The Midtown High AV club’s plan comes to fruition (or near enough, anyway) this week! Months after abruptly quitting their internships at the Daily Bugle, they’re back in the media game. All it took was a lot of patience, and one of their number landing one of the most coveted internships in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe, and the Fantastic Four making a once-in-a decade discovery, AND Tony Stark finally making the time to have a quick conversation with Reed Richards! It couldn’t have been simpler, really.
Anyway, about Midtown High, itself. I take nearly every chance I get to talk about how much I loved The Death and Return of Superman, especially the supporting cast that the all the creators of the Superman comics before and during it had the care, foresight, and opportunity to introduce. Not only did it make the event itself more meaningful – a truly living setting, with a full cast, felt the tragedy of Superman’s death and his absence in ways that I still think are quite profound – but it affords every story that comes after ever greater opportunity for meaning.
I’m not saying anything I’m doing here is on the same level as the truly great superhero comics stories, or even that I’m aspiring to produce something on that level (though, wouldn’t that be nice?). But, in trying to keep all those stories, creations, and creators in mind, I’m hopeful that I can at least make something that honors them, and demonstrates why I love them so much. And also, in this strip, tip my hat to all the great teachers I’ve known in my life!
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