Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Time Heels All Red Kryptonite!!

As promised yesterday,we have the solution to the riddle of this cover:

Red kryptonite has created one vulnerable spot on Superman's body. So he encases his hand in a steel box, and holds a press conference to tell the public what's going on.

But a gang of crooks figure that Superman is bluffing, and is just using the box to distract attention from his real vulnerable spot!

And so:


Well, they don't give up, and they spend the rest of the day shooting poison arrows at various body parts!

No success--which means:

Our bad guy creates a Kobayashi Maru for Kal-El, so he has to take off the box. And son enough:



Well, that's it, kiddies.

Oh, come on--it's the Silver Age--Kal-El is alive, and has a lot of exposition to dump!



D'oh!!

Kudos to commenter George Chambers for realizing the depth of DC's commitment to "irony."

From Superman #185 (1966)

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