{"id":1794,"date":"2011-12-07T08:52:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T13:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T22:29:00","slug":"silver-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/?p=1794","title":{"rendered":"Silver Age Comic Book Sillyness: Watch the skies!"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Robert Gillis
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What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE<\/a><\/span><\/em>
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Slow news day so I thought we\u2019d have some more fun with some gems from the Silver Age of comic books.<\/p>\n

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From the cover of Batman #101 (August, 1956): Whoosh! Batman\u2019s cape and cowl have blown off his head! Robin yells that that particular cape, \u201c\u2026contains a clue to your secret identity!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hey Robin, you know what ELSE contains a clue to Batman\u2019s secret identity? THE FACT THAT BRUCE WAYNE IS STANDING ON A ROOFTOP IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WEARING A BATMAN COSTUME!<\/p>\n

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From the same issue and story, the cowl and cape is later found by Clark Kent.  Proving he still doesn’t understand the whole “secret identity” thing, Robin blurts out, “SUPERMAN” as Batman says, “Clark Kent!”  Way to go there, boy wonder.  I mean, if Batman and Robin are on the street in DAYLIGHT certainly they’d attract attention, and Robin is standing there doing the, “HEY EVERYONE!  THIS IS CLARK KENT, HE IS REALLY SUPERMAN!” shout-out.    Hey Robin, why don’t you just frigging sky write it?  That way people in Metropolis can see it!<\/p>\n

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Speaking of things in the sky…<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s an interesting sequence from Lois Lane #73 (1967). Clark Kent has been possessed by an alien and doesn\u2019t know he is Superman. Jimmy Olsen, expert pilot, is attempting to land on the roof of the Daily Planet (which seems impossible given that the Daily Planet globe covers nearly the entire small roof and there’s no obvious helicopter landing zone in sight) but anyway, the controls freeze, Jimmy loses control of the helicopter and crashes it THROUGH THE BUILDING into the newsroom.<\/p>\n

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\nONE PANEL LATER, \u201cAfter Jimmy is taken to the hospital and the debris is cleared away\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n