Elseworlds 80-Page Giant
Elseworlds 80-Page Giant is an 80-page collection of "Elseworlds" stories published by DC Comics. The collection was withdrawn and pulped after DC became concerned about a scene in one of the stories. Publication history. This comic included the stories ""Superman Jr. Is No More!"", featuring the Super-Sons, and ""Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter"", among others. However, DC Comics President Paul Levitz deemed the Letitia Lerner story inappropriate (for featuring scenes depicting the baby Superman in a microwave, among others) and ordered the press run halted and the printed issues destroyed. Despite of it , around 2,000 copies of the issue had already been shipped to the UK. Although DC attempted to recall these copies, they quickly became a highly sought after collector's item (see Recalled comics for more pulped, recalled, and erroneous comics), and estimates of available copies range between 700 and 2,000. The Letitia Lerner story earned two Eisner Awards, and was later republished in the pages of "Bizarro Comics" (a collection originally devised as a vehicle to showcase the feature). The Super-Sons story was republished in "Batman/Superman: Saga of the Super Sons". Contents. The following stories were included: 2012  reissue. The entire issue was reprinted as DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 100-Page Spectacular #1 (indicia title: DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1) with a cover date of January 2012 and a cover price of $7.99 US. It went on sale December 28, 2011. This reissue included one story not included in the original 1999 edition: "The Berlin Batman" by Paul Pope (story and art), a tale of a Jewish Batman in 1939 Berlin. This story originally appeared in "The Batman Chronicles" #11, winter 1998.