tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894516466954796030.post5032536909449205534..comments2024-02-23T03:50:15.853-05:00Comments on The Superman Fan Podcast: Episode #382 Part I: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated May 1965: World's Finest Comics #149!Billy Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947341415379828897noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894516466954796030.post-15188847231435014462018-08-22T09:49:03.348-04:002018-08-22T09:49:03.348-04:00I realize that, in the Silver Age, the covers didn...I realize that, in the Silver Age, the covers didn't always <i>quite</i> match the stories inside the issue, but in this case, the cover suggests the reverse order of the events, with Batman and Robin erasing Superman's knowledge of their secret identities first. If the story had happened that way, I imagine, based on Superman's obsessive behavior, Batman and Robin would not have wanted to be exposed to the amnesia machine, themselves. It might have improved the story a bit if writer Edmond Hamilton had provided readers with an explanation of Superman's behavior, like maybe erasing his memories of the Dynamic Duo's identities had somehow unbalanced his mind a little. His behavior really was out-of-character and should have been explained, and I'd have expected a writer of Hamilton's caliber to address it, somehow. <br />In the "Cape and Cowl Comments" letter column, it was interesting to hear the reader's comment about the coincidence that Superman's and Batman's mothers were both named Martha. The reply that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were married to Marthas suggests that the editors at DC didn't really regard this as a very big deal. I liked your comment wondering if Zack Snyder had read this letter.<br />Halk-Karhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086839075464653445noreply@blogger.com