I was heavily collecting Superman books around this time and this book kicked off Team-Up Month where each of the Superman books featured a guest star. I don’t remember who else was featured. At the time there were five Superman books published, Action Comics, Superman: The Man of Steel, Superman, The Adventures of Superman and the quarterly Superman: The Man of Tomorrow, which rounded out the months with five Wednesdays.

Subplots would often run throughout the books, so you had to collect them all and it was hard for a tween/early teen to keep up with Superman titles on a meager allowance.

This book has Superman and Batman trying to find the antidote for Lois Lane, who was poisoned by the Joker. I’m pretty sure Batman has to keep Superman from killing the Joker at some point. Let’s see how it holds up to my memory.

Vital Stats:

Action Comics #719 "Hazard's Choice"

Writer: David Michelinie

Artists: Kieron Dwyer & Denis Rodier

Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Color Separations: Digital Chameleon

Letterer: Bill Oakley

Assistant Editor: Mike McAvennie

Editor: KC Carlson

Publisher: DC Comics

Publication Date: March 1996

Cover Price: $1.95

Re-Collection Price: Lot of Action Comics purchased for $8.99 (Roughly cover price)

What Happens?

We open with Lois Lane passing out and for some reason her roommate is Lori Lemaris, Clark’s college ex-girlfriend,who is a mermaid. For some reason, she has legs. It’s not explained in this issue.