Superman Goes To The Dentist

Taking a little break from the horror with a trip to the dentist for Superman...

....then again, that's a horror of a different variety, as shown by this Nick Cardy cover to Action Comics #434 for April, 1974.


In "The Krypton Connection" by Cary Bates, Curt Swan and Vince Coletta, Clark Kent ends up in a dentist chair, where Kryptonian criminals Dr. Xadu and Erndine Ze-Da use their torturous devices to put Superman under their mental control....

..leading into Action Comics #435 (May, 1974), under another wonderful Nick Cardy cover.

With "I Want To Wreck The World" by Cary Bates, Curt Swan and Vince Coletta, Superman is ordered to destroy Earth by Dr. Xadu and Erndine Ze-Da...but, of course, Superman recovers and doesn't (though to be honest, a bad toothache would make you want to destroy the world....).

This also wasn't the first time these Kryptonians tried mind tricks with Kal-El....that started back when he was Superboy!

Superboy's Crazy Mother

To be fair, it seemed both of Superboy's adopted parents, Jonathan and Martha, went crazy in Superboy #100 (October, 1962) with "Ma And Pa Kent's Incredible Delusion!" by Jerry Siegel, Curt Swan and George Klein.

Pa thought he was Jor-El, and Ma thought she was Lara...or at least, that was what Superboy thought for a bit. 

This was a bit of a dirty trick by a couple of Phantom Zone villains (Dr. Xadu and Erndine), all to attempt to free more of the Phantom Zone villains!

Thankfully, it all worked out.....