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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