Where the hell to start with this story?
Superboy has been sent on a sort of super-scavenger hunt by a dying hunter who has threatened to blow up
Smallville, so following the clues he ends up...
Well, see now, that is
completely false,
Kal-El.
The etymology of the words "news" is fairly well known, and has nothing to do with compass directions. What are they teaching you at
Smallville High?
Anyway, on the island:
Wait--that's
not how it works, goofball!! Heating up the egg with super-vision doesn't make the embryo grow days more quickly!! Seriously,
Clark Kent, what are your grades in biology?
Awwwwwwww....
But...
HOLD ON!!
TIME OUT!!!!!!
A
flying penguin? A flying
baby penguin?
Any bird flying
just after hatching?!?!?
Well, I would accuse this story of being aggressively anti-facts, but I guess seeing is believing:
Fly, baby penguin,
fly!!
And then...
Look, I have no problem with making up fictional places for a comic book story. But really--a city "
where everybody earns his living by making clocks"?? I doubt that's even economically feasible!
"Honey, let's go out to eat!" "Sorry, there are no restaurants--everyone here makes clocks, nothing else!"
No one collects garbage? No police, no medical care, no grocery stores?
OK, I'm being a
jerk on this one. But still...
No street cleaners? No newspaper? No schools?
Still, it makes more sense than flying baby penguins...
From Superboy #93 (1961)
This was one of those "How many mistakes can you find" challenge stories like "The Night of March 31," wasn't it? I mean, it had to be, right?
ReplyDeleteIt would seem obvious that this story had the facts 'cleaned up' by editorial prior to publishing, otherwise they'd have to have used the title "SUPERBOY-PENGUIN ABORTIONIST!"
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