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| Action Comics 321, February 1965! |
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ACTION COMICS 321, February 1965, was published on December 31, 1965. 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.
- (3:41) SUPERMAN - WEAKEST MAN IN THE WORLD (14 pgs.), written by Edmond Hamilton, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein.
- (30:12) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.
- (38:07) THE ENEMY SUPERGIRL (10 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Jim Mooney. This story was also reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL vol. II.
- (57:35) STRANGE WORLDS SUPERMAN HAS VISITED, writer unknown, although possibly written by DC Editor E. Nelson Bridwell, who at the time was the unofficial expert on DC Comics history and continuity.
- (1:06:07) Elsewhere in DC Comics, 32 titles carried the February or February/March 1965 cover date, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics.
Next Episode: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED MARCH 1965: PART I: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 83, PART II: ACTION COMICS 322 & PART III: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 148!
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In "Superman -- The Weakest Man in the World", I was intrigued by the name Thorones for the inhabitants of the alien planet. Back in Superman #80, the character of Halk Kar (a kind of precursor to Mon-El) came from the planet Thoron, a neighbor planet to Krypton. I wonder if this planet was the same one, or maybe just a sort-of reference to Thoron.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few odd plot details in the story. For example, why did the Thorones have a jail cell ready for Superman, when any of the natives of their planet could easily break out of such a cell? Did they just build it in case they encountered any "weakling" criminals, even though it seemed that the de-powered Superman was the first such weakling they'd seen? Another point is that by blocking all the sunlight from the planet, wouldn't the planet eventually freeze and die? At the very least, there would be famine, since no crops would grow. This doesn't seem "in character" for a Superman who doesn't kill.
I would think that any prison cell on Thorone would have no windows and be specially shielded so no sunlight could enter, so they wouldn't have any superpowers and thus be able to break out. Your final point is an excellent one, something I didn't consider and doubt young readers would have worried about when it was published.
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