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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 10:54:13 GMT -5
Just to set the record straight, I hope you all do understand I'm having fun with this. Superman and I go back about 56 years. I'm not sure if it was the TV reruns I first started with or the comics, but I started reading Action and Superman about 1962, a few months after the price of comics rose to "gasp" 12 cents. As for the George Reeves' shows, I've probably watched each episode at least 20 times in my life and bought the DVD collections as well. Read all the Superman family of books all the way to about 1973 or so when I took a comic book sabbatical of a few years . Resumed my Superman reading with Byrne's takeover and only stopped a year after the Nu52 So, all in all, I probably read more Superman stories than any super hero character on god's green earth. Silver Age Supes will always be my fav, not only for my being at the proper impressionable age, but I loved the art of Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger along with that cool retro Wayne Boring style. And the ideas that sprang from the minds of Otto Binder, Edmund Hamilton, Jerry Siegel etc. where just as rich and full of story potential as what Lee and Kirby produced. Only later as an adult when you think back at them do you see the weirdness and nutso qualities. it adds a whole new dimension to them. God, I miss Beppo the Super-Monkey, the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club, Professor Potter, Proty, the Superman Revenge Squad and on and on. These Superman family comics were selling, literally, millions of copies month after month. So obviously they were doing something right Those who were not around for the silver age don't have the understanding of the context of those times, that they were written under a stringent comics code and written for a children's marketplace but despite that, they are surely all time classics So forgive my tugging on Superman's cape. He's a big boy, he understands. Understood. I like the sheer silliness of 50-60's comics & TV shows. It looks absurd to us now because of the time we live in now as well as being adults. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 31, 2016 11:11:22 GMT -5
While the Silver Age Superman comics were predominantly fun and whimsical, from time to time they would plop in a story that would emotionally hit you like a sledge hammer-truthfully because no other comics did it at that time. I'll let someone else post pictures and details if they wish, but stories such as
Superman's Return To Krypton and his romance with (I know I'll get this name wrong) Lyra Lerroll the actress and reunion with his parents who don't recognize their adult son. This is with Superman knowing even he can't change history and Krypton is doomed
The Death of Superman- The imaginary story of Luthor finally succeeding. Those last few pages and especially the final panels brought tears to young Ish
Other tales like the untold story of the Kent's contracting their fatal disease, Clark with amnesia falling in love with that girl in the wheelchair, the curse of Lightning Lad dying/ reviving/ losing his arm, these and others were pretty powerful stories even before Marvel was in full swing
Superman Red and Superman Blue, the 2 part Action story where Red K splits Superman into a powerless Clark Kent and a power hungry Superman who takes over the world, the Virus X serial....Jeepers I'm just waxing nostalgia here. Gotta switch back to my cynical sardonic self soon or I'll get all misty eyed. Then what will you think of me?
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 31, 2016 18:52:57 GMT -5
No one is checking out Lana. Not that there's anything wrong with that... I don't quite remember how Lana's Insect Queen powers work (it's been ages since I've thought about her), but maybe they did check Miss Lang out at one point and were repelled in horror. Bio-genetic ring she got from an alien.  |
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 31, 2016 18:55:39 GMT -5
Considering how popular jerky Superman was in the Weisinger era and how popular jerky Batman has been since Frank Miller came along perhaps they should join up in a new comic written by Dave Chappelle... World's Finest Player Haters.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 31, 2016 19:02:58 GMT -5
I don't quite remember how Lana's Insect Queen powers work (it's been ages since I've thought about her), but maybe they did check Miss Lang out at one point and were repelled in horror. Bio-genetic ring she got from an alien. This reminds me of how she ended up in Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorow ?  |
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Post by Pól Rua on Aug 31, 2016 20:33:00 GMT -5
Considering how popular jerky Superman was in the Weisinger era and how popular jerky Batman has been since Frank Miller came along perhaps they should join up in a new comic written by Dave Chappelle... World's Finest Player Haters.DAAAAMN, That's HATEFUL! |
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Post by Pól Rua on Aug 31, 2016 20:40:13 GMT -5
Just to set the record straight, I hope you all do understand I'm having fun with this. Superman and I go back about 56 years. I'm not sure if it was the TV reruns I first started with or the comics, but I started reading Action and Superman about 1962, a few months after the price of comics rose to "gasp" 12 cents. As for the George Reeves' shows, I've probably watched each episode at least 20 times in my life and bought the DVD collections as well. Read all the Superman family of books all the way to about 1973 or so when I took a comic book sabbatical of a few years . Resumed my Superman reading with Byrne's takeover and only stopped a year after the Nu52 So, all in all, I probably read more Superman stories than any super hero character on god's green earth. Silver Age Supes will always be my fav, not only for my being at the proper impressionable age, but I loved the art of Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger along with that cool retro Wayne Boring style. And the ideas that sprang from the minds of Otto Binder, Edmund Hamilton, Jerry Siegel etc. where just as rich and full of story potential as what Lee and Kirby produced. Only later as an adult when you think back at them do you see the weirdness and nutso qualities. it adds a whole new dimension to them. God, I miss Beppo the Super-Monkey, the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club, Professor Potter, Proty, the Superman Revenge Squad and on and on. These Superman family comics were selling, literally, millions of copies month after month. So obviously they were doing something right Those who were not around for the silver age don't have the understanding of the context of those times, that they were written under a stringent comics code and written for a children's marketplace but despite that, they are surely all time classics So forgive my tugging on Superman's cape. He's a big boy, he understands. I love those old Superman stories. I'm a big Captain Marvel fan so almost anything with Otto Binder's stamp on it gets a pass from me. That's why it's important to see these stories in their context. Yeah, in some stories, Superman can be a bit of a dick, especially in the 'Lois Lane' series, but for the most part, it's a product of its time. 'Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen' will always be one of my all-time favourites, and Jimmy is one of my favourite comic book characters ever. Silver Age DC is one of the great treasures of modern comics, whether it's Super Witchdoctors, Giant Turtle Boy or the Super Moby Dick of Space, you can't underestimate the sheer joyous fun of these stories. |
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Post by Pól Rua on Aug 31, 2016 20:41:47 GMT -5
And I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Anyone who can't appreciate the sheer, unbridled* fun of animals in capes has no joy in their soul.
(* - especially if it's Comet the Superhorse)
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 31, 2016 20:52:05 GMT -5
Considering how popular jerky Superman was in the Weisinger era and how popular jerky Batman has been since Frank Miller came along perhaps they should join up in a new comic written by Dave Chappelle... World's Finest Player Haters.DAAAAMN, That's HATEFUL! I'm trying to figure out which one is more likely to call in the bomb threat to the Special Olympics. "Wonder Woman, why don't you click your heels together three times and go back to Paradise Island?" "Green Arrow, what hasn't been said about that costume that hasn't also been said about Afghanistan, it looks bombed out and depleted." |
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Post by kellyg on Sept 1, 2016 1:27:20 GMT -5
The Death of Superman- The imaginary story of Luthor finally succeeding. Those last few pages and especially the final panels brought tears to young Ish That death of Superman story (written by Siegel right?) is impressive since doesn't it basically reveal how Siegel would have ended the Superman story? Alan Moore said superheroes have no ending but there you have it. I consider anything written by the character creator to be canon, or canon fodder. Fun topic BTW. I mostly knew Superman from the 70s cartoons Superfriends. Superman had some good episodes like when he entered the mirror universe of evil or where he had to fight those fire creatures from the sun. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 1, 2016 1:44:05 GMT -5
The Death of Superman- The imaginary story of Luthor finally succeeding. Those last few pages and especially the final panels brought tears to young Ish That death of Superman story (written by Siegel right?) is impressive since doesn't it basically reveal how Siegel would have ended the Superman story? Alan Moore said superheroes have no ending but there you have it. I consider anything written by the character creator to be canon, or canon fodder. Fun topic BTW. I mostly knew Superman from the 70s cartoons Superfriends. Superman had some good episodes like when he entered the mirror universe of evil or where he had to fight those fire creatures from the sun. You are correct with the authorship of the Silver Age Death Of Superman Both Siegel and Alan Moore wrote the capstone tale for Superman and I think both are equally effective and poignant  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 1, 2016 1:51:59 GMT -5
But he still can be a superdick  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 1, 2016 8:04:07 GMT -5
You are more than implying that even superhero stories can be fun. There may be members and visitors who need a trigger warning so that they can get to a safe zone. TRIGGER WARNING: The cover below may be hazardous to your seriousness:  |
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 1, 2016 8:57:17 GMT -5
If DC ever offered to let me write whatever book I wanted, Legion of Super-Pets #1 would be on the stands so fast...
Cei-U!
I summon the REAL "beast mode!"
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 1, 2016 9:40:32 GMT -5
But he still can be a superdick Wow Superman. Your dickery knows no end. |
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