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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 18, 2018 12:53:11 GMT -5
I saw a comedy bit the other night based around the slow but steady disappearance of phone booths around NYC and it got me wondering. In the comics, has Clark ever changed into Superman in a phone booth? If so, barring flashbacks, when was the last time he actually did so? Generally speaking, that was more of an image from the letters/editorial pages, rather than an actual story device. I remember far more scenes of changing in closets, back alleys, rooftops, and other locales; but, almost never phone booths.
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Post by comicsandwho on Aug 18, 2018 13:28:02 GMT -5
I saw a comedy bit the other night based around the slow but steady disappearance of phone booths around NYC and it got me wondering. In the comics, has Clark ever changed into Superman in a phone booth? If so, barring flashbacks, when was the last time he actually did so? Generally speaking, that was more of an image from the letters/editorial pages, rather than an actual story device. I remember far more scenes of changing in closets, back alleys, rooftops, and other locales; but, almost never phone booths. I want to say I saw it it in one of E. Nelson Bridwell's 'Mr. and Mrs. Superman' stories (published late '70s-early '80s, set on Earth-2 in the '50s). If it ever happened in a later (Bronze Age) story, it was with plenty of 'self-awareness' of the joke. EDIT: It DID happen on the printed page...but not in a comic book...
www.supermanhomepage.com/other/other.php?topic=phonebooth
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 18, 2018 13:48:30 GMT -5
The whole "Superman changes in a phone booth" trope originated in the second Superman theatrical cartoon "The Mechanical Monsters." It's a striking visual that must've had a huge impact on 1942 audiences judging from how quickly it became a defining image for the character in the collective consciousness.
Cei-U! I summon the roll of quarters!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 14:19:06 GMT -5
The whole "Superman changes in a phone booth" trope originated in the second Superman theatrical cartoon "The Mechanical Monsters." It's a striking visual that must've had a huge impact on 1942 audiences judging from how quickly it became a defining image for the character in the collective consciousness. Cei-U! I summon the roll of quarters! ![](https://g.rrrather.com/img/q/42150b.jpg) Your wish is my command! ... Presto!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 18, 2018 15:45:16 GMT -5
Of course, I always liked the humorous little jab at the whole idea in the first Superman movie, which highlights that even in the late '70s, phone booths weren't what they once were:
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Post by comicsandwho on Aug 18, 2018 16:47:15 GMT -5
And unlike SOME superheroes(Looking at YOU, Shoeshine Boy/Underdog) ...at least Supes doesn't destroy every phone booth in Metropolis!
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Post by foxley on Aug 18, 2018 18:58:40 GMT -5
I know for a fact that Superman changes inside a phone booth in "The Will of the Whisperer" in World's Finest Comics #252. As that comic is from 1978, it's probably a knowing wink to the stereotype.
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Post by Chris on Aug 18, 2018 20:33:48 GMT -5
I know for a fact that Superman changes inside a phone booth in "The Will of the Whisperer" in World's Finest Comics #252. As that comic is from 1978, it's probably a knowing wink to the stereotype. World's Finest #255 - ![](https://i.imgur.com/RvI7PW9.jpg) This one is also probably a wink and nod as well.
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 18, 2018 20:52:27 GMT -5
The last time Lana tried it anyway... ![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u82kiVkXCHg/UFKuQ7c3lUI/AAAAAAAAwdI/0EjTOqgac-Q/s640/adventure+298-01.jpg)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 21:04:43 GMT -5
The last time Lana tried it anyway... ![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u82kiVkXCHg/UFKuQ7c3lUI/AAAAAAAAwdI/0EjTOqgac-Q/s640/adventure+298-01.jpg) got this one too: ![](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cartoonfatness/images/9/9a/Fat_superman_03.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140114002654)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 21:10:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 9:33:45 GMT -5
I was reading some T.H.U.N.D.E.R. stories and couple others as well and I was wondering when (I'm paying more attention to this) they started using CODEWORDS in reference to Superhero names -- or origination of it?
In the past I've didn't pay much attention to now -- but, I'm today.
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 19, 2018 9:47:39 GMT -5
I was reading some T.H.U.N.D.E.R. stories and couple others as well and I was wondering when (I'm paying more attention to this) they started using CODEWORDS in reference to Superhero names -- or origination of it? In the past I've didn't pay much attention to now -- but, I'm today. I don't understand the question. Can you give an example of a codeword?
Cei-U! I summon the clarification!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 10:02:16 GMT -5
I was reading some T.H.U.N.D.E.R. stories and couple others as well and I was wondering when (I'm paying more attention to this) they started using CODEWORDS in reference to Superhero names -- or origination of it? In the past I've didn't pay much attention to now -- but, I'm today. I don't understand the question. Can you give an example of a codeword? Cei-U! I summon the clarification!
I've mean CODENAMES ... like this example from Shaxper's thread below. ![](https://imgur.com/0qqBOhV.jpg)
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 19, 2018 10:27:06 GMT -5
Using the term "codename" is from the 60s, during the spy-fi boom, launched by the success of the James Bond film series and the Man From UNCLE tv series. Suddenly, everyone wanted in on the act. Marvel knocked out SHIELD, greatly aping UNCLE, in the early stories, and others jumped in, like Tower, with the THUNDER Agents, Harvey with Spyman and Jack Q Frost, and Archie, with the Man From RIVERDALE stories, in Life With Archie. It tended to be used more in reference to government agent heroes, though the X-Men made big use of it later. Some writers seemed to prefer it to alter ego or secret identity.
I'm kind of surprised no one really picked up on using "call sign," which is a pilot "code name," after the success of Top Gun.
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