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Title: It's a Super Life!
Writer: Devin K. Grayson
Penciller: Aluir Almancio
Inker: Terry Austin
Colorist: Marie Severin
Letter: Lois Buhalis
Cover Art: Rick Burchett & Terry Austin
Synopsis:
While Clark Kent investigates a story, for which he has a 24 hour deadline, he
keeps getting interrupted by Super-problems.
Description:
Clark Kent is into the offices of Perry White for not getting the big
"Super" stories any more. Specifically, he's not around when the big
stories, especially the Superman stories, break. Perry assigns him to cover the
expansion of the subway and the monorail in which he should tell the people
which one of the transport systems the citizens of Metropolis should support.
Clark goes to interview both sides, but is constantly interrupted with
emergencies to which only Superman can respond. When he returns from saving
lives as Superman, the people he is interviewing refuse to talk to him. They all
think that Clark isn't interested in the stories.
This continues for about the rest of the day. He
misses appointments, isn't able to do his research or much of anything else.
Why? "Because it looks like a job for Superman!", that's why.
For some reason, Clark takes a quick trip home to discuss his dilemma with his
parents (Ah... aren't you pressed for time already, Clark?). They remind him he
needs to look for a balance between his two identities, because while Superman
fights for truth, Clark Kent, as a reporter, uncovers it. How...uplifting.
When he gets back to Metropolis, he is still
stumped at which angle to approach this story. In frustration, however, he hits
the monorail bridge in frustration. When his (super-strength) punch causes the
bridge to wobble. He checks the support beams and sees that they were put
together by a shoddy construction company that has an unreasonable past and
been in trouble for unsafe building constructions. As Clark Kent, he does some
research and learns that both the monorail and the subway will be using the
bridge at the same time. The bridge is barely strong enough for one train, and
will collapse under the combined weight.
In one of the coolest scenes, Clark rushes back
to the Daily Planet office, Clark shouts those words that only seem to be heard
in comic books, TV and movies, "Stop The Presses!" When he fills Perry
in on the imminent danger, he gets the front page for his story on the shoddy
bridges, stopping a disaster before it could occur. White gives Clark a good old
pat on the back and Kent is now "in the zone" with Perry once again.
Comments:
Devin Grayson gives us a fun little story, and nothing more. Nothing really
important happens, but it still entertains us. The bits of comedy here and there
help. Aluir's art still please the eye. Where did they find this guy? He's great
and his work on this title has been top-notch above top-notch! He has the
prefect grasp on Superman! Rating: 
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