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Comic book odd: Superman, you’ve got a point there

How amazing is this?

How many of us have joked that it seemed unlikely that Lois Lane – not to mention Lex Luthor and everybody else in the world – wouldn’t recognize Superman just because he wore a pair of glasses as Clark Kent?

I vaguely remember a Superman comic that explained that Superman’s super-vision, when filtered through Clark’s glasses – produced a kind of Super-hypnosis that made everyone see Clark as a little old man.

Yeah, I didn’t believe that one, even as a kid.

But I had no idea that DC addressed the problem – and even early on, in February 1966 with “Lois Lane” 63.

I don’t know if the story inside is the Super-hypnosis one I’m thinking of.

Wonderful cover. And what an attitude Supes has.

Comic book odd: Super cousins, super made for each other?

Back with our occasional look at odd moments in comic books.

It’s easy to forget how crazy much of DC’s Silver Age was. Batman was fighting space monsters, Lois Lane was scheming to discover Superman’s identity – and marry him – and Superman was constantly falling in love with mermaids and the like.

Or getting fixed up, like in Action Comics 289, which came out in June 1962.

In a plot that could be adapted as a Kate Hudson romantic comedy, Supergirl, worried about her cousin Superman’s loneliness, keeps trying to fix him up. Potential mates include Helen of Troy and members of the far-future Legion of Superheroes.

Ultimately, Supergirl finds a perfect match for her cousin. And what the hey – she looks just like a slightly-older Supergirl!

Some feverish dreaming going on there, among fans and in the DC editorial offices.

Comic book odd: ‘Robin, what have I done to you?’

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This odd comic book moment has been bouncing around the Internet for a while now.

It still makes me laugh.