{"id":536,"date":"2019-01-28T08:22:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=536"},"modified":"2019-01-01T22:28:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T06:28:22","slug":"55-the-man-of-steel-gets-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/55-the-man-of-steel-gets-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"55 &#8211; The Man of Steel Gets Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-headlines-1024x664.png\" alt=\"A panel from Action Comics #6, October 1938 depicting many newspaper headlines talking about Superman.\" class=\"wp-image-537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-headlines-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-headlines-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-headlines-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-headlines.png 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A panel from Action Comics #6, October 1938<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By October 1938, Superman&#8217;s fame is beginning to spread both in the real world and in the fictional world of the DC universe.  The Daily Star dubs him the &#8220;Man of Steel&#8221;.  It leads to a fun story where a promoter claims he is Superman&#8217;s manager and uses a fake Superman to garner promotional revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark goes to investigate and Lois tags along, eager to meet Superman again. This time Lois tries to ditch Clark at a nightclub by drugging him (wow, characters in the 1930s apparently thought nothing of slipping someone a mickey!). Clark is unaffected, but plays along until he catches up with her later, literally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-catches-lois-1024x657.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-catches-lois-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-catches-lois-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-catches-lois-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/superman-catches-lois.png 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Superman gains red boots in this issue, which basically means his costume is now complete, though his insignia wouldn&#8217;t solidify for more than a year. if my memory is correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By October 1938, Superman&#8217;s fame is beginning to spread both in the real world and in the fictional world of the DC universe. The Daily Star dubs him the &#8220;Man of Steel&#8221;. It leads to a fun story where a promoter claims he is Superman&#8217;s manager and uses a fake Superman to garner promotional revenue. 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