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" | |
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 Panel from "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter". | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | June 1999 |
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| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Kyle Baker Liz Glass |
| Artist(s) | Kyle Baker |
| Colorist(s) | Kyle Baker |
| Bizarro Comics | ISBN 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. As a result, 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). A softcover edition of Bizarro Comics (ISBN 1-56389-958-2) followed in April 2003.
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 novel I Die at Midnight.
References
- Letitia Lerner at the Grand Comics Database
- Letitia Lerner at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)