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Anyone who has seen the new Superman flick may have noticed an all-new version of the spoken and written language of Krypton. This is a new conlang, created by David and Jessie Peterson who have created other conlangs for other Hollywood blockbuster films and are known figures in the conlang community.  I really like the aesthetics of the new writing system; the fact that the Petersons researched and incorporated the comic book material; they give credit to the work of previous creators; and they don't try to claim that theirs is the only "official" Kryptonian language!  In fact, they leave the door open to, and welcome, any future creations. They seem like very nice people!  

They will be posting future updates and language material on their instagram page.








(some of those comics are here)



(some original vocabulary and grammar)


















(Information about the caretakers:)
E. Nelson Bridwell (alphabet, glossary, comics)
Al Turniansky
Georg Brewer
Darren Doyle
Christine Schreyer

I forgot to mention above:  Elliot S! Maggin will be at the San Diego Comic Con next week (he writes "Wednesday to Sunday" (July 23-27, 2025), but the official convention start date is Thursday, July 24 - not sure how that works) at Table P-02 in the Small Press section selling his books and other sundries.

[Elliot S! Maggin fan-page]

Howdy!

I've updated the Elliot S! Maggin fan-page with all-new book/novel covers.  The old images were the size of postage stamps and really could no longer be seen on modern devices.  I also wanted to show Elliot's, post-Mass Market, post-Christopher Reeve covers; which are pretty nice.

As part of that, I threw together a new cover for Starwinds Howl, based on the original first edition cover.  This new cover only exists online, there is no actual "Starwinds Howl" book in print anymore; although the story is included in one of Elliot's anthology books.

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["Headband Heritage"]

Supergirl's "Headband Heritage" of Krypton

(Starting to get a little more cosmic here)

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They weren't originally just for the men, however -
The Headband Warriors of Krypton!

[Birthright]

Any other current comics that you're reading?

I've really been enjoying the new Supergirl title; along with the Krypto miniseries; both are a lot of fun and my current favorites.

I'm also following Mark Waid's recent storyline in Action Comics which is basically now in effect "The adventures of Superboy."   I suspect, but I'm not sure (my knowledge is way out of date), this could be the first post-Crisis full-on "Superboy" storyline, with Clark in high school while also having adventures (and troubles) as Superboy, in an actual Superboy costume and using the actual Superboy name.

In style the issues read to me a lot like Birthright (which now seems to be canonical?  Again, not sure) and Waid's earlier story, Young Luthor in Smallville.  I think that he clearly loves these characters.  The current storyline involves a "mysterious visitor" who knows Clark's secret identity, but doesn't reveal it.  The way this plot thread is told, and the hints that are dropped, remind me a lot of Strange Visitor - I'm curious to see if the visitor will be the same person when his identity is revealed.

I walked by it in a comic shop and did not buy it, like a big dummy. Loving the new series so far, though.

I've been doing a read-through of all Superman family comics in the last 3 years, everything before Crisis except for a few newspaper strips and promos (if anybody knows where to find the Superman-Tim catalog, let me know!) I really enjoyed Supergirl and am glad that the new series is making references to the Bronze Age.

Still have my first edition, and just pointed some newly-minted Maggin fans here to read the online version.  Big year for Krypto!

[Satan Girl]

Oh, and if you want to read up on Satan Girl (who makes her first appearance in the above's issue #3) here is an excellent run-down ("Satan Girl, A Full History") at "The Daring New Blog of Supergirl"

[here is the link]

Supergirl #3 goes on sale this Wednesday.

I'm not going to post a preview here because here is the link to Bleeding Cool's 4 page preview:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/supergirl-3-preview-kara-punches-her-own-face/

Keen-eyed readers may recognize the costume that Supergirl is wearing in this issue (in the current storyline, her new costume was damaged so she is trying out her old ones while Lena works on repairing the damaged one.)

I will say that this is the first title in a long time that I have been enjoying. In fact, it's an absolute blast.

I'm going to post a few samples from issues #1 and #2 when I get a chance.

[added it to the site here]

I came across two of my old copies of Starwinds Howl, so I snapped a photo and added it to the site here.



The copy on the left is an original 1999 first edition - these were printed at a local copy shop, then offered for sale through ebay.

The copy on the right is one of the Cafe Press print-on-demand versions. These were discontinued when Cafe Press stopped offering books as a product.

Starwinds Howl is still available to read online for free at our official website; and the story is also included in Elliot's Luthor's Gift anthology.