"My Lady Maxima"

Super Writer
By: Steven J. Ferrari
07/05/2006

ACTION COMICS #644 (Aug 1989) ACTION COMICS #645 (Sep 1989)

Just days before the opening of Superman Returns, former Superman writer Roger Stern sits at a table in the lobby of Regal Cinemas at the Pyramid Mall. The table is covered with issues of Superman that he wrote, and he is talking superheroes with passers-by. As Ithaca's link to the world's first superhero, Stern is acting as the celebrity guest at the theater's Superman Carnival, to promote the opening of Superman Returns.

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"I tallied it up at the end of the year and I think it was close to 10,000 miles I traveled that year," he said.

Despite the hectic schedules, he said he enjoyed being a part of the Superman writing team and working with creators like Jerry Ordway, George Perez, Mike Carlin and Curt Swan, who is recognized as one of the definitive Superman artists.

"Curt's drawn Superman in every pose imaginable," Stern said. "He's an incredible resource. It was great working with him. He was in his 70s and still just as good as ever." The world without

When the word got out that DC was planning on killing Superman, a media frenzy ensued. Stern credited the huge amount of press the story got on a slow news week.