Tales from the 50 Cent Bin! - Superman #4: Bloodsport!

Yeah, I’m starting Superman Month a little late. At least I pretty much know what I’ll be talking about this time. First up, I’m heading back to the beginning of the Post-Crisis universe. This is more or less my era of Superman. Even though I started to get into comics in the mid-2000’s, I would peruse this era a bit. Today’s issue is Superman #4 from April 1987. We got John Byrne writing and on pencils, Karl Kesel on inks, John Costanza on letters, and Anthony Colin on the colors. One reason I picked this one out was because of the villain, Bloodsport, will be appearing in the next Suicide Squad movie. By the way, that took me for a surprise. So, what carnage did the first Bloodsport get up to?

Tales From the 50 Cent Bin! - Adventures of Superman #526

Next up for the month is another C-lister: Bloodsport. Before you say anything, they’re not connected to that awesome Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. See, there have actually been multiple versions of this character. The first version appeared in Superman #4 as Robert DuBois, a crazed veteran who went on a killing spree. The next one who appeared the most was Alex Trent, a white supremacist. He appeared around 1994. There was another one from around 2007 but we never learned anything about him.

Since someone wanted it, the first two versions had a meet-up. By the way, DuBois was black, so you know you’ll get some “special” talk from Trent. Adventures of Superman #526 was released in 1995. Karl Kesel was the writer. Instead of Stuart Immonen, we get treated with a guest penciller in Rodolfo DiMaggio. Klaus Janson also was a guest as the inker. So, what happens when two inmates go at it?

Adventures of Superman #526

Writer: Karl Kesel

Pencils: Rodolfo Dimagio

Inks: Klaus Janson