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336 – Superboy and Cars

2020-03-03
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A panel from Adventure Comics #112, November 1946
A panel from Adventure Comics #112, November 1946

In Adventure Comics #112 (November 1946), classmates of a young Clark Kent are given cars for passing their exams. How old are these kids anyhow?!? Last I saw, Clark was only 12 years old! Not only that, but those cars definitely seem like 1940s models and not 1920s models. Continuity errors and anachronisms abound!

Tags: 1946, aging characters, anachronism, continuity, DC, lazy writing, Superboy

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