@mechagodzilla , I echo my esteemed colleagues' sentiments.  Take your time--your posts are always enjoyable and are appreciated.   

Catching up on this thread:
The Mighty Hercules--first saw this on a UHF channel as a child. It was the only cartoon my brother and I could agree on!
Bat-Girl-I will be in the minority, but she is my favorite Bat-Girl. I like Barbara too, but Betty Kane always fascinated me. I first learned of her in Teen Titans 50 and was very shocked to learn there was a Bat-Girl before Barbara Gordon. Always wanted to see DC do more with her-- a rivalry between the 2 Batgirls would have been a fun story.
Don Heck art: a very underrated artist. Unfortunately, his talents would have been better used in a non-superhero format (although I find his work on Iron Man and X-Men to be awesome). I have a book about him and he was often called in to do a rush job to get a book out on time. His art was often unflatteringly inked which made it look sloppy. The book depicts him as a very nice guy who was not quite appreciated despite doing his very best.
Great thread!

Atom Man verses Superman














These pictures sums up the whole series from start to finish and believe me Lyle Talbot was unreal as Lex Luthor and he also played two characters Atom Man and Luthor. Kirk Alyn was great as Superman and played the part just perfectly back then and he lacks some of the flair of George Reeve later on but he was a far better Clark Kent than George. He played Clark Kent brilliantly back then. Of all the supporting characters - I like Don Harvey as Albor one of Luthor's Main Henchmen and he was one of the best and I find him compelling and calculated - he's doesn't like making mistakes.

Luthor, played by Lyle Talbot was unreal and played the part just magnificently and having him taking on two roles is impressive in this 15 chapters serials and it's packed with action, drama, and excitement.

It was made in 1948, and that alone was an achievement back then and I just watched this serial a month ago and I was in awe of how well they made it back then. I just wanted to say this I encourage all of you to take a gander at this serial and I felt that Lyle Talbot was the best Luthor of all time. You just can't beat the original and he literally stole the serial and with Kirk playing an excellent combination of Clark Kent/Superman these four characters alone is worth watching on your television sets back home if you can managed to track down a DVD copy of it.

Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, and Pierre Walkin were good as Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White. They all played their role in a very respectful manner and I wanted to add that Noel Neill did two serials and a television series with George Reeves and always be the first and foremost Lois Lane in the Television Land and she and Teri Hatcher were the top two Lois Lanes in that department.

Tommy Bond as Jimmy Olsen was taken by surprise and I like his characterization better than Jack Larson who played his Jimmy a bit more comical and goofy. Bond is more matured and think on his feet more than Jack ever did.

Kirk was always good and nothing can be taken away from his role as Clark Kent and Superman.

Anyway, this 15 Part Movie Series is considered one of my favorite Movie Serials and I was kind of surprised that they threw in some animation in their for Superman's flying around and had to do some makeshift special effects back then and that's was expected in this 15 chapters film.

I give this series a solid A and I suggest that you should watch it and I wanted to let you all know that it was made back in 1948 - thirty years before Christopher Reeve did Superman the Movie in 1978.

Dumbest Idea that DC Comics ever did to Lex Luthor


Luthor's Warsuit


Wiki Link of Warsuit


It is a brazen move by DC Comics to transform Lex Luthor into a more impressive format that's one DC Comics executive who have the nerve to copy Marvel Comics's Iron Man into the due process and created this prototype that's I consider the worst idea of all time when they did this to Luthor. This is one of main reason that I stopped reading Action Comics and Superman's Magazines and I'm appalled that Marvel Comics did not sue DC Comics for stealing away Iron Man ideas over to DC Comics.

I hated it so much and I consider it an insult to Marvel Comics - Iron Man for that concept alone. Yesterday, I was reading the link that I provided for all of you to read it's pretty much in my mind is exactly like Iron Man in more ways into one. Not only Lex Luthor is rich and powerful - so is Tony Stark over at Marvel Comics and that's alone is another comparison that I want to bring out to.

It's doesn't matter how you slice it and dice it - it's one of the worst ideas that DC Comics ever done to him.




Warsuit Picture 1




Iron Man Comparison Picture


I'm shocked to see the similarities here and there and I'm very angry at Marvel Comics did not sue DC Comics over this wacky idea and very dumb idea that DC Comics did to Luthor here at the time they did this change.




Warsuit Picture 2


I got one more thing that I want to share about Luthor and really make me mad and that's one of the many reasons and I understand completely why they did this to him and that alone destroyed everything ... and that's coming up in a day or two and I need time to think about it.

No, I haven't and I did not know that the Joker had his own Comic Book back then and I was surprised to see this cover!

I read that series about a year ago. I thought it started out strong, but deteriorated and got a bit too goofy for its own good. Still, some good Bronze Age fun in there.

I like Luthor's battle armor.

If you were a billionaire, trillionaire, whatever, like Luthor, and super smart and good with technology and weapons, doesn't it make sense to develop an armor like this, much like Tony Stark did over at Marvel ?

Well, it happened at DC too, but it was a supervillain named Luthor.