MSNBC on Sam Loeb, Superman/Batman #26

MSNBC and several other news outlets have picked up a story from the Hollywood Reporter on Sam Loeb, the son of Jeph Loeb who passed away last year, and the special issue of Superman/Batman that will raise funds for the Sam Loeb College Scholarship Fund:

Sam had befriended a lot of comic book and TV writers during the time spent hanging out with his dad. And Sam was a comer in his own right, having collaborated with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon on a comic, “Tales of the Vampires .5,” for Dark Horse Comics. (Whedon had been impressed with the younger Loeb’s story sensibilities while working with Jeph on the “Buffy” animated series that never got off the ground.)

Sam was ready to follow up that debut by writing his own issue of DC Comics’ popular “Superman/Batman” series, one that appropriately enough would revolve around teenage apprentices Robin and Superboy. He finished the story for the issue, but he ran out of time before he could see it through to comic book stores. Sam died June 17, two months and four days after his 17th birthday.

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