Sunday, October 23, 2016

Unusual Stories In the Comic Book World



In the 1960's president John F. Kennedy ask National Periodical Publications now known as DC (Detective Comics) to publish a Superman story to promote physical fitness.  On the main cover readers were challenge to guess who will wind up playing Clark Kent's identity  near the end of the story, since both Superman and Clark kent had to appear at the same time.It turn out it was JFK himself who took over Clark Kent's identity.

.In a Jimmy Olsen issue there was a story were Jimmy somehow went back in time and he recorded everything in the past with a film movie camera. What was unusual about the story Jimmy was on his own without any help from Superman or Supergirl. When Jimmy got back to the present he opened his film can reels and the films crumbled to dust.

There was another story in a Superman issue where he did save people with his powers but no where in the story did he change into his Superman identity.

In a issue of Detective Comics one story was just about Batman's butler  Alfred Pennyworth and like Jimmy Olsen I mentioned earlier Alfred was on his own. No help from Batman and Robin.By the way Robin the boy wonder was named after Robin Hood and not the bird which explains the similar outfits.

In another Batman story "Robin Dies At Dawn"  Batman was driving towards a serve thunderstorm and somehow winds up on an alien planet but he did not realize he also traveled into a parallel universe and it was that Robin who died and not the Robin on his earth. Well, that's a lot better than the soap opera cop out:  Batman dreamt the whole thing. :)  
  Click here to see Cover "Robin Dies At Dawn"

In a Superboy story Superboy saves an alien girl who has a power to read minds as she read Superboy's mind it seem to her that he did not have any respect for women drivers or other things they do. The alien girl change Superboy into a girl until he learns to respect and appreciate women. Superboy went through most of the story as Claire Kent. (end)





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