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| Action Comics 319, December 1964! |
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ACTION COMICS 319, December 1964, was published on October 29, 1964. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Ira Schnapp.
- (1:08) After sharing a comment posted on last episode, the latest installment of MY PULL LIST. This time I review the comic books, released during March, cover dated May 2018, which I received from Discount Comic Book Service.
- (15:15) THE CONDEMNED SUPERMAN (12 pgs.), written by Edmond Hamilton, pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Joe Letterese. This story was reprinted in THE BEST OF DC 27, August 1982, published on May 8, 1982. It contained 100 pages for the cover price of 95¢.
- (34:53) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.
- (44:47) THE SUPER-CHEAT (12 pgs), written by Leo Dorfman, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics, while the Grand Comic Book Database lists the writer as unknown. Jim Mooney was the artist and Joe Letterese was the letterer. This story was reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL vol. III.
- (1:04:08) Elsewhere in DC Comics 32 titles carried the December or December 1964/January 1964 cover date, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics.
Next Episodes: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED JANUARY 1965: PART I: SUPERMAN 174, PART II: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 54, PART III: 80-PG. GIANT 6 (featuring Superman), PART IV: ACTION COMICS 320 & PART V: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 82!
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Well, as a kid, I had the opposite problem that you had. I had the previous issue featuring "The Death of Luthor", but it was many years before I saw this issue showing Superman's trial. That was not uncommon in those days, with sometimes spotty distribution for comics, and it was the one drawback for stories that were spread over two issues. At least, if you had the second issue, there was normally a flashback recap of the previous issue.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Luthor's plan was for his revival from the death-like coma. Presumably, someone would have had to give him the antidote after Superman had been executed, but it's not clear to me. I don't think Ardora would have been a willing participant in such a scheme. She seems too innocent and honest.
Once Superman had been banished from Lexor, Luthor should have stayed there. He was admired by that whole world as a hero; there was surely enough to engage his scientific curiosity there, and he would have been safe from Superman. Sadly, that would not be his path.
In the Supergirl story, "The Super Cheat", you mentioned that it might not have been a good idea for Linda Danvers to be known as a friend of Supergirl. I'm not so sure. Clark Kent is well known to be a friend of Superman, and that often provides cover for Clark to explain how he knows things that only Superman ought to know, or how he so often gets scoops with Superman's help.
You make a good point, but I still think that it cuts both ways. While it may be convenient, a sharp individual might get suspicious about how "chummy" Clark or Linda are to their respective superheroes. Clark has a lot more experience at this, and with Linda my concern is that with her lack of experience with a secret identity compared to Clark, she might slip up. Part of the fun with these silver age comic book stories is overthinking them like this.
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