"Black Cat Un-Masked!"

My sentiments, exactly.

Art by Lee Elias, 1950, and

Reblogged from fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/

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"Superman Meets Susie"

Lois Lane's little niece appeared in several Superman stories. This one evidently introduced her.

ACTION COMICS #68, January 1944.
Cover by Wayne Boring, Ira Yarbrough and George Roussos. Interior art by Ira Yarbrough and George Roussos. Written by Don Cameron.

From the Wayne Boring group on facebook.

It was a recurring thing in the comics that Superman would say that he needed to teach Lois Lane a lesson. To me, this seems slightly odd. 

Lois Lame teaches Susie a lesson, which is somewhat more understandable, as she is a little girl.

Susie Thompkins at Supermanica:
supermanica.superman.nu/index.php/Susie_Tompkins



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Phantom Serial Poster

A poster for the serial.

Jeanne Bates is billed as "Barbara Bates" here.



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THE PHANTOM - Jeanne Bates Letter

Photo of Jeanne Bates with Tom Tyler and Frank Shannon in costume for the serial, together with a letter from Jeanne Bates. From "Captain Bijou" on facebook.

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THE PHANTOM ( Serial )

Tom Tyler and Jeanne Bates in the Columbia serial.

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THE PHANTOM

The Phantom and Diana ( Tom Tyler and Jeanne Bates ) in a scene from the serial.

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THE PHANTOM Serial Ad

An ad for the Phantom serial.

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THE PHANTOM ( Serial ) Poster

The Phantom serial was produced in 1943 by Columbia pictures.

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Girl Phantom

There's been more than one story about a "Girl Phantom". This time it's the sister of one of the past Phantoms, filling in for him. Originally published in 1967.

Reblogged from http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/

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"Superman Vs.Atlas"

In a story that predates the Zha-Vam series, Superman again fights Atlas. Or does he?


ACTION COMICS, June 1948. Art by Wayne Boring.

This "Atlas" turns out to be a fake. Actually there is a rational explanation for the feats of Atlas in this story - they're accomplished by technological devices - so to that extent it can be said to be "scientifically accurate".*  

*Superman's powers belong to the realm of fantasy, but so do the abilities of anthropomorphic ducks in comics to talk and do a number of other things. No work of fantasy involving elements of the impossible can be completely accurate according to the laws of science, despite claims to the contrary.


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