{"id":1087,"date":"2019-05-28T08:52:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2019-02-27T21:49:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T05:49:25","slug":"141-a-little-privacy-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/141-a-little-privacy-please\/","title":{"rendered":"141 &#8211; A Little Privacy, Please"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lois-sees-clark-changing.png\" alt=\"A panel from Action Comics #32, November 1940\" class=\"wp-image-1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lois-sees-clark-changing.png 954w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lois-sees-clark-changing-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lois-sees-clark-changing-768x734.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><figcaption>A panel from Action Comics #32, November 1940<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lois Lane catches Superman changing into Clark Kent for the first time in Action Comics #32 (November 1940).  Fortunately for Superman, Lois is under the influence of a fluid that makes her forget everything.  Clark learns she will spend her days in a sanitarium so he tries super-hypnotism for the first time, which of course cures her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/super-hypnotism.png\" alt=\"Another panel from Action Comics #32, Novem ber 1940 in which Clark cures Lois' memory with super-hypnotism\" class=\"wp-image-1089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/super-hypnotism.png 444w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/super-hypnotism-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption>Clark cures Lois&#8217; memory with super-hypnotism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a few panels later, we see the first marketing gimmick in a Superman comic, in which Clark invents a &#8220;Krypto-Raygun&#8221; to be able to take photos, develop them instantly and project them on a wall&#8230; ok.  This is an obvious attempt to get kids to want to buy the Krypto-Raygun toy that has been advertised in Superman comics over the last couple months.  But it is interesting to see the beginnings of the notion of a &#8220;fortress of solitude&#8221; that Clark needs to experiment, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/krypto-raygun.png\" alt=\"Clark invents the Krypto-Raygun in Action Comics #32, November 1940\" class=\"wp-image-1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/krypto-raygun.png 610w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/krypto-raygun-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption>Clark invents the Krypto-Raygun in Action Comics #32, November 1940<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lois Lane catches Superman changing into Clark Kent for the first time in Action Comics #32 (November 1940). Fortunately for Superman, Lois is under the influence of a fluid that makes her forget everything. 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