Stan Berkowitz

Stan: (About the Superman episode "Brave New Metropolis") Alan wanted to do an alternate world romance, and I eagerly volunteered. I've loved alternate world stories ever since It's a Wonderful Life. When I read an account in Spy Magazine in the late eighties that considered the scientific possibility of alternate worlds, I decided to do one for Superboy. In that two-parter, Superboy goes to not one, but two alternate worlds. In one, "he" sees what the world would be like if he broke "his" rule about killing people, and in the other "he" sees a world where an egotistical Superboy had become dictator. Not a pretty picture. Later, we did two more. One of which featured a very young Superboy, and the other an older, retired Superman. Many years later we took on the Justice Lords. I think people like these stories because they're always wondering how their lives would have turned out if they made different decisions. Either that or they just like to see their heroes in cool new costumes.