GRANT MORRISON, SUPERGODS — It was common for... advanced races in pulp illustrations to sport capes, tights, and exterior underpants, as if foremost among the natural consequences of millennia of peace... would be a vogue for knee-length boots on men.
| A. | The world of organized crime | GANGLAND |
| B. | One whose morals inspire contempt | REPROBATE |
| C. | Like the vowel sounds in "Flash has flat abs" | ASSONANT |
| D. | Earning infamy through sheer wickedness | NEFARIOUS |
| E. | One of Batman's foes (hyph.) | TWOFACE |
| F. | Type of fellow like Clark Kent | MILQUETOAST |
| G. | Opposite of fame | OBLIVION |
| H. | Manifestation of pure ecstasy | RAPTURE |
| I. | Means of station-to-station transfer | REMOTE |
| J. | How Spider-Man appears (2 wds.) | INCOSTUME |
| K. | Where you may hide from storms or robbers (2 wds.) | SAFEROOM |
| L. | Under pressure; present (3 wds.) | ONTHESPOT |
| M. | "Well, that explains the mystery" (2 wds.) | NOWONDER |
| N. | Made more stylish, dressed to the nines (2 wds.) | SPIFFEDUP |
| O. | Set free from restraint | UNSHACKLED |
| P. | Kind of race engaged in by Giants | PENNANT |
| Q. | Result of returning waves | ECHO |
| R. | First Top 40 hit for the Police | ROXANNE |
| S. | Water that rises in the Himalayas | GANGES |
| T. | Those who supply uniforms and gear | OUTFITTERS |
| U. | Publisher of the Justice League's exploits (2 wds.) | DCCOMICS |
| V. | Hometown of Lana Lang | SMALLVILLE |