Good sportsmanship

It's great to see that even in the 30th century, gentlemanly conduct and good sportsmanship are still thriving, even in the rough and tumble world of gladiatorial combat!

Script by Edmond Hamilton
Pencils by John Forte
Inks by Sheldon Moldoff
Letters by Vivian Berg

Adventure Comics #339
The Menace Of Beast Boy
December 1965
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Adventures in political correctness

So I guess beauty pageants in the mid-60's were essentially the same as they are now, except the judges were a bit less politically correct.


And is that a butter face reference? In 1964? "GUHHH" indeed.

Good thing Lois is undercover as the plain jane, ready to bring this whole shady operation down!

Pencils by John Forte
Inks by George Klein

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #49
Lois Lane, Beauty Queen!
May 1964
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Unnecessary adventures in randomness

Anybody who's read my other blog knows that I'm a fan of some good, old fashioned random shenanigans, but even to me this seems like a frivolous (if not outright dangerous) way to pick a leader.

Script by Edmond Hamilton
Pencils by John Forte
Inks by John Forte

Adventure Comics #319
The Legion's Suicide Squad!
April 1964
Copyright (c) DC Comics

And then there was this time...

...that Adolf Hitler took over the body of Superboy!

This strikes me as too soon, not even twenty years after WWII.

Hell, even 66 years later and I'd still balk at having one of history's worst mass murderers taking over the body of a young Superman.

At least they did make Hitler rather buffoonish looking, with that silly looking Psycho-Changer on his head.

Script by Edmond Hamilton
Pencils by John Forte
Inks by John Forte

Adventure Comics #314
The Super-Villains Of All Ages!
November 1963
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Hate, Hate, Hate

It's good to see that Luthor had a spare tape installed as a backup, just in case his robot ran into someone other than Superboy or the Legion of Super-Heroes that it needed to hate.

HATE
HATE
HATE

Script by Jerry Siegel
Pencils by John Forte
Inks by John Forte

Action Comics #377
The Face Behind The Lead Mask!
June 1969
Copyright (c) DC Comics