tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post2058119500893546518..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Superman #311Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-41711424831020768042023-02-05T14:13:49.209-05:002023-02-05T14:13:49.209-05:00Thanks for the comments!
I am having fun reviewin...Thanks for the comments!<br /><br />I am having fun reviewing this and it gets even nuttier!<br /><br />I do like the focus on his 'no killing code' as a central theme.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-50158360581645354162023-02-03T17:44:21.692-05:002023-02-03T17:44:21.692-05:00Lois had a fan club in the Silver Age, so it makes...Lois had a fan club in the Silver Age, so it makes sense that there'd be backlash among the other superhero love interests. <br /><br />I'm with Maxo though- Iris had way too strong of a reaction there. I'd expect this sort of thing from Jean Loring but not Iris West! And if there was any brunette who could be accused of superhero groupie behavior in the Bronze Age, it's Black Canary. That's just how Denny O'Neil wrote her. Lois is a Supes girl through and through. <br /><br />Marty Pasko did have a tendency to pick fights between superhero love interests, though. He was the one who put Clark and Lana together for a time, and that's why Lois isn't with the Planet in this story. It makes for good drama but I don't know if it really makes for good superhero stories.<br /><br />Oh, and watch it with that 'true believer' stuff, Anj- that's more for Marvelites.Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69436145301277035592023-02-03T14:01:49.749-05:002023-02-03T14:01:49.749-05:00I think I kind of love the fact that Lois is enoug...I think I kind of love the fact that Lois is enough of a celebrity in the Bronze Age Super Verse to have her detractors and haytahs….I wish more had be done alone these lines back then. <br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-63398089524980033862023-02-03T12:49:20.149-05:002023-02-03T12:49:20.149-05:00What a great issue, the kind that made me fall in ...What a great issue, the kind that made me fall in love with Superman in the first place.<br /><br />Yikes, Iris, settle down. You're right, that's a suspiciously strong reaction, and I'd bet Lois would be wondering about that if she had the time. Leave it to Pasko to include intriguing little details: I've never seen Lois referred to as a "super-hero groupie" before, and I love Iris calling Metropolis "Metro." It makes total sense that there'd be slang like that.Maxohttp://www.fireandwaterpodcasts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-57629319476220145572023-02-03T12:43:48.009-05:002023-02-03T12:43:48.009-05:00I never owned this issue, but somehow I read it as...I never owned this issue, but somehow I read it as a kid. Maybe a classmate had it? Or the English teacher had it on the stack of random this game to read? Either way, punching Flash into space is burned in my memory as awesome and terrifying. I'll have to see about reading this 4 parter sometime just for the closure. Thanks Anj!Tim Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930515973080943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-21559118415148938792023-02-03T10:34:00.512-05:002023-02-03T10:34:00.512-05:00I forgot how thickly plotted this four part serial...I forgot how thickly plotted this four part serial was, basically Amalak is continually gaslighting Superman by various means, when he isn’t just plain out to humiliate and kill Kal El. It is such a huge mess properly telegraphed by Pasko, that Supergirl has to fly in next ish and try to sort it all out. “Same Old, Same Old for Supergirl”…:)<br />I won’t go into the details here, but I like how Supergirl holds up against Amalak, she can dish it out and take it is the overall message, much better performance than in Superman #195 where she was plucky but ultimately jobbed and damseled out.<br />Anyway I’d love to see this one in a nice slender TPB, it’ll never happen but it’s nice to think about…<br />JF<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com