Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter

"Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" is a comic book story by Kyle Baker, co-written with Liz Glass. It originally appeared in DC Comics' Elseworlds 80-page Giant #1 in June 1999, but the story, which included baby Superman crawling into a microwave oven, was deemed too offensive by the President of DC Comics, Paul Levitz, and the issue was pulped. However, around 2000 copies of the issue had already been shipped to the UK and quickly became a highly sought after collector's item.

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Comic book - Kyle Baker - Liz Glass - DC Comics - Elseworlds 80-page Giant - Superman - Microwave oven - Paul Levitz - UK - Collector's item

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Albeit Elseworlds 80-page Giant was pulped, "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" earned Kyle Baker two 2000 Eisner Awards: For Best Short Story and for Best Writer/Artist - Humor. In his acceptance speech for the award, Baker ironically thanked Paul Levitz, "without whom none of this would have happened." http://www.comicbookresources.com/eisners/

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In May 2001 the story was finally reprinted in the Bizarro Comics hardcover (ISBN 1563897792) and for the first time available to a wider audience. In April 2003 a softcover edition of Bizarro Comics (ISBN 1563899582) followed.

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The name Letitia Lerner is an obvious reference to other Superman characters with double L initials such as Lois Lane, Lex Luthor and Lana Lang.

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Lois Lane - Lex Luthor - Lana Lang

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