noted for hi. 5012, BBC TV, Kensington Houle, Richmond 'Peni5lcnee de I. Vision' will be held libertarianviewpoinu.loycofte<:hnol0to',andoff Way, London W\4 OAX (tel; 0818956611 ext. aI the Maison d'Ailleun, Yverdon-IC5-bain., lhcwallhumor. During hil lirctimc,hcluthorcd 6241). Switurland, (rom April 27-30. Norman Spinrad more than twenty hoolui. Mr Willon i. survived will at1clld, with other g\>Qts includiog H.R.
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    Justice League of America TM & © DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. December 2013 No.69 $ 9 . 9 5 100-PAGE TENTH EDITION ANNIVERSARY 100-PAGE 1 1 1 82658 27762 8 Volume 1, 1994--2013 Number 69 December 2013 Celebrating the Best Comics’ Bronze Age and Beyond! Comics of the '70s, '80s, '90s, and Beyond! EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Eury PUBLISHER John Morrow DESIGNER Rich Fowlks COVER ARTISTS Dan Jurgens and Ray McCarthy COVER COLORIST Glenn Whitmore COVER DESIGNER FLASHBACK: A Slow Start for Anniversary Editions . .2 Michael Kronenberg PROOFREADER FLASHBACK: The House of Ideas’ Herculean 100th Issues!! . .4 Rob Smentek BEYOND CAPES: The “Antiversary” Issue . .14 SPECIAL THANKS FLASHBACK: Adventure Comics #400: Really? . .22 Jack Abramowitz Elliot S. Maggin Frankie Addiego Andy Mangels FLASHBACK: The Brave and the Bold #100, 150, and 200 . .25 David T. Allen Franck Martini Mark Arnold David Michelinie FLASHBACK: Superman #300 . .31 Mike W. Barr Mark Millar Cary Bates Doug Moench OFF MY CHEST: The Siegel/Superman lawsuit by Larry Tye, excerpted from his book, Jerry Boyd Pamela Mullin Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero . .34 KC Carlson Mike Pigott Gerry Conway Charlie Roberts FLASHBACK: Showcase #100 . .38 DC Comics John Romita, Sr. BEYOND CAPES: Casper #200 and Richie Rich #200 . .41 Daniel DeAngelo Steve Rude Tom DeFalco Michael Savene INTERVIEW: Marv Wolfman on Fantastic Four #200 and Amazing Spider-Man #200 . .44 Steve Englehart Alex Segura A.J. Fowlks Marie Severin FLASHBACK: Batman #300 and 400 . .49 Grand Comic-Book Craig Shutt Database Walter Simonson BACKSTAGE PASS: Bob Greenberger’s Memories of Detective Comics #500 .