{"id":30,"date":"2008-03-27T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2014-02-09T20:45:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T01:45:41","slug":"silver-age-comics-the-silver-age-superboy-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Silver Age Comics: The Silver Age Superboy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Robert Gillis 4\/2008
What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pa: “Um, Clark, we discovered you in the rocket and raised you from infancy, remember? We know you’re Superboy.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Superboy: “Oh, right!”<\/p>\n

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Clark Kent: “Well, it’s Saturday night, so I’m going into my secret basement and use my mind-prober ray to relive forgotten adventures on Krypton when I was a baby — you know I have total recall but occasional exposures to green Kryptonite have caused certain lapses in that memory so I designed the mind prober ray based on the blueprints my brilliant scientist father Jor-El included in my rocket ship.”<\/p>\n

Ma Kent: “Um, we know that, Clark. So, Lana Lang was hoping you’d ask her to the senior prom. Sure is a pretty girl, that Lana!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Clark: “I have a theory that a forgotten memory will help me analyze that mysterious box I found in the Great Pyramid and reveal that it’s is actually a relic from the planet Blor and holds a mysterious element that will cure Virus-Z!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ma: “I’ll let Lana know you have the sniffles or something.”<\/p>\n

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Lamp starts blinking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Clark: “GASP! The lamp is blinking! That means that Professor Lang, Chief Parker or the President of the United States is looking for Superboy!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pa Kent: “Um, we know that, Clark.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

BUT BEFORE CLARK CAN SWITCH TO HIS DYNAMIC ALTER-EGO, THE KENTS RECEIVE A SURPRISE VISITOR!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lana Lang: “Hi everyone! I thought I’d come by and say hello!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ma Kent: “Well hello Lana dear! We were just talking about you! We understand there’s a nice prom coming up. Clark, wouldn’t it be nice to have a date with Lana… You know, a date? With a girl?”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lana: “Say, you’re lamp is blinking on and off!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pa: “No it isn’t! I mean, that has nothing to do with any secret method of contacting Superboy!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ma: “Yes, lots of lamps blink for no reason! We’re hiding nothing!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lana: “Um, OK. I just thought the bulb might be loose.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Clark: {Gulp, I need to think of a way to excuse myself without arising Lana’s suspicions!} “Choke! Wheeze! AH-choo! Gasp! I think I have… Appendix… Bursting… My ovaries… oh, must’ve been that spaghetti sauce… garlic…. have to get… to… hospital! GAH!”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He bolts from the room. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lana: “That was odd.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pa: “You have no idea.”<\/p>\n

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Some random thoughts on this one, in no particular order.<\/p>\n
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  • Are all Martians green? And evil? I thought J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter was the only living (surviving?) Martian? or something?<\/li>\n
  • Does anyone say “BAH!” anymore? <\/li>\n
  • “It’s different than green kryptonite, you know!” Thanks for the exposition. Because Superboy had NEVER seen Red K up to now.<\/li>\n
  • Red K is UNPREDICTABLE. How did Mean Martian Guy know it would split Clark? Oh, rigggghhhht, the control machine thingy.<\/li>\n
  • Does anyone say “Holy Cow” anymore? If I split into two people my first words would get me fined by the FCC.<\/li>\n
  • “Clark and I are ALIVE<\/u> at the same time!” Dude, you ARE Clark. You ARE Superboy. Neither of you are dead. <\/li>\n
  • Clark and Superboy, first order of business, head right to Lana’s Lang’s house and say, “Hi Lana! Superboy and I want to show you that we’re not the same person, and I’m not his secret identity, so stop being such a pain in the ass about it, ok?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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