Super-Love MAN OF STEEL, WOMAN OF KLEENEX

You know you've wondered about it...

Normally, we'd post the rest of this fascinating (and scientifically-accurate) four-page article right here, but this version from Penthouse Comix #5 (1995), while illustrated by 1960s-80s primary Superman artist Curt Swan, has nudity, so you'll have to go to our "brother" RetroBlog...

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to read the rest!

It's worth the effort, but don't go there if you're on your office or school computer!

Wait until you get home!

If you're already home...go for it!

Super-Love Redux with SUPERGIRL "Heroine Haters" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...depressed over her Stanhope College classmates finding boyfriends using computer dating, Kara uses the Fortress of Solitude's Super-Computer to find the perfect mate for her.

While it indicates that Volar of the planet Torma is perfect for her, the Girl of Steel's cousin (you-know-who) warns her against unrealistic expectations.

Supergirl travels to Torma and discovers that women there are treated as 2nd-class citizens, and that she's considered an amusing freak!
But will love for the handsome and dynamic Volar, whose respect and admiration for her is far different from any of the other men of Torma, enable her to overcome such blatant prejudice?
BTW, note that Volar looks totally-different on the cover by penciler Curt Swan and inker Murphy Anderson!

Too bad DC never followed-up on the saga of the first transvestite super-heroine.

BTW, why couldn't Volar's genius scientist father synthesize the chemicals needed to utilize the mask?
Just askin'...
Also, since Superman programs his Super-Computer, why didn't he add the information on Volar's disguise to the database?
Or did the computer deliberately leave out that info when responding to Suprgirl's query?
Note: There was a transvestite super-hero in the 1940s...the original Cat-Man!

Written by Cary Bates, penciled by Win Mortimer and inked by Jack Abel, this cover-featured tale from DC's Adventure Comics #384 (1969) would probably have a much different ending if created today!

There are now numerous main and supporting gay and bisexual characters in comics and comics-oriented media, so the idea of two heroines (or heroes) being involved would hardly be shocking to the audience...

Next Week...

Yet More Super-Love!

Will It be a Marvel or DC Character?

Or Somebody from Neither Publisher?

All We Can Tell You is...

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

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Super-Love "The Marriage of ?????? and BatWoman"

Bet when you saw that title, we were going to conclude our July Super-Love features with...

...but, it's not that BatWoman, (Kate Kane), we're going to look at, but the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths version, Kathy Kane...

...and for the record, Kate and GCPD Captain Maggie Sawyer didn't marry!

(Note: we do have a post about the current Batwoman in the works for the future!)

But let's get on with today's story from DC's Batman #122 (1959)...

Written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger, penciled by Sheldon Moldoff, and inked by Ray Burnley, this "it was all a dream" tale from DC's Batman #122 (1959) has been reprinted numerous times, and even adapted into an audio adventure...

Record Album Back Cover

Next Week:

We're Not Exactly Sure What We're Going to Present, But We Can Guarantee...

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

Wedding Bliss & Super-Love ACTION COMICS "Superman Takes a Wife" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...before the Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985, there were two Supermen on parallel worlds, one who began his career just before World War II on "Earth-Two", and one who began his career in the late 1950s on "Earth-One"!

This is the tale of the Earth-Two version, who has just married Lois Lane...

The Mr and Mrs Superman strip, detailing the couple's adventures, ran for several years until Crisis on Infinite Earths merged all the parallel worlds in the DC Universe into one, rebooting the comic publisher's continuity and eliminating various duplicates of characters...except the Earth-Two Superman and Lois, who survived in a "pocket universe"!

But that's a story for another time (and blog)...

And now, we're going "fanboy/fangirl" with a few Easter Eggs...

The Earth-Two Superman's "different" chest insignia was actually used in the 1940s on a promotional painting done to publicize the Adventures of Superman radio show...

...rendered by pulp cover artist H J Ward, whose previous superhero credits included promotional art for the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet radio shows!

Villain Colonel (Edmond H) Future was a tribute to Golden/Silver Age pulp and comic book writer Edmond Hamilton, who, besides introducing a number of characters into the DC Universe, created the pulp sci-fi hero Captain Future...

...whose premiere issue's cover was one of the featured items in Sheldon and Leonard's apartment on The Big Bang Theory!

The robots Superman stopped in Part One of our story were based on the ones seen in the 1940s Fleischer Brothers' Superman cartoon "Mechanical Monsters"...which also showed the very first time Superman changed into costume in a phone booth!

Wow, it felt good getting that out of my system!

Next Week...

More SUPER Love!

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

Wedding Bliss & Super-Love ACTION COMICS "Superman Takes a Wife" Part 1

You may think you know the tale of Clark (Superman) Kent and Lois Lane, but..

...if you're under 50, it's doubtful you know the story of this Clark (Superman) Kent and Lois Lane...

You know how they say "The honeymoon's over"?

Well, it gets a whole new meaning...

TOMORROW

Don't Miss It, Because

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Do!

There are several Easter Eggs in this part of the story, but we're not going "fanboy/fangirl" on you and explain them until tomorrow...with one exception...

For those of you born after 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths, here's a crib sheet explaining a bit more about the Clark and Lois whose tale you've been reading...

(Click on the page to enlarge)

BTW, when this tale was published, the Golden Age original Superman had been appearing for a couple of years in DC's All-Star Comics as an active member of the Justice Society in stories set in the present day (1978)!
And, this Clark was now the editor of the Daily Star...

(Technically, that's not a separate Easter Egg, so there...)

BOY MEETS GIRL "Kind of Man I'd Like to Marry" & "Will You Be a Bride...or an Old Maid?"

You thought Cosmopolitan had a monopoly on these kind of quizzes?

Art by Curt Swan and ?

They were a popular feature of romance comics as well, as these pages from Lev Gleason's Boy Meets Girl #2 (1950) and #20 (1952) show!

And to help you avoid ending up an "old maid", the editors thoughtfully provided...

Next week:

We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

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