Friday, May 24, 2019

Episode #390 Part III: Superman Comic Book Cover Dated December 1965: Action Comics #331!

Action Comics 331, December 1965!
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 ACTION COMICS 331, December 1965, was published on October 28, 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.

- (7:05) MY PULL LIST segment, where I review the comic books I received from Discount Comic Book Service, which carried the June 1965 cover date that were released during the month of April. I reviewed them in the order in which I read them.

- (14:45) CLARK KENT'S MASQUERADE AS SUPERMAN (12 pgs.), written by Otto Binder, drawn by Al Plastino and lettered by Joe Letterese. This story was reprinted in BEST OF DC 6, July/August 1980, released on April 10, 1980. It contained 100 pages for the cover price of 95¢.

(34:16) OPERATION SATAN (12 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Jim Mooney. It was reprinted in SUPERGIRL: THE SILVER AGE OMNIBUS.

- (51:09) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.

  Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.

 Next Episode: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED DECEMBER 1965 PART IV: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 154, including ELSEWHERE IN DC COMICS, featuring the other DC Comics titles which carried the December 1965, or December 1965/January 1966 cover date.

 Then we will feature: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED JANUARY 1966: PART I: SUPERMAN 182, PART II: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 62, PART III: SUPERMAN 183 (an 80 Page Giant), PART IV: ACTION COMICS 332 & PART V: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 90!

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  1. Halk-KarMay 25, 2019 at 7:42 AM

    Well, I certainly hope you get your technology issues worked out once and for all. It must have been very frustrating.
    "Clark Kent's Masquerade as Superman" was an odd story, I thought. So many things could have gone wrong here, from, as you pointed out, "fake news", to "Why did Perry White use real bullets when shooting at Clark-as-Superman?" Even Clark realized that real bullets hitting an imitation Superman costume would have put holes in the suit, even if the bulletproof vest stopped the bullets, and what would have happened if Perry's aim was off and he'd hit Clark in the head, or even the leg, or any other place that wasn't covered by the bulletproof vest? It's a fun story for kids, who were the target audience, after all, but adult sensibilities will often look for these story problems.
    As in the other recently covered issues of Action Comics, I think the Supergirl backup story, "Operation Satan", was the better one here. I've really been looking forward to this one, wrapping up the continued story, and I think writer Leo Dorfman did a good job here. It was very clever of Supergirl to use Dr. Supernatural's power against him, giving him the opportunity, in his greed for power, to overload himself, leading to his demise. I had mentioned, in a comment on the previous issue, that I thought the other heroes would help Supergirl, and I was happy to see that they were part of her plan. Some might complain that Supergirl caused Dr. Supernatural's death, but I don't think so. First, it was his own grasping at more and more power that was his undoing, and that was his own character flaw, not Supergirl's doing. Second, Supergirl saw the concentration of super-energy that could have been Dr. Supernatural's essence, at the beginning of re-forming, although this is not absolutely certain, and I don't think we ever see him again. I suppose the point could be argued either way, but I stand firmly on the idea that Supergirl, like Superman, would not deliberately kill even a super-villain.
    Finally, although I don't normally comment on the letter column, I enjoyed hearing the letter from the newspaperman, Kevin Brown of Des Moines, who was having trouble with a woman named Lois who kept trying to prove that he was really a strongman he'd never heard of. What a hoot! Also, I sympathized with Mrs. Susan McShane, of Roseville, Michigan, complaining about the continued story, and the problems with getting all the parts, due to sometimes spotty distribution. I remember that problem, myself, in those days.

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