A blog about comic books, and enjoying the stories, characters and creators of them...and occasionally subjects that relate to comic books as well.
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Happy Mother's Day With Robin
Robin (Damian Wayne) was trying to be a good friend to Superboy (Jon Kent), as their dads, Batman and Superman are friends, but things got problematic when Damian's mother, Talia Al Ghul came around....trying to kill reporter Lois Lane (who was Jon' mother).
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Celebrating Artist Michael T. Gilbert
Celebrating artist Michael T. Gilbert on his birthday (May 7, 1951) by bringing out his friends.
Michael was the creator of Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster, and over the years, he met a few other characters, like Airboy and his cast of characters in Airboy and Mr. Monster #1 (August, 1987 for Eclipse), as well as a giant dinosaur (here, named Gorzilla) as well as Atomic Boy in Mr. Monster vs Gorzilla (July, 1998 for Image).
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Criminal Superman
Superman...a criminal? Say it ain't so!
Yet, here he is...accused of killing Lex Luthor.
How did the heroic Superman find himself in this situation?
Action Comics #318 (November, 1964)
Starting off with "The Death Of Luthor!" by Edmond Hamilton, Curt Swan and George Klein. To be fair, it starts on Earth, where prisoner Lex Luthor escapes prison...and heads to a rocket launch, to end up on the planet Lexor, where Luthor is considered a hero, and is under a red sun. While there, he marries a native woman, Ardora, whom he had known before.Action Comics #319 (December, 1964)
Picking up where the last issue left off, "The Condemned Superman!" by Edmond Hamilton, Curt Swan and George Klein. On trial, it goes badly for Superman. Superman escapes jail before a verdict is rendered, with the man of steel finding one of Luthor's secret laboratories, therein he finds proof of a formula that Luthor invented that a person could take to simulate death. Going on that theory, Superman tries to revive Luthor...and is successful. Luthor faked his death to get the authorities to sentence Superman to death. Though this clears Superman, the Lexorians do not believe Luthor to be guilty. Superman leaves Lexor, banished, while Luthor stays there with his new wife.
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