Friday, November 16, 2018

Episode #385 Part II: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated August 1965: World's Finest Comics #151!

World's Finest Comics 151, August 1965!


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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 151, August 1965, was published on June 10, 1965. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. The editor was Mort Weisinger, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and inked by Ira Schnapp.

- (4:22) MY PULL LIST segment, where I review the comic books cover dated December 2018 and released during the month of October, which I received from Discount Comic Book Service.

- (13:45) THE INFINITE EVOLUTIONS OF BATMAN AND SUPERMAN (16 pgs. divided into two eight page parts), written by Edmond Hamilton, pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by Sheldon Moldoff and lettered by Joe Letterese. This story was also reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: WORLD'S FINEST vol. III.

- (27:26) PART II: THE CAVEMAN SUPERMAN VS THE FUTURE BATMAN

- (47:30) CAPE AND COWL COMMENTS letter column. Congo Bill and Congorilla starred in the seven page story CONGORILLA'S LAST STAND, written by Robert Bernstein, drawn by Howard Sherman and lettered by Joe Letterese. This story was originally published in ACTION COMICS 261, February 1960, released on December 31, 1959. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 10¢.

Next Episodes: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED AUGUST 1965: PART III: SUPERMAN 179, PART IV: ACTION COMICS 327 & PART V: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 59!

Then we will cover: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED SEPTEMBER 1965: PART I: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 87, PART II: 80 PAGE GIANT 14 (starring Lois Lane) & PART IV: ACTION COMICS 328!

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3 comments:

  1. First, I have to comment on a bit of a surprise. While listening to your "My Pull List" segment, I had to stop and rewind when you discussed The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1, and I heard the name Gerard Way, former frontman of the band My Chemical Romance. I am by no means a big fan of the band, but my youngest niece is, and has often gone on long monologues about how wonderful they were. I think, if she'd told me that one of their members was a comic book writer, she'd have made more headway with me.
    In "The Infinite Evolutions of Batman and Superman", I was glad to see that the Evolution Accelerator was invented by someone other than Jor-El. Too often, when some device or weapon from Krypton finds its way to Earth, we learn that Jor-El was it's inventor. It's good to know that there were other competent inventors and scientists on Krypton.
    In Part II, "The Caveman Superman vs. The Future Batman", I have to wonder a bit about the seeming pinpoint accuracy of Caveman Superman in traveling through time as he sought vengeance on Future Batman, from the distant past to 1965, and then from 1965 to the far future to the precise time Batman had traveled to. Similarly, I wonder how Krypto was able to find the exact time in the past to find Superman and save him from Batman. Maybe he can somehow track Superman's scent through the time barrier. I realize it's Silver Age comic book science, but it's fun, sometimes, to think about this stuff.

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    1. I agree. A lot of the fun in reading these old stories is over-analyzing them by taking some of these plot twists to their logical conclusion.

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