Yay, Miracle Monday is here again. I’ll recycle some of last year’s information on the holiday:

From Elliot S! Maggin’s novel, Miracle Monday:
Shortly before four in the afternoon on the third Monday in the month of May, the people of the city of Metropolis learned the meaning of joy. They had no explanation for this feeling, and there were gaps in their knowledge of what had gone on in their lives so far that day. It was as though they were all waking up, or at least opening their eyes, for the first time in an awfully long time. The first thing many of them saw was the red-and-blue figure of Superman drawing a line across their sky, and he became the symbol of their joy. It felt like a miracle, though none could say why.

You can read the entire Miracle Monday novel online: it’s quite good. One of my favorite passages concerns Lex Luthor’s many prison escapes:

Last year, the criminal scientist Lex Luthor escaped from Pocantico Prison eight times. The year before last he broke out eleven times, and one of those times he broke back in and then out again to retrieve something he had left behind. He has broken out only once so far this year, but it’s only the beginning of February. He has broached walls, dug underground, flown overhead, set up disasters or mirages of disasters, and slipped away in the confusion. He has simply vanished, leaving no explanation for his disappearance. Today, however, he did something he hasn’t done before. He called a press conference to announce plans for his next prison break.

The Luthor of the novel is the consummate planner: he’s got plans for everything, and the scientific genius to carry them out. He’s cocky, but usually deservedly so.

This year, for Miracle Monday, I’ll be celebrating by watching the final episodes of Justice League Unlimited, a somewhat Superman-centered story. I mention Lex Luthor because he’s been the main protagonist for the last few episodes of the show: his obsession with bringing Brainiac back from the dead went awry, bringing back good old Darkseid, instead.

After watching JLU, I’ll plan on watching the 1979 Superman movie, as usual. I still find it to be one of the best comic book movies made.

And you can’t go wrong with reading All-Star Superman: it’s a well-written and nicely drawn Superman series, harkening back to the Silver Age.

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