And thanks for the tribute to a big part of why DC was fun in my childhood. I never realised how much ENB was involved at DC. Al ot of my faves are listed here. The group covers with the keys were awesome.

The saddest thing about E.N.B. as that he had to suffer many years as Mort Weisinger’s assistant.

in Comics: Between the Panels, Curt Swan is quoted saying that Bridwell had a wonderful relationship with Weisinger because Weisinger found him so easy to manipulate.

(Bridwell is also described in the same article as "a nudist," which i always thought was a strange thing to mention... anybody know anything about that?)

But I've read and appreciated the Pasko/Spiegle series from the ACTION COMICS WEEKLY run. I sensed a great respect for the original run from Pasko.

I would prefer a Archive edition of the series over a Showcase one (would there be even enough material for a Showcase edition?)

What a nice tribute to E. Nelson Bridwell!
His contribution needs to be recognized.
While he was alive and working at DC, I get the impression that Bridwell work/importance was always taken for granted.

The saddest thing about E.N.B. as that he had to suffer many years as Mort Weisinger's assistant. Weisinger was litteraly a tyrant with the people who worked under him. Mort could really be just plain mean. Just ask Roy Thomas who couldn't last even 2 weeks with him. Since Weisenger's often stole ideas and took credit away from his writers, I can't help but wonder if some of Weisenger's "great contributions" to the Superman mythology really came out of Bridwell's brilliant mind...?

I remember fondly all those giant 100-pagers and 80- pagers, but I think what I remember most about E.N.B. was his letter pages (another thankless job) in the Superman titles of the Bronze Age. Not only was he informative, but was very patient even with those with negative comments.

His contribution to DC great Silver Age and Bronze Age must not be forgotten.

Why are the Super Friends fighting the Village People?

That joke might've worked better had there been any Village People counterparts besides "Indian Chief" anywhere on that cover.

Bridwell was the only writer at DC in the '70s who actually understood the fundamental appeal of the Marvel Family and could download it (so to speak) onto the comics page. His long run on Shazam!, both in its own title and in its berth in World's Finest, managed to respect the Fawcett material while updating it to contemporary storytelling standards, a feat no one else (except, arguably, Jeff Smith) has ever repeated.

He also made several important contributions to Earth-Two lore during his tenure as scripter of the "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" series in Superman Family. Few people realize it was Bridwell, not Roy Thomas, who brought the Man of Tomorrow's first recurring foe, the Ultra-Humanite, back from Golden Age obscurity.

I, on the other hand, have never read his Super Friends run, an oversight I hope to rectify sometime this year.