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| Superman 178, July 1965! |
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SUPERMAN 178, July 1965, was published on May 6, 1965. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein. It featured the issue's second and final story.
- (7:21) PROJECT EARTH-DOOM (12 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Al Plastino.
- (26:32) WHEN SUPERMAN LOST HIS MEMORY (12 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein.
- (47:53) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.
Next Episodes: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED JULY 1965: PART II: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 58, PART III: ACTION COMICS 326 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 86!
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"Project Earth-Doom" was an OK story with some odd elements, I think. There really isn't much "in-story" reason, for example, for the Duplorians all to be identical. I'd have expected, for example, some plot device where they tried to trick Superman, or someone else, into thinking they had super-speed, by seeming to be two far-distant places at nearly the same time. Also, the odd business of transporting people out of (and later, back into) their clothes really doesn't seem to serve any story purpose, either. Not a bad story, but not really one of Leo Dorfman's best writing efforts, I'm afraid.
ReplyDelete"When Superman Lost His Memory" was a bit better, but, again, with some odd things in it. For example, as you mentioned, it would have made sense to have the kryptonite that gave him amnesia be ordinary red kryptonite. I guess, though, having it combined with gold kryptonite at the bottom of the sea justified having people think he was dead. It also strains belief that, after all the obvious demonstrations of his super powers, even while not wearing his super suit, the story seems to suggest that the shock of having his clothes burn off, risking exposing his secret identity, was what brought his memory back. I'd have written it as "48 hours passed, and the red kryptonite wore off." I also have to wonder, as you did, what happened to Clark Kent's identification and wallet. You'd think they'd have been in the pocket of his clothes, inside the pouch in Superman's cape. I guess they weren't thinking that these would be points that the kid readers would pick up on, but we've certainly seen enough nit-picking by readers in the "Metropolis Mailbag".
Anyway, these were decent stories, but they could have been better, but who am I to criticize? I'm sure these were written on tight deadlines, in the mix of lots of stories to be written, so I'll just be happy with what we have here.
I don’t think I mentioned it during the episode, but I assumed it was the literal shock of falling onto the high voltage wires that “shocked” his memory back (pun intended).
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