Adventure Comics 267

[knight_moves]

Geez, what is this, the Marvel Universe?





Okay, I know this is going to go south on him, but it'll have to be something a reasonable person would be able to see coming, right, and not some obscenely improbable coincidence?



Not his dog. NOT HIS DOG!





They're headed for a planet dedicated to venerating Superboy, which turns out to be a trap!



Okay, who would've guessed that Manchester Black's whole shtick is just a pale reflection of what Saturn Girl pulled on him? She made his parents say they wished they could send him back to the orphanage! That girl is sick, man, wrong!

Fortunately, a disaster occurs which threatens the lives of the Legion of Superheroes. Clark, now freed, saves them.



I noticed no one actually apologized for their little adventure in profiling. Especially not Saturn Girl. Do you think someone is capable of doing those things without getting a sick kick out of them? Oh, sure, I bet it was all in the line of duty for that little sadist.

Comments

[knight_moves]

I mean, I make fun of how this would play if it were happening to real people, but as a fairy tale for ten-year-olds, it's a great vicarious little thrill ride. Like a bite-size, age-appropriate Grey's Anatomy.

[tcampbell1000]

Oh, agreed. It did get formulaic in Weisinger's day, but it's a formula that really worked.