Next up for the month is one of Superman’s lesser known
villains: Silver Banshee. Superman only has a few female villains and she’s one
of them. Banshee, aka Sibhohan McDougal, was part of an old Gaelic clan. When
she had once delved into the world of dark magic, her soul was dragged to the
Underworld. When she was sent back, she caused a lot of damage and some of that
was in today’s issue. She’s only made a few appearances in the comics since
then, though. She did make it to other DC properties like Justice League
Unlimited and Smallville. The place where she’s probably remembered best is on
Supergirl where she and Livewire took on both Supergirl and the Flash.
She was actually one of John Byrne’s creations, first
appearing in today’s book, Action Comics #595. At this time, Action Comics had
pretty much became “Superman Team-Up” since a hero would guest star in the
book. Today’s hero is my favorite dude, “Name Withheld.” The issue was written
and drawn by John Byrne who was also working on the main Superman book at this
time. Inks were done by Keith Williams.
Action Comics #595
Writer/Pencils: John Byrne
Inks: Keith Williams
Colors: Tom Ziuko
Letters: John Constanza
Editor: Mike Carlin