"Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" is a

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story by

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, co-written with Liz Glass.

Publication history

The story originally appeared in

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' parallel universe anthology ''

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'' #1 (June 1999). Baker drew,

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, 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

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market, though copies were still distributed in

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.''Elseworlds 80-Page Giant'' #1 (August 1999)
at the

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Collected editions

In May 2001, the story was reprinted in the ''Bizarro Comics'' hardcover (). A softcover edition of ''Bizarro Comics'' () followed in April 2003.

Awards

2000

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, 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

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'' I Die at Midnight''.

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