The Atomic Knights return in Strange Adventures #132, July 1961. The story picks up where the previous one ended: the Atomic Knights have rescued seeds and fruits from the now-sunken, time-displaced island of Atlantis after their cobalt bomb went off in present-day 1990. Got all that? The scientists in Atlantis learn they have been displaced […]
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Superman #146 (May 1961) has a great re-telling of Superman’s origin, deftly weaving in all sorts of facts and notes of the Superman mythos up to this point, but I found its second feature “Superman’s Greatest Feats!”. In it, we see Superman convinced by Lori Lemaris to try and save Atlantis from being sunk. Superman […]
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DC continues to world-build and expand on its characters, trying Aquaman and Aqualad out in a full-length story in Showcase #30 (Nov 1960). Atlantis is really the third “character” in the story, with Aquaman’s full origin retold as flashback (including his mother, the exiled Atlanna, and his father Tom Curry). Aquaman returns to Atlantis, responding […]
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Speaking of trying to make their reader’s feel new emotions, the writer’s of Supergirl continue to explore its new audience base by giving Supergirl her first crush in Action Comics #269 (August 1960). Supergirl visits Lori Lemaris’ Atlantis for the first time and meets Jerro, the Mer-Boy who introduces himself as a “scientist’s son”. A […]
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In Superman #135 (Dec 1959), Lori Lemaris returns thanks to a big fan reaction to her first story. This sequel story, “Superman’s Mermaid Sweetheart”, was written by none other than Jerry Siegel. I have an affection for this story as it appeared as one of 5 Superman stories from the Silver Age in a paperback […]
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A girl shows up with Aquaman’s powers in Adventure Comics #266 (Sept 1959). Lisa Morel dubs herself Aquagirl, complete with a matching costume and joins Aquaman on adventures. Aquaman asks how she got her powers, but neither she, nor her famous ichthyologist father Hugo, can explain their emergence. Aquaman does digging and keeps a close […]
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In Adventure Comics #264 (July 1959), reader John B. Beach questions why Aquaman’s Atlanteans have legs while Lori Lemaris’ Atlanteans have fish tails. It’s a pretty decent question, given DC already announced that Superman and Aquaman share the same universe (the story has not been published yet though). I thought the response fro DC’s editor […]
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DC continues to make efforts to round out the mythos of its characters, this time focusing on a non-Superman related one. In Wonder Woman #107, they give the newly introduced Wonder Girl her costume and she meets her first non-Amazonian supporting character: Mer-Boy. After Wonder Girl studies herself in the future using a “Time and […]
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Wow March 1959 was a busy month for DC in terms of world-building! In Superman #129, “The Girl in Superman’s Past” describes Clark Kent in college where he falls in love with a student, Lori Lemaris. Love those L.Ls! Turns out Clark has really fallen for a telepathic mermaid from the sunken land of Atlantis […]
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18 years after his debut, Aquaman’s origin gets a complete re-tooling in Adventure Comics #260 (March 1959). This seems like DC wanted to bring Aquaman into the Silver Age in a big way. Aquaman is forced to reveal his origin story to a submarine commander who is testing nuclear depth charges in the ocean. The […]
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