In Action Comics #281 (Aug 1961), the fourth installment in the long-running, multi-month story arc continues as Lesla-Lar masquerades as a recently-re-powered Supergirl. She goes with Superman to the Fortress of Solitude, while the de-powered Supergirl continues to live out her best life with amnesia in the bottled city of Kandor. While there, Krypto sniffs […]
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Speaking of Machiavellianism, the long-running Supergirl story arc continues, as a de-powered Linda Lee, having recently been adopted by the Danvers, goes on a school field trip to visit Metropolis’ Daily Planet. There, she meets up with her cousin Clark Kent – I really like the way they depict Clark here, very casual without a […]
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No less than 7 months earlier, DC foreshadowed the Legion of Super-Villains and now we get their first appearance of the LSV in Superman #147 (June 1961). In prison, Luthor offers to repair other inmate’s radios, cobbling together a super-scientific device that can project his voice into the future for this hypothesized evil Legion to […]
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Action Comics #278 (May 1961) begins a multi-issue spanning Supergirl arc, starting with the revelation that Superman has decided to reveal the existence of Supergirl to the world. It’s been more than two years since the introduction of the Supergirl character and perhaps the writing team has run out of ways to make interesting stories […]
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In the fifth story in the “Imaginary Tales” series in Lois Lane #26 (May 1961), Lana reveals to Superman she knows his secret identity. It turns out she is noble about this and wants him to erase her memory with his super-hypnotism. Surprisingly (to me), this causes Superman to suddenly fall madly in love with […]
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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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We have had many stories before about Lois becoming “Super Woman“, usually done to explore some aspect of the love triangle between Superman-Lois-Clark, and Action Comics #274 (Jan 1961) is certainly no exception. This time it’s exploring whether Lois loves Superman for who he is, or because of his amazing abilities and his fame. Lois […]
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Ok, so I wasn’t the only one that had a visceral reaction to Superman and Wonder Woman in action together! The letters column in Justice League of America #3 (Dec 1960) featured several letters from readers who wanted to see more of this particular pairing, including having Superman and Wonder Woman actually marry and get […]
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Lois Lane #23 (Dec 1960) also contains the third part in the special “imaginary” series (Part 1 here, Part 2 here). We peek in on the imaginary, out-of-continuity Lois and Clark to find them still married and now with twins, a boy named Larry and a girl named Carole. Both of these children exhibit super-powers, […]
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Lena Thorul is added to the Superman mythos in Lois Lane #23 (Dec 1960). Lois meets Lena while investigating a story on witchcraft. She soon learns that mysterious things happen around Lena. Further investigation involves Superman and together they uncover that Luthor is behind the seemingly-supernatural incidences. Superman reveals the truth: Lena is Luthor’s sister. […]
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