Showing posts with label Robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robots. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

...and we're back

Well...so it's been a while.

Honestly, we may end up saying the same thing again next year, after this post goes dormant. I'd like to think not, but we shall see.

So yeah, I'm back. In what capacity? That remains to be seen, but I've missed blogging about comics. Superman comics, specifically!! I don't think I'm going to be as bold as last time and try to do a post a day, but we'll see.

To get things started, I just took a random jog through my books and pulled out this one.  Superman #231, from November of 1970!

 

SUPER WHAT?

A precursor to the recent WTF cover gimmick, perhaps?

So what is the cause of so much consternation that they have to question reality right there on the cover?

Here's a multiple choice quiz. Put your Bronze Age Thinking Cap on, and I'll see you in a day or two for the answer.

  • That's really Lois trapped inside the orange robot after one of her patented secret identity schemes go awry.
  • That's not really Clark getting punched, but Lex Luthor?!
  • This was the one time that a villains scheme of using a robot worked to defeat Superman.  Sadly, there were never any Superman issues after this one as a result.

All right Superfans...see you in a day or two!

Monday, May 23, 2011

A little known fact about Superman robots

The best way to shut down a runaway Superman robot is to give it a double wet willy!


I'm surprised the Prankster never thought of that.

Script by Cary Bates
Pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks by Dan Adkins
Colors by Anthony Tollin
Letters by Milton Snapinn

The Superman Family #195
Lois Lane's Super-Risk
May/June 1979
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Awesome Mahnke Cover

Here's one of my favorite Superman covers by one of my favorite Superman artists, Doug Mahnke.


Boy oh boy...what I wouldn't give to get him back on a Superman title.

Pencils by Doug Mahnke
Inks by Dennis Janke

Superman: The Man Of Steel #88
May 1999
Copyright (c) DC Comics