Super DC - The Uncollected Text Adventures : Super DC #9 "Microbe Man"
Finally, the winners are announced for the competition, originally run in Super DC #4, calling for readers to send in their suggestions for new Batman foes . I've been keeping an eye out for this one. Says Super DC's editorial figurehead The Skipper , "There was the fire-breathing Monster Man , the Wasp (with motorized wings), The Weather Man (who can cause freak weather), the Cobbler (equipped with lethal boots), the Fly, Chain Man, Mr. Magnet, Queen Cobra, Magic Woman, Captain Cutlass and many more besides." Judges ultimately awarded a transistor radio to Roger Purnell of Kirkham for The Impersonator , a villain who disguises himself as and simulates the modus operandi of established Batman villains like The Penguin, et al. Personally, I think there's something to The Cobbler. Other features in Super DC #9 include profiles of Patrick McGoohan, Trevor Howard (focusing on his love of cricket), a two-page feature on the QE2 , a telling of the events of the first-ev...
