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Action Comics #252

Cover Date: May 6, 1959 | Written by Otto Binder | Art by Al Plastino

Read on DC Universe Infinite | NOTE: These commentaries are going to be very spoiler heavy

Figured I should start at the very beginning. Well, the beginning if you don’t count the appearance of Super-Girl in Superman a year earlier, but that was just a fake that was created by a wish by Jimmy Olsen, so I’m totally not counting that.

Anyway.

Something I didn’t realize until I started reading some of these older comics is just how common it was for there to be multiple stories in one book back then. Despite “The Supergirl of Krypton!” being on the cover, it was the last of three stories in this 28 page comic.

This book was also notable for the debut of Metallo, who would become a recurring villain over the years.

But we’re not talking about that story! “The Supergirl of Krypton!” begins with a (customary for the time) splash panel that is very similar to the cover.

Wow that’s wordy. Comics back then relied heavily on this kind of narration, it’s how they were able to tell a lot of story in a few pages. Feels campy now, but in a fun way.

Also, “Great guns!”? Really Supes?! XD

The next panel after this one backs up a few minutes. We see Clark Kent hearing a rocket hurdling towards Earth. He changes into Superman and races to the scene, although he’s too late. He notes that it reminds him of the rocket he landed in when he was a superbaby (yes, he actually says superbaby, it’s in bold no less!) He tears open the wreckage and out pops a blonde teenage girl.

Superman is very confused by this, which is honestly understandable. She assures him that she’s alive and okay and tells him that she’s also from Krypton. This greatly confuses him, and leads to this image which I honestly love:

Superman wants to know how this is possible, and why she’s wearing something that looks like his own outfit. This prompts Supergirl to explain her backstory, which is HILARIOUS

To cliffnotes this: A giant chuck of Krypton broke off intact when the planet exploded, taking along with it an air bubble of the planet’s atmosphere, allowing the surivors to breath. BUT, they soon find that the explosion had turned the rock of the colony into kryptonite, which will kill them all. UNLESS they pave the entire colony in lead! And it works. That is, until a meteor shower bombards the colony, smashing holes into the lead covering, exposing the kryptonite. Well the colony’s screwed, so Zor-El decides to build a rocket so that his daughter might be able to escape. Kara and her mother use the super-space telescope (that’s what it’s called!) to find a planet suitable. They find Earth, listen in with their space radio (damn I love comics) and find that there is a fellow Kryptonian on the planet. They stuff Kara into the rocket, and as the rocket is flying away Kara thinks “My father... Mother... All the people are dying! I’m an orphan of space now... ‘sob!’”

OH. MY. GOD.

Superman recounts his backstory, name dropping his father, Jor-El, which Kara recognizes and they realize they’re actually cousins.

Kara is estatic that she has found a family member and thinks that they’ll live together here on Earth.

Something she gets to be happy about for all of one panel.

Before killjoy Clark shoots down the idea, just because she may ruin his cover. For real though, why couldn’t Clark Kent just adopt a kid? Or literally just tell everyone that one of Clark’s relatives from out of state is coming to stay with him? There’s a lot of ways they could have gotten around this except I’m taking into account that golden-age/early silver-age Superman is kind of a smug jerk. (also there were probably a lot of political and social ramifications for depicting a family with a single partent t that time, but that’s a lot less fun to talk about.)

So they test out her flying abilities, which she has, and Kara’s ready to be a superhero right away, which Superman also forbids.

He takes Supergirl to an orphanage in Midvale, where he disguises her in a brown pigtail wig. She’s not that upset by all of this, most liketly because this is the 50s and goodness forbid a teenage girl ever question or push back against her male authority figure.

Kara gives herself the civilain name Linda Lee because Super comics are obsessed with female characters having the initials LL, which Superman actually comments on. Superman tells the orphanage that Linda was an orphaned survivor of a major disaster, and there are zero questions from the orphanage. Superman also tells Kara that she can’t reveal herself yet.

The headmistresss takes Kara to her room, which is a total dump.

Side note: Kara x-ray visions what she says is a cracked mirror back together, which is already iffy, but from all the previous panels, that mirror isn’t cracked, it’s missing its entire center.

From here Kara sneaks out at night and does a flyover of Midvale, marveling at its quaintness. She lands near a poster for a documentery about Superboy and his time in Smallville, which prompts Kara to hope that she can do for Midvale what Superboy did for Smallville. Then she returns to the orphanage.

That’s the end of the issue.

I just wanted to note that sure, there’s a lot of questionable dynamics and expectations of gender roles in these comics, and if I felt that getting mad at a 63 year old comic would do any good, I’d make more of a stink about it. But, it won’t do any good and I’m going to just enjoy these comics for what they were, and only point out the most egregious examples. And I’m looking forward to seeing how comics have grown over time.

All in all, “The Supergirl of Krypton!” is 8 pages of infodumping and set-up. Still, I’m sort of amazed of all they go through in 8 pages. It’s fascinating to see just how different the standards and expectations of comics have changed.

These old books were kitschy and campy in the best of ways, and I’m excited to read more!

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gameraboy2 · 1 year

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Action Comics #258 (1959), cover by Curt Swan

#action comics #curt swan #1959 #1950s #vintage #superman #supergirl #comics #comic book #comic book art #comic books #art #illustration

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theruffiansretrorampage · 10 months

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art by DESPOP

#DC #Wonder Woman #Superman #Supergirl #retro #vintage #1950s #1960s #pop art #popart

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the-truth-is-there · 10 months

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All tv and movie Supermans

Kirk Alyn - Superman(1948)/Atom Man vs Superman(1950)

George Reeves - Adventures of Superman(1951-1958)/Superman and the Mole-Men(1952)

Christopher Reeve - Superman(1978)/Superman II(1980)/Superman III(1983)/Superman IV: The Quest for Peace(1987)/Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut(2006)

John Haymes Newton - Superboy(1988-1989)

Gerard Christopher - New Adventures of Superboy(1989-1992)

Dean Cain - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(1993-1997)

Tom Welling - Smallville(2001–2011)/Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW(2020)

Brandon Routh - Superman Returns(2006)/Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW(2020)

Henry Cavill - Man of Steel(2013)/Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(2016)/Justice League(2017)/Zack Snyder's Justice League(2021)/Adão Negro(2022)

Tyler Hoechlin - Supergirl(2016-2021)/Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW(2020)/Superman & Lois(2021-present) Nicolas Cage - The Flash (2023)

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thatonebirdwrites · 12 days

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As I write ficlets here, I dump them in my Books of Destiny. Newest chapter is the idea for the Fallout AU. I wanted to keep Kara feeling alien, and the best way to do that is for her to be a vault dweller who ventures into the wastelands for the first time. This puts Lena as a wastelander (secretly with the Railroad but working as a scavenger). I'm mixing the plots of Fallout 3 and 4 because I liked Fallout 3's plot better, but I prefer Fallout 4's setting and factions. (Have played these games dozens of times.) What is the Fallout Universe?

If Fusion Power was invented and became commonplace in the 1950s, where even cars are run on fusion, only for a nuclear war to break out. Two hundred years after the War, the character leaves their vault knowing little to nothing about the wasteland. It's a dark satire with ridiculous elements. As a fun easter egg, in Fallout 3, you can find Bethseda's offices. Yes, they put their offices in the game.

Year 2278, May 12 - 200 Years After the War

Two days after leaving the vault, Kara realized that the world did not fit what the overseer had described. In fact, everything she'd been told about the world seemed to be terribly wrong.

The giant cockroaches and mosquitoes? They weren't supposed to be that big! When she saw the furless mongrel dogs and cows with two heads, she quickly realized that the Vault's biology book was utterly useless for this wasteland. The land itself mostly dried grass, vine-drenched trees, and over-sized, glowing mushrooms.

How was Kara supposed to find a clean source of water and better foodstuff to replace their lost stores? The wasteland looked so inhospitable, and nearly all the water sources held far too much radioactivity. Her Geiger counter kept bouncing up to warn her away from the more dangerous areas -- her vault suit didn't quite protect against the radiation, she should have worn a hazmat suit -- but in other areas that did harbor life, none matched her biology vaultbooks. So she had no idea what was edible.

Up ahead, Kara sighted three figures. She darted behind a rock. Last thing she needed was a fight. The last one with that creepy, fur-less and rabid dog had nearly gotten her killed. Her arm still ached from the dog's claws. She'd had to use three stimpacks before the injury began to slowly repair itself.

So she huddled behind a rock and watched the approach of humans. The first she'd seen since leaving the vault. She had a knife with her, canned food and water, and some tech from the vault. The gun she'd found in a rundown shack yesterday was out of ammo. Not that she was any good at it. Shooting wasn't part of the vault curriculum.

Two of the humans were dressed in leather coats, black pants with knee pads, and a hard helmet. A giant, hulking robot walked next to them, but a human voice emanated from it. It looked like one of the power armors Kara had seen in the textbooks from the war.

One of the humans looked like a woman. She held a device in her hand and moved it back and forth over the ground. Her skin was sun-burned, her black hair tied back in a loose ponytail, but her eyes were so, so green. As green as the tree drawings in Kara's vault textbooks. She was gorgeous.

The trio walked closer, and their voices drifted over the broken trees and shattered road. "Jack, are you certain this was the coordinates? Because I'm not picking up any signals." Even the woman's voice sounded beautiful.

"We've been over this, Lena. The triangulation pinpointed the crash to this location," Jack said, his deeper voice held an accent Kara didn't recognize. "We simply need to cover more area."

"Perhaps we should split up?" The power armor person said. Their voice was a low alto. "Cover more ground?"

"Bloody hell, Sam, we'd be easy pickings for any enemy then," Jack said with a dramatic flourish of his hand.

"You would be fine, Sam," Lena said with a roll of her eyes. "You got the power armor. Besides, the idea isn't feasible. I have the scanner. Without it, you're looking for a cap in a lake."

Kara blinked as their words filtered through her. Wait. A crash? She'd seen lots of crashes since leaving the Vault. In fact, one had been still smoking. It resembled the Vertibirds from her textbooks of the war. She'd passed by it yesterday when she'd sighted the giant cockroach and almost fell off a cliff in her eagerness to escape it.

Without thinking it through, she darted to her feet. "Hey! I saw a crash!"

And soon found herself facing three weapons -- a flamethrower in Sam's hands, a hunting rifle in Jack's, and a laser gun in Lena's.

Kara threw up her hands. "Please don't shoot! I don't mean any harm. I just heard you talking about a crash, and I saw one."

Lena lowered her weapon first. One eyebrow rose as her gaze swept over Kara. "You're wearing a vault jumpsuit."

"Yes?" Kara looked down at the blue and yellow suit. The number 101 was emblazoned across the front. Was it a bad thing to be a vault-dweller? She wondered if maybe she should have lied. Too late now. "I left it two days ago."

"Wait, you're a vault dweller?" Jack slid the rifle over his shoulder and grinned. "Our luck is in! Can you take us to it?"

Kara lowered her hands, confused. "Why?"

"Most vaults are powered by fusion," Lena explained, "and we're low on fusion cores. Is your power still functioning?"

Kara shifted uneasily back toward her rock. "I'm not sure." She'd left the vault intact, meaning her family was still there. Leading these people to it just for them to take the vault's power? That would put them all in danger.

"What do you mean you're not sure?" Sam asked. She had lowered her weapon, but her voice was still intimidating due to the power armor. "Come on, you just left it, didn't you?"

"I can take you to the crash," Kara said, firmly. Alex and the others relied on her mission to find a better water source. Leading strangers there to steal power was not part of the mission. "And maybe we can negotiate if you help me find a clean source of water."

"Now see here," Jack started to say, but Lena held up her hand to stop him.

"Negotiate we definitely can. So what's your name?" With a smile, Lena stepped in front of the others and held out her hand to Kara. "I'm Lena, this is Jack, and that's Sam."

"Kara from Vault 111." Kara shook Lena's hand with a smile. "Pleasure to meet you."

#supercorp #writing #lena luthor #kara zor el #kara x lena #fallout au #fallout 4 #fallout 3 #fallout universe #ficlet #supercorp ficlet

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namor-the-submariner-dot-net · 11 months

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Sunday Sub-Mariner World

Namora

by Tomm Coker

From Agents of Atlas (2006) #4

Unlike the other two heroes of the Timely Trinity, Namor never had a male sidekick. Then late in the Marvel Mystery Comics run, Bill Everett and Ken Bald created Namora, a hybrid cousin, who was close in age to Namor. She wasn't really a sidekick, so much as a derivative of Namor, much like Supergirl and Batgirl. She even got her own comic, though it only lasted a few issues.

Everett brought her back with Namor in the 1950s Atlas run, but when Stan Lee brought Namor into the Silver Age, he left behind Namora. A decade later, when Everett was once again doing a Namor book, he explained Namora's absence by having her killed off by the ever jealous Llyra in Lemuria, and introduced her daughter, Namorita.

And so for most of Namor's existence in the Marvel Universe, Namora was dead ... until Jeff Parker brought her back for his awesome Agents of Atlas run in 2006. While mostly appearing with that retro team, she has drifted in and out of Namor's world since then.

#Namora #Tomm Coker #Agents of Atlas #Sunday #Sunday Sub-Mariner's World #Cover #Jeff Parker #Bill Everett #Ken Bald #Namor Ally #Agents of Atlas 4

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danthepest · 1 year

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The Superman family as seen in the DC Animated Universe. In order:

Superman - First appearance in Action Comics v1 #1 (1938).

Supergirl - First appearance in Action Comics v1 #252 (1959).

Jonathan & Martha Kent - First appearance in Superman v1 #1 (1939).

Jor-El & Lara-El - First appearance in Superman v1 #53 (1948).

Lois Lane - First appearance in Action Comics v1 #1 (1938).

Lana Lang - First appearance in Superboy v1 #10 (1950).

Perry White - First appearance in Superman v1 #7 (1940).

Jimmy Olsen - First appearance in Action Comics v1 #6 (1938).

Dan Turpin - First appearance in Detective Comics v1 #64 (1942).

Maggie Sawyer - First appearance in Superman v2 #4 (1987).

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cantsayidont · 7 months

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October 1981. In between the origin of the Huntress and the story that explained how the Earth-2 Batman and Catwoman married, Bruce and Selina's actual 1955 wedding was depicted in the "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" story in THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #211. THE SUPERMAN FAMILY, which outlived THE BATMAN FAMILY by about four years, was an anthology book originally created to consolidate the Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen books (which hadn't been doing well individually) and the Supergirl strip from ADVENTURE. The "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" feature, little seven- or eight-page stories of the Golden Age Clark and Lois as a married couple in the 1950s, was one of the anthology's few highlights, although writer E. Nelson Bridwell could easily become distracted summarizing obscure continuity details rather than telling an actual story. This installment, entitled "The Kill Kent Contract!" has a silly framing plot where Lois accidentally overhears (à la SORRY, WRONG NUMBER) what she thinks is a plot to kill her husband at the wedding. It's overshadowed by the wedding itself, as seen here:

Given the level of emotional sturm-und-drang of the Huntress origin and the (later) "The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne!" this little story feels awfully sedate, although if you share Bridwell's interest in obscure details of old comics, it does have certain pleasures. if you're wondering: Selina's brother Karl appeared in a story in BATMAN #69 (February-March 1952), where he attempted to rip off Selina's gimmick as The King of the Cats; the fact that he's on parole here tells you how well that went. On Earth-2, Jim Gordon had only one kid, his son Tony, first seen in the Batman story in WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #53 (August-September 1951); on Earth-1, Tony Gordon was Barbara (Babs) Gordon's brother, who was killed a couple of years before this story. As for Alfred, Batman's butler went many years without ever being given a last name, although a 1945 story (in DETECTIVE COMICS #96) had him briefly use the last name "Beagle," which Bridwell obviously remembered. (The name "Pennyworth" wasn't established until 1969.)

As for the murder plot, Clark and Lois eventually determine that the target is not Clark, but Harvey Kent, the former Two-Face. In the original three Two-Face stories of 1942–1943, Harvey's last name was "Kent"; it became "Dent," probably by accident, in 1948, and that version stuck. Bridwell helpfully declares that the discrepancy is one of the differences between the Earth-1 and Earth-2 characters, although he at least resists the temptation to suggest that Clark and Harvey are related.

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lealindy · 7 months

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I have a supergirl from 1910 and a supergirl from 1950 so....

#oc: eunika #oc: cara #sgverse #sure that will be my tag for it

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pluckyredhead · 1 year

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Comics ask: 16, 30 and 51?

16. How has DC/Marvel/publishing company butchered a character that’s not your fave?

Lol SO MANY, but the first one who comes to mind is Barry Allen. Barry had probably the greatest death in comics (he went out heroically saving ALL OF EXISTENCE in THE MOST IMPORTANT EPIC EVER PUBLISHED and EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE WAS SAD ABOUT IT), and his posthumous appearances are so, so good (the moment when he appears in front of Hal, timelost, and says "I think...I think I'm dead" makes me cry every time, but also The Life Story of the Flash is fantastic and made me love the character).

And then they brought him back with zero plan and zero reason to do it except shock and nostalgia, sidelining the EXTREMELY POPULAR Wally in the process, and proceeded to do...fuck all with it. I have read every Flash comic ever published and 90% of Justice League comics and post-resurrection Barry has four modes:

Boring

Jerk

Boring jerk

That's actually just Wally's personality

Barry is a character who was consciously designed to fit the zeitgeist of America and specifically the comics industry of the mid-1950s in the immediate aftermath of the Comics Code Authority (ask me about my theory on this!) and was spectacularly successful in that context, but grew more and more dated with every passing year, which is a big part of why they killed him off in Crisis. And yet the only way they "modernized" this mid-century relic when they brought him back was by shoehorning in the Tragic Death of His Mother so that he could be cool and angsty (Barry's parents were alive and well pre-Flashpoint). Because that's what makes a character relevant. Fridging.

If anyone had put the work* into updating Barry's story and personality for the 21st century, I'd be fine with him returning. But the way they've treated the character? He was more likable and interesting when he was dead.

*Grant Gustin embodies what I think a modern Barry should be like very well, but unfortunately he is not the one actually writing the damn show.

30. What side character do you hate?

Does the Joker count as a side character? (Sorry, I know he is beloved to some of you! He is just not for me.)

51. Who’s the most misunderstood character?

Superman. He is not Jesus, he would not be better if he was edgier, and Clark Kent is who he really is, not a disguise. (Supergirl is a close second.)

#meme #this one's gonna get me in trouble

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secretlystephaniebrown · 2 years

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I'm still fairly new to comics and my library recently got hoopla so I've been maxing out my borrowing limit with comics. I've mostly been reading batfam books (finally found Stephanie Brown's Batgirl run), but do you have any recs for other superhero groups or individuals, could be DC or Marvel?

WELCOME TO COMICS!

Okay so without knowing what you're interested in, here's a broad "good comics for people who are new to comics" list.

Marvel:

Ms. Marvel (2014) by G. Willow Wilson

Runaways (2003) by Brian K. Vaughan - this one was my personal intro to Marvel comics, and I stand by it. It starts with the core group and slowly expands outwards, introducing you to other characters who you can track down later if you want to see more of them.

Hawekeye (2012) by Matt Fraction

DC:

Blue Beetle (2006) by Keith Giffen & John Rogers

Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin

Wonder Woman: Year One (2016) by Greg Rucka. The other storylines in Wonder Woman 2016 are a bit more confusing, especially once the book leaves Rucka's hands, but Year One is solid.

Supergirl: Being Super (2017) by Mariko Tamaki

Graphic Novels are also usually great places to figure out if you like a character or family! DC has a series called "DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults" (used to be "DC Ink" but I guess that was too simple) that has produced some really good graphic novels (also some less good ones) that can be great intros into characters.

Shadow of the Batgirl - Cass and Oracle Babs

Mera: Tidebreaker - Mera and her romance with Arthur

The Oracle Code - more Oracle Babs!

Mister Miracle: The Great Escape - Scott Free and Big Barda, plus the New Gods stuff generally

Superman Smashes the Klan - a 1950s period piece with Superman, it's a rewrite of a classic Superman story, but it's extremely good and a rewarding read. (this one is actually a "limited series" but I'm lumping it in here)

Poison Ivy: Thorns - listen I'm a Poison Ivy stan, and this one was really good

Teen Titans: Raven and sequels - this one's a series! So far it's Raven, Beast Boy, and Beast Boy Loves Raven, but Robin is coming out soon!

#Steph Replies #asks #anon #anonymous #Steph Reads Comics #comic recs

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supergirlarchives · 2 years

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Action Comics #255

Cover Date: August 1959 | Written by Otto Binder | Art by Jim Mooney

Read in Supergirl - the Silver Age vol. 1 | NOTE: These commentaries are going to be very spoiler heavy.

When we last saw Kara, she had just returned to the orphanage after spending a couple of days adopted by the Dales, a couple that only wanted Linda Lee to help run a con at their sideshow. Now that she’s back it’s time for her to focus on training her powers in “Supergirl Visits the 21st Century!”

So far most of her stories have revolved around orphanages and adoption. Plus she’s a refugee and a survivor of the mass extinction of her people. Supergirl really has always been the hero of people who’ve been discarded or “left behind”. I know modern comics lean into this sometimes, I wonder when we’re going to start seeing it more explicitly leaned into.

From the title alone, as well as the splash panel, we already know that we’re going into the future. Maybe it’s still a thing and I just haven’t noticed, but I didn’t know that Supers could time travel under their own power back in the silver-age. I’m sure by the time Supergirl shows up we’ve seen Superman do it before, but I didn’t read those.

I’d be making a bigger deal of this if I hadn’t already seen Supergirl doing it in Action Comics #267 (yeah I skipped around a little bit when I first started this, I wrote a whole note about it).

We start our adventure off with Linda in charge of babysitting some of the younger children at the orphanage. They’re behaving and playing at the playground so Linda takes this opportunity to relax and read the newspaper, where she reads about an unfortunately unsuccessful attempt to send a probe to Venus. She doesn’t get to read for too long before her relaxation time is interrupted by a spear being thrown into the tree behind her!

Linda investigates and finds a piece of paper with what looks like a simple dot on it, but upon inspection with her microscopic vision, Linda sees that it’s a note from Superman written so small that only Linda could read it.

It seems Superman’s happy with how Linda’s training is going, and gives her the homework assignment to work on her ability to break the time-barrier.

She waits until the night when the rest of the orphanage is asleep and flies out into space. Apparently the key to time travel is to travel faster than the speed of light. The art makes her seem like she’s also spinning as she flies, I wonder i that helps with the time travel.

Supergirl decides to travel to the 21st century, and away she goes!

She’s traveled about a hundred years, so around 2059, where she discovers that space travel has been invented (wild to think that the first manned flight into space in the real world was still almost two years away at the time of publication of this book), as well as fully established colonies on asteroids.

Well damn, that’s less than forty years from now, we better get a move on!

Supergirl doesn’t have time to enjoy her success though as almost no sooner does she arrive that she witnesses a tiny meteor pierce the dome of one of the colonies. And upon inspection realizes that it’s the Venus probe that she just read about, but has been hurtling through space for the last hundred years.

I give the writing of these old comics a hard time sometimes (playfully though, I love these silly stories), but this is a legit nice callback, so props to Otto Binder for that.

Supergirl races into the colony after the probe, and uses her x-ray vision to fuse the hole shut. But while she’s doing that, that’s left the colony in danger of the probe crashing into it. Using her telescopic vision, Supergirl sees that it’s heading right for a group of orphans playing. I don’t know how Supergirl knows they’re orphans, but she calls them that. Maybe she read the splash panel at the beginning. She also declares that they’re from all worlds, and that one is pretty obvious as most of the kids shown are aliens.

Thankfully, one of the orphans is able to save everyone using his anti-gravity gun that he invented himself. We know that last part because his alien friend tells us so. And he also tells us that the boy’s name is Tommy, who just happens to be a blonde-haired white person. (because this is a 1959 comic book what else would he be?)

The ant-gravity gun sends the probe flying back up into the air where it slams directly into Supergirl, shattering upon impact.

The minor explosion gives Supergirl the cover to slip away from view. As she slips down into what looks like a forest area with a lot of exotic shrubbery, Kara muses that it’ll be good practice for her to keep her presence here a secret just like she does in 1959.

And she immediately happens upon a green kryptonite meteor. It effects poor Kara immediately and despite her effort to blast it with her x-ray vision and her super-breath, she’s already too weak to destroy it.

Rapidly losing her strength, Supergirl ponders if she’s going to die here in the future.

WELL THAT’S A BUMMER.

Luckily, Tommy and and his alien friend, who’s name we learn is Jik, are wondering around the area, playing with Tommy’s Changer Ray that alters atoms to let matter transform into anything Tommy wants.

By chance the two happen upon the kryptonite meteor and decide that they’re going to turn it into a block of ice. And somehow they don’t see Supergirl lying there near death just a few feet away. Supergirl celebrates her miracle rescue.

Supergirl insists on repaying her debt to Tommy before leaving the future. And lucky for her the boys wander into a very dangerous area because the caution sign had been knocked down.

Pretty soon Tommy and Jik come across a giant green monster that looks like a brontosaurus with alien antennae. Supergirl thinks this is her chance to repay Tommy but before she can Tommy whips out his Hypno-gun and hypnotizes the creature.

Next the boys get caught in some quicksand because a “rainbow aura prevented them from seeing (it)”.

Ah yes, luring children into quicksand, exactly what rainbows are known for.

Supergirl thinks it’s her chance, but as she’s about to swoop in, Tommy pulls out his Sky Hook (disappointingly not a basketball move), enabling the two to climb out on their own.

This all leaves Supergirl frustrated. She follows Tommy back to the orphanage where witnesses Tommy being told that a scientist and his wife want to adopt the child at the orphanage with the best scientific mind, making gadget-boy Tommy the obvious choice.

The couple are on their way currently from Earth and should be there soon. Kara uses her x-ray vision to get a look at the adoption certificate vision to see who is the family is and decides to use her telescopic vision to spy in on the family’s ship to see if they look like kind people.

Which, seriously Kara, boundaries. But, it turns out that the family’s ship is in trouble so I guess it all works out.

They’ve run into a field of crystalline mirror meteors which honestly look really cool.

Supergirl flies out to help, but is having trouble making out the actual ship from the reflections (it’s a fun house, IN SPACE). So Supergirl finds a stone meteor and smashes it with one super-blow, creating enough dust in the area to cover the mirror meteors.

From there Kara is able to safely push the ship to safety. She hangs around long enough to see Tommy gleefully meeting his new family, then heads back to 1959.

She says that she’s going to write about her day in her diary, which she writes in Kryptonese for secrecy. I sure hope no one ever finds her diary written in a weird alien language! That’d be awkward.

In the last panel she’s writing her diary entry, where she proclaims that her test flight through time has ended, and also commenting on how now that Tommy’s with his new family, he’s going to be known as Tommy Tomorrow.

For those of us that didn’t know, the Tommy that we followed this issue was the child version of DC character Colonel Tommy Tomorrow, Ace of the Future Planeteers. I personally know nothing about this character outside of what I read in this Supergirl story, but he seems to be a moderately popular DC character at the time that debuted in 1950s and regularly ran as backup stories in Action Comics, and also featured in World’s Finest Comics, as noted in the panel. From what I can tell, he seems to be DC’s answer to popular sci-fi heroes of the era like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.

I mentioned it earlier, but I often give the writing of these comics a hard time. It’s coming from a place of fondness though, I genuinely enjoy reading these adventures, it’s fascinating learning about what comic storytelling was like back then.

And I bring that up to say that I quite liked this issue. No, there wasn’t anything outlandish like throwing a boulder through the world, but it was a fun little tale with solid pacing and a consistent arc and some genuinely neat ideas.

Until next time, hope, help, and compassion for all!

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Holidays 9.22

Holidays

American Business Women’s Day

Arbor Day (Barbados)

Band-Aid Day

Breakfast, Snack, Elevenses, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Tea, Snack, Dinner, Snack, More Snacks, Supper, Snack, and Bilgewack Celebration Day

Canterbury South Day (New Zealand)

Car-Free Day (Europe; Montreal, Canada)

Chainmail Day

Childhood Dementia Day

Chong Chao (Macau)

Day of Bilbo

Day of Frodo

Dear Diary Day

Elephant Appreciation Day

Emancipation Day (Ohio)

Falls Prevention Awareness Day

Festival of Disappearances

Flag Day (Norway)

Flaunt Your Favorite Beach Towel Day

Grape Day (French Republic)

Hobbit Day

Hug a Vegetarian Day

International Athletic Training and Therapy Day

International Day of Mimes

International Day of Radiant Peace

International Organic Day

Jeans for Genes Day (UK)

National Centenarian's Day

National Dante Day

National Day (Saudi Arabia)

National Elephant Appreciation Day

National Flaunt Your Favorite Beach Towel Day

National Girls’ Night In Day

National Invasive Aedes Awareness Day

National Khalid Day

National Laundry Workers Day

National Legwear Day

National Online Recovery Day

National Rock ’n’ Roll Dog Day

National States & Capitals Day

National Walk ’N Roll Dog Day

One Web Day [ website ]

Remote Employee Appreciation Day

Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)

Supergirl Day

Thrue Bab (Blessed Rainy Day; Bhutan)

Treaty of Basel Day (Switzerland)

Trumpet Day (Mormons)

U.N.C.L.E. Day

World Car-Free Day

World Narcolepsy Day

World Rhino Day

World Rose Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Ice Cream Cone Day

International Mixed Berries Muffin Day

National Drink Local Day

National Eat Local Day

National White Chocolate Day

4th Friday in September

Love Note Day [4th Friday]

Michigan Indian Day (Michigan) [4th Friday]

National BRAVE Day [4th Friday]

National Good Hair Day (Australia) [4th Friday]

National Hug Your Boss Day [4th Friday; also 9.13]

Native American Day (California) [4th Friday]

Independence Days

Brunei (from UK, 1984)

Bulgaria (from Ottoman Empire, 1908)

Dale Republic (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Mali (from France, 1960)

Rukora (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Switzerland (Becomes independent state, 1499)

Feast Days

Alma Thomas (Artology)

Believe the Impossible Day (Pastafarian)

Boidromia (Honoring Apollon, god of rescue during war; Ancient Greece)

The Bottle (Muppetism)

Brother Dave Gardner Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Candidus (Christian; Saint)

Coya Raymi (Incan Moon Goddess Quilla)

Digna and Emerita (Christian; Saint)

Emmeram of Regensburg (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Mikeli (Harvest Celebration; Ancient Latvia)

Felix and Constantia (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti; Christian; Saint)

Joseph Duplessis (Artology)

Laud of Coutances (Christian; Saint)

Mabon (Pagan)

Maurice (Western Christianity)

Paul Chong Hasang (Christian; One of The Korean Martyrs)

Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope; Christian; Saint)

Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (Christian; Saint)

Sadalberga (Christian; Saint)

Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux (Christian; Saint)

Septimius of Iesi (Christian; Saint)

Shabbat Shuva begins (Sabbath of Return; Judaism) [7 Tishri]

Theban Legion (Christian; Saint)

Thomas of Villanova (Christian; Saint)

Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)

Ritual of the Netjers and the Two Lands (Ancient Egypt)

Schiller (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1936)

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Animated TV Series; 2010)

The Band, by The Band (Album; 1969)

Baywatch (TV Series; 1989)

The Beautiful People, by Marilyn Manson (Song; 1996)

Black Rain (Film; 1989)

Camp Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Das Rheingold, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1869) [Ring of the Nibelung #1]

Davy Crockett at the Alamo (Disney TV Film; 1963)

Dizzy Up the Girl, by The Goo Goo Dolls (Album; 1998)

Empire Records (Film; 1995)

Erik the Viking (Film; 1989)

Family Matters (TV Series; 1989)

Family Ties (TV Series; 1982)

The Fantasticks (Film; 2000)

Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Musical; 1964)

First Aiders (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Friends (TV Series; 1994)

Full House (TV Series; 1987)

Goofy’s Freeway Troubles (Disney Cartoon; 1965)

Gotham (TV Series; 2014)

The Jet Cage (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Film; 2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (Film; 2017)

Lost (TV Series; 2004)

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, by Bernard Waber (Children’s Book; 1965)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series; 1964)

Maverick (TV Series; 1957)

My Friends Tigger & Pooh (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Officer Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

One National Under a Groove, by Funkadelic (Album; 1976)

Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams (Novel; 1977)

Prometheus Unbound, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Lyrical Drama; 1820)

Queens of the Stone Age, by the Queens of a Stone Age (Album; 1998)

Se7en (Film; 1995)

Showgirls (Film; 1995)

Sports Night (TV Series; 1998)

Thomas the Obscure, by Maurice Blanchot (Novel; 1941)

Tweety’s S.O.S. (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Two and a Half Men (TV Series; 2003)

Veronica Mars (TV Series; 2004)

Woman on Top (Film; 2000)

The West Wing (TV Series; 1999)

You Can't Go Home Again, by Thomas Wolfe (Novel; 1940) [published posthumously]

Today’s Name Days

Moritz (Austria)

Emerita, Katarina, Mauricije, Toma od Villanove (Croatia)

Darina (Czech Republic)

Mauritius (Denmark)

Marvo, Maur, Mauri, Maurits (Estonia)

Mauri (Finland)

Maurice (France)

Emmeram, Gundula, Mauritius, Moritz (Germany)

Fokas, Loizos, Louise, Phokas, Zografia (Greece)

Móric (Hungary)

Maria, Maurizio (Italy)

Maigurs, Māris, Marisa, Mariss, Morics (Latvia)

Tarvinas, Tomas, Virmantė (Lithuania)

Kåre, Kyrre (Norway)

Joachim, Joachima, Maurycy, Prosimir, Tomasz (Poland)

Móric (Slovakia)

Mauricio (Spain)

Maurits, Moritz (Sweden)

Druce, Drucilla, Maurice, Mauricio, Maury, Merrick, Morell, Morris, Morrison, Murray (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 265 of 2024; 100 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 38 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 8 (Gui-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 7 Tishri 5784

Islamic: 7 Rabi I 1445

J Cal: 25 Aki; Foursday [25 of 30]

Julian: 9 September 2023

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 13 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Schiller]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 94 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 32 of 32)

#calendar #Holidays

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Holidays 9.22

Holidays

American Business Women’s Day

Arbor Day (Barbados)

Band-Aid Day

Breakfast, Snack, Elevenses, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Tea, Snack, Dinner, Snack, More Snacks, Supper, Snack, and Bilgewack Celebration Day

Canterbury South Day (New Zealand)

Car-Free Day (Europe; Montreal, Canada)

Chainmail Day

Childhood Dementia Day

Chong Chao (Macau)

Day of Bilbo

Day of Frodo

Dear Diary Day

Elephant Appreciation Day

Emancipation Day (Ohio)

Falls Prevention Awareness Day

Festival of Disappearances

Flag Day (Norway)

Flaunt Your Favorite Beach Towel Day

Grape Day (French Republic)

Hobbit Day

Hug a Vegetarian Day

International Athletic Training and Therapy Day

International Day of Mimes

International Day of Radiant Peace

International Organic Day

Jeans for Genes Day (UK)

National Centenarian's Day

National Dante Day

National Day (Saudi Arabia)

National Elephant Appreciation Day

National Flaunt Your Favorite Beach Towel Day

National Girls’ Night In Day

National Invasive Aedes Awareness Day

National Khalid Day

National Laundry Workers Day

National Legwear Day

National Online Recovery Day

National Rock ’n’ Roll Dog Day

National States & Capitals Day

National Walk ’N Roll Dog Day

One Web Day [ website ]

Remote Employee Appreciation Day

Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)

Supergirl Day

Thrue Bab (Blessed Rainy Day; Bhutan)

Treaty of Basel Day (Switzerland)

Trumpet Day (Mormons)

U.N.C.L.E. Day

World Car-Free Day

World Narcolepsy Day

World Rhino Day

World Rose Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Ice Cream Cone Day

International Mixed Berries Muffin Day

National Drink Local Day

National Eat Local Day

National White Chocolate Day

4th Friday in September

Love Note Day [4th Friday]

Michigan Indian Day (Michigan) [4th Friday]

National BRAVE Day [4th Friday]

National Good Hair Day (Australia) [4th Friday]

National Hug Your Boss Day [4th Friday; also 9.13]

Native American Day (California) [4th Friday]

Independence Days

Brunei (from UK, 1984)

Bulgaria (from Ottoman Empire, 1908)

Dale Republic (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Mali (from France, 1960)

Rukora (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Switzerland (Becomes independent state, 1499)

Feast Days

Alma Thomas (Artology)

Believe the Impossible Day (Pastafarian)

Boidromia (Honoring Apollon, god of rescue during war; Ancient Greece)

The Bottle (Muppetism)

Brother Dave Gardner Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Candidus (Christian; Saint)

Coya Raymi (Incan Moon Goddess Quilla)

Digna and Emerita (Christian; Saint)

Emmeram of Regensburg (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Mikeli (Harvest Celebration; Ancient Latvia)

Felix and Constantia (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti; Christian; Saint)

Joseph Duplessis (Artology)

Laud of Coutances (Christian; Saint)

Mabon (Pagan)

Maurice (Western Christianity)

Paul Chong Hasang (Christian; One of The Korean Martyrs)

Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope; Christian; Saint)

Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (Christian; Saint)

Sadalberga (Christian; Saint)

Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux (Christian; Saint)

Septimius of Iesi (Christian; Saint)

Shabbat Shuva begins (Sabbath of Return; Judaism) [7 Tishri]

Theban Legion (Christian; Saint)

Thomas of Villanova (Christian; Saint)

Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)

Ritual of the Netjers and the Two Lands (Ancient Egypt)

Schiller (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1936)

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Animated TV Series; 2010)

The Band, by The Band (Album; 1969)

Baywatch (TV Series; 1989)

The Beautiful People, by Marilyn Manson (Song; 1996)

Black Rain (Film; 1989)

Camp Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Das Rheingold, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1869) [Ring of the Nibelung #1]

Davy Crockett at the Alamo (Disney TV Film; 1963)

Dizzy Up the Girl, by The Goo Goo Dolls (Album; 1998)

Empire Records (Film; 1995)

Erik the Viking (Film; 1989)

Family Matters (TV Series; 1989)

Family Ties (TV Series; 1982)

The Fantasticks (Film; 2000)

Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Musical; 1964)

First Aiders (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Friends (TV Series; 1994)

Full House (TV Series; 1987)

Goofy’s Freeway Troubles (Disney Cartoon; 1965)

Gotham (TV Series; 2014)

The Jet Cage (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Film; 2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (Film; 2017)

Lost (TV Series; 2004)

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, by Bernard Waber (Children’s Book; 1965)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series; 1964)

Maverick (TV Series; 1957)

My Friends Tigger & Pooh (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Officer Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

One National Under a Groove, by Funkadelic (Album; 1976)

Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams (Novel; 1977)

Prometheus Unbound, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Lyrical Drama; 1820)

Queens of the Stone Age, by the Queens of a Stone Age (Album; 1998)

Se7en (Film; 1995)

Showgirls (Film; 1995)

Sports Night (TV Series; 1998)

Thomas the Obscure, by Maurice Blanchot (Novel; 1941)

Tweety’s S.O.S. (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Two and a Half Men (TV Series; 2003)

Veronica Mars (TV Series; 2004)

Woman on Top (Film; 2000)

The West Wing (TV Series; 1999)

You Can't Go Home Again, by Thomas Wolfe (Novel; 1940) [published posthumously]

Today’s Name Days

Moritz (Austria)

Emerita, Katarina, Mauricije, Toma od Villanove (Croatia)

Darina (Czech Republic)

Mauritius (Denmark)

Marvo, Maur, Mauri, Maurits (Estonia)

Mauri (Finland)

Maurice (France)

Emmeram, Gundula, Mauritius, Moritz (Germany)

Fokas, Loizos, Louise, Phokas, Zografia (Greece)

Móric (Hungary)

Maria, Maurizio (Italy)

Maigurs, Māris, Marisa, Mariss, Morics (Latvia)

Tarvinas, Tomas, Virmantė (Lithuania)

Kåre, Kyrre (Norway)

Joachim, Joachima, Maurycy, Prosimir, Tomasz (Poland)

Móric (Slovakia)

Mauricio (Spain)

Maurits, Moritz (Sweden)

Druce, Drucilla, Maurice, Mauricio, Maury, Merrick, Morell, Morris, Morrison, Murray (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 265 of 2024; 100 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 38 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 8 (Gui-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 7 Tishri 5784

Islamic: 7 Rabi I 1445

J Cal: 25 Aki; Foursday [25 of 30]

Julian: 9 September 2023

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 13 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Schiller]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 94 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 32 of 32)

#Holidays

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All tv and movie Supermans

Kirk Alyn - Superman(1948)/Atom Man vs Superman(1950) George Reeves - Adventures of Superman(1951-1958)/Superman and the Mole-Men(1952) Christopher Reeve - Superman(1978)/Superman II(1980)/Superman III(1983)/Superman IV: The Quest for Peace(1987)/Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut(2006) John Haymes Newton - Superboy(1988-1989) Gerard Christopher - New Adventures of Superboy(1989-1992) Dean Cain - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(1993-1997) Tom Welling - Smallville(2001–2011)/Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW(2020) Brandon Routh - Superman Returns(2006)/Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW(2020) Henry Cavill - Man of Steel(2013)/Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(2016)/Justice League(2017)/Zack Snyder's Justice League(2021)/Adão Negro(2022) Tyler Hoechlin - Supergirl(2016-2021)/Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW(2020)/Superman & Lois(2021-present)

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History of Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Superman was an instant hit and became the archetype of the superhero genre, influencing countless characters and stories for decades to come. Here is a brief history of Superman comics:

1938-1945: The Golden Age of Superman

Superman's initial appearance in Action Comics #1 in 1938 introduced the world to the Man of Steel, a superpowered alien from the planet Krypton who uses his incredible strength and abilities to fight for truth, justice, and the American way. In his early adventures, Superman battled gangsters, corrupt politicians, and other criminals.

Superman's popularity led to the publication of his own self-titled comic book in 1939. The character continued to gain popularity throughout the 1940s, and his stories expanded to include science fiction elements such as aliens and time travel. Superman's supporting cast, including his alter-ego Clark Kent, love interest Lois Lane, and arch-nemesis Lex Luthor, were also introduced during this period.

1946-1960: The Silver Age of Superman

In the 1950s, the Superman comics underwent a significant change, known as the Silver Age of comics. The character was revamped with a new origin story, and his powers and abilities were expanded. The Superman of this era was more powerful than ever, with new abilities such as heat vision and super breath.

Superman's supporting cast also expanded during this period, with the introduction of Supergirl, Krypto the Superdog, and other characters. The Silver Age of Superman comics also saw the introduction of the multiverse, with different versions of Superman existing in different universes and dimensions.

1961-1986: The Bronze Age of Superman

The Bronze Age of comics saw a more socially conscious Superman, with storylines that tackled issues such as racism, poverty, and environmentalism. Superman also faced more powerful and dangerous villains, such as Brainiac and Darkseid.

The 1970s saw the introduction of a new creative team on the Superman comics, including writer Denny O'Neil and artist Curt Swan. This team introduced new elements to the Superman mythology, including the Phantom Zone, a prison for Kryptonian criminals, and the concept of Superman's powers being weakened by exposure to kryptonite.

1986-Present: The Modern Age of Superman

In 1986, DC Comics published the miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, which streamlined the company's continuity and brought all of its characters into one unified universe. This event also marked the beginning of the Modern Age of comics.

Superman's character was rebooted in 1986 with the series Man of Steel, written by John Byrne. This series gave Superman a new origin story and revamped many aspects of his character and supporting cast.

In the years since, Superman has continued to evolve and change with the times. New creative teams have introduced new villains, storylines, and supporting characters, and the character has been adapted into movies, television shows, and other media. However, the core of the character remains the same: a hero who fights for truth, justice, and the American way.

#anime and manga

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