Article #32
Just
in time for Halloween, THE WORST DISGUISE IN HISTORY!
(Or, Superman’s
Secret Power – YOU WON’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES!!!!!)
Just in
time for the second scariest night of the year (the scariest being Christmas – I
swear those elves are out to get me!) comes an excerpt from the Superman comic
strip dailies! Once you see this short
little strip, you will gain a newfound appreciation for the Man of Steel, as
well as discover a hereto unknown power that Superman possessed! My words cannot do justice to this awesome
bit of insight, so we present to you a Prince and Pauper interlude (remember
that fairy tale?) in the Man of Tomorrow’s life!
Incredible! Superman could actually twist and change the
features of his face to look like anyone else in the world – PROVIDED they look
exactly like his alter ego Clark Kent!!!
Just think, Superman could be anywhere, keeping an eye on you and your
movements! That guy on the subway
platform with a suit and tie, glasses, spit curl and square jaw could be the
Man of Steel! Or the butcher who also
wears a suit and tie, glasses, spit curl when he serves you. Or that lady pushing the baby carriage with the
square jaw, suit and tie and spit curl!
Heck, maybe it’s that suspicious baby with the front curl and
glasses! Egads, Superman is
everywhere!!!
Okay,
now I’m feeling paranoid. I’m going to
curl up under the covers in my lead lined room now. Until next time…
(PS: In
all seriousness, this was just an example of how Siegel and Shuster liked to
evoke the pulp mythology in Superman.
Doc Savage was the Man of Bronze, Superman was the Man of Steel. Another pulp character the Avenger was an
Albino with the uncanny ability to mold his face into any other face he wanted,
sort of like having a face made of plasticine.
One drawback was that when the Avenger was punched, well, you could
image what pounding plasticine does.)
Image within the Image Moment
Yes,
Halloween is fast approaching, and keeping with the theme we present an example
of what not to wear from Archie #45 (unless you want to completely flipyou’re
your parents, then go nuts)…
You
know, there’s a moral to this story.
It’s kind of a funny commentary on our society that girls can be
permitted to wear men’s clothing, many folks even consider it sexy – and yet a
man wearing women’s clothes is just disturbing or a tool of comedy. Go figure, but it’s true. Then again, maybe times were different when
this issue was published, as Grandpa Simpson once stated in Season 4 of the
Simpsons “I did wear dresses for a period in the (19)40s. Oh, they had designers then!”
Happy
Halloween!