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SUPERMAN 162, July 1963, was published on May 2, 1963. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. The editor was Mort Weisinger, and the cover was drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger.
- THE AMAZING STORY OF SUPERMAN-RED AND SUPERMAN-BLUE (24 pgs.), was written by Leo Dorfman, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein. This story was divided into three 8 page chapters:
- Part I: THE TITANIC TWINS
- Part II: THE ANTI-EVIL RAY
- Part III: THE END OF SUPERMAN'S CAREER
It has been reprinted in the following editions:
- 100 PG. SUPER-SPECTACULAR DC-18, July 1973, published on April 12, 1973 for the cover price of 50¢.
- BEST OF DC 19, December 1981, published on September 10, 1981 for the cover price of 95¢.
- THE GREATEST SUPERMAN STORIES EVER TOLD, hardcover published in 1988, softcover in 1989 (which was the edition in which I first read this story).
- DC'S GREATEST IMAGINARY STORIES, published in 2005.
- SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. IV.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features, including the METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.
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"Superman Red and Superman Blue" is my all-time favorite Imaginary Tale. I am thrilled that you got to this story. It was great to see Superman solve virtually all of Earth's problems and find his own happiness, with a restored Kandor and New Krypton, and a domestic life for each Superman with Lois for one and Lana for the other. Of course, this story, if "real" would have meant the end of Superman comics, because there would be nothing of any importance left for him to do.
ReplyDeleteAt one point, you asked about when Red Kryptonite had split Superman into good and evil parts. The only case I know of was in Action Comics #293, October 1962, in the story "The Feud Between Superman and Clark Kent!" In that story, Red Kryptonite split the Man o' Steel into a good Clark Kent and an evil Superman.
As a native Pennsylvanian, I must point out an error in the Metropolis Mailbag letter column: Williamsport, the home of Little League Baseball and the Little League World Series, is in Pennsylvania, not Virginia.
As always, thanks for a great episode.
I must also point out that, as you mentioned in your commentary, this is the "happily ever after" that Superman deserves, which I still find immensely gratifying, even after all these years. Yeah, a lot of Silver Age stories can be silly, corny and illogical, but they are generally FUN, and comics should be fun.
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