Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter

"Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" is a comic book story by Kyle Baker, co-written with Liz Glass.

"Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter"
Panel from "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter"
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateJune 1999
Genre
Creative team
Writer(s)Kyle Baker
Liz Glass
Artist(s)Kyle Baker
Colorist(s)Kyle Baker
Bizarro ComicsISBN 1-56389-779-2

Publication history

The story originally appeared in DC Comics' parallel universe anthology Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (June 1999). Baker drew, colored, lettered and, with Elizabeth Glass, wrote the 10-page story. In the story, the super-toddler climbs into a microwave oven. When Paul Levitz, the president of DC Comics, objected to this portrayal of the infant Clark Kent, most copies were recalled and pulped. DC destroyed all copies of the issue intended for the North American market, though copies were still distributed in Europe.[1]

Collected editions

In May 2001 the story was reprinted in the Bizarro Comics hardcover (ISBN 1-56389-779-2). In April 2003 a softcover edition of Bizarro Comics (ISBN 1-56389-958-2) followed.

Awards

2000 Eisner Award, Best Short Story: "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" by Kyle Baker in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant

Also that year, Baker won the Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist: Humor based on both "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" and the DC Comics/Vertigo graphic novelI Die at Midnight.

Notes
  1. Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (August 1999) at the Grand Comics Database
gollark: I can hear discord sounds but not any actual people?
gollark: This is apioform, why can't I hear anyone in voice?
gollark: Now things say LIVE and I can "watch stream".
gollark: My audio setup seems fine, hm.
gollark: firecubez, are the apioforms saying things?

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