House of Mystery No. 167

Hi! I really like the Showcase Presents _________ books. They have around 500 pages of comics, and they only cost $16.99! (Yes, I know there was a typo in my earlier post about Showcase Presents.)The only drawback is that they're only in black and white. Usually, this isn't much of a problem, but sometimes... (Click on the picture for a better view.)

Evan
P.S. To see the full-color cover of House of Mystery No. 167, clickhere.

Adventure Comics No. 240: "The Super-Teacher From Krypton!" (September 1957)

Hi! Today, I'm going to talk about Adventure Comics No. 240: "The Super-Teacher From Krypton!" (September 1957). It's a little silly, but it has good art, and the plot is OK.
The story opens with the students of Smallville starting a week-long vacation. (I think it's pretty appropriate to talk about this comicbook so close to spring break.) Clark Kent hurries to Pa Kent's general store to help out, but on the way to the store, he sees something like a missile with his telescopic vision.
He changes to Superboy, and flies up to meet whatever the missile-like thing is, and it is revealed that it is a robot from Krypton that's been searching for Superboy "all over the universe", and the robot's origin is told. (Click on the pages for a better view.)


Superboy complete the tests, and tries to do the others, but he doesn't do them very well, as if he did do them well, he would endanger people. Then comes the second-to-last-test on ingenuity. He has to do super feats in Smallville like he usually would, but here's the catch: He has to do them as Clark Kent. When he does them (pushing over a chimney, holding up and moving two statues, and lifting up a tree), he admits that he, Clark Kent, is Superboy. Fortunately, Ma and Pa Kent pretend they didn't know anything about it.
Thankfully, Clark makes a Superboy costume out of a wire frame, and attaches four long, strong wires. He then hurls it at superspeed towards the teacher robot, who had been flying overhead, watching Clark, and it (the costume) slips onto the robot. People see the wires attached to "Superboy" flying overhead, and assume that Superboy really did the feats instead of weak, meek Clark Kent. Clark says that it was a hoax he had done to prove Lana Lang wrong about her suspicions that Clark Kent was Superboy, and Lana, naturally, is embarrassed.
"Moments later",

So, as you saw, it's a little silly, but nonetheless an okay story. You can read the full version here. Bye!

Well...

Hi! Today, I'd like to show you this Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee comic strip from February 27th. Here it is: (Click on it for a larger view.)

I partly agree with Edison. (The guy in the lab coat.) While Stan Lee did take a lot of the really good superhero ideas, he didn't take ALL of them.
Exhibit A in the case against Stan Lee:

On the other hand, Mr. Lee did have some great ideas.

Not to mention Thor, the Hulk, the Avengers, Spider-Man (notice the hyphen), Dr. Strange, Hank Pym, S.H.I.E.L.D. (I think), and the X-Men.
But he didn't come up with the best idea. I think you all know what I'm talking about.

Top 10 Superman Adventures

Hi! Today, I'm going to tell you my 10 favorite Superman comicbooks, including a tiny summary.
10. Number ten is Superman No. 227, an 80-Page giant containing kryptonite stories.
9. Number nine is Action Comics No. 1. I think we all know what happens in that. (You can read it here.)
8. Eight is Action Comics No. 211 "The Superman Spectaculars!", where Superman preforms super-feats in five different countries for the five international editions of the Daily Planet.
7. Seven is Action Comics No. 429 "The Man Who Wrote Superman's Obituary!", when the man working in the Daily Planet's morgue writes a biography of Superman.
6. Six is Action Comics No. 436 "The Super-Cigars of Perry White!", where Perry White suddenly gains super-powers.
5. Five is Superman No. 141 "Superman's Return to Krypton!" (You can read it here.)
Superman No. 162 "The Amazing Story of Superman Red and Superman Blue!" (You can read it here.)
Superman Annual No. 9 "I flew with Superman!"
4. Four is Adventure Comics No. 352, 353, 365, and 366, the first and second appearances of the Fatal Five (Yes, I know that it doesn't have SuperMAN in it but it does have SuperBOY, who are the same person, just with an age difference.)
3. Three is Superman No. 187 "An All-Star Collection Featuring Superman's Inner Sanctum!", which is another 80-Page giant with the Fortress of Solitude.
2. Two is one of those "best of" collections, Superman No. 193 "Featuring SUPER-Stories Published During the Last 28 Years!"
1. And number one is...is...actually, I don't really have a number one. It's undecided. If I could make a Superman comicbook, it would probably be a collection of the best 30 Superman stories made from June 1938 to 2008.
Thanks for reading this! Zbohom!

Snippets: Fantastic Four

Hi! Today, I'm going to show you two snippets; one from Fantastic Four #2, and one from the Marvel Wiki. Here's the snippet from Fantastic Four #2, when the Super-Skrull is demonstrating his powers to the Skrull king (click on it for a larger view):

Pretty normal, right? (Well, normal for comicbooks) But, the snippet from the Marvel Wiki says:
"Over the years, through rigerous training and further mutation, his strength dramatically increased to the point where he could lift roughly 85 tons. He has continued to exercise over the years using special equipment designed by Reed Richards. It is believed his strength has increased further, sufficient to lift at least 90 tons , and will continue to do say as a future version of the Thing states. However, The Thing has shown multiple feats of strength that would require a strength level far in excess of the ability to lift 100 tons such as successfully holding back a giant alien spacecraft from jettisoning from Earth [12] and stopping a multiple story building (weighing roughly 30,000 tons) from falling over and lifting it back into place [13]. "
My question is, why did the people at Marvel want to change it? They probably just decided that he wasn't strong enough, but I could be wrong. Does anybody know? Let me know in the comments. Чао!

A Reading Recommendation

Hi! Today, I'm going to tell you about a cool series of graphic novels. They're pretty old, the main creator died,and they were originally published in England. And they aren't Asterix. They're Tintin. Tintin is a series of graphic novels about a young reporter named Tintin. He lives in England with his dog, Snowy, and his best friend is a retired sea captain named Captain Haddock.
Tintin goes of adventures around the world, and even though his job is referenced a lot, he's only seen writing a story once. There are 24 graphic novels, but the first one is black-and-white, and the 24th is only half-finished. Click to here see all the covers in chronological order.
Despite the downsides, Tintin is really a cool series, and I highly recommend it. So go to your local library right now, and check a Tintin book out! Afscheid!

Fantastic Four #59

Hi again! Today, I'm going to show you an awesome Fantastic Four cover. Not only is the comicbook from my favorite period of Fantatsic Four, (Fantastic Four issues 20-62) it also has a great plot and, as I mentioned, a cover that's...well...fantastic. So, without further ado, let me present the cover of Fantastic Four #59.

The Inhumans break free? They've been trying to do that ever since Fantastic Four #45, a year and four months ago! And this is the issue right after the two issues where Doctor Doom gains the Silver Surfer's powers? What the heck is going to happen inside? The Black Bolt in front of an exploding city in the middle of the Fantastic Four, really catches the eye, especially with Reed Richards reaching out towards you. Also, the 12 cent cover price is a nice addition to an already great cover.
So, as you can see, Fantastic Four #59 is truly an amazing cover. Bye!