Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Gallery of Superboy comic covers
I have a handful of DC comics from the 1960s. They are very strange and wonderful. They're not really about crime fighting; they are surreal absurdist masterpieces. This gallery of covers from old Superboy comics has some great examples. Look at issue #87 -- "Superbaby in The Thought Monster of Krypton." The villain is a dinosaur like creature whose every thought is displayed on an organic TV screen mounted on its head. Superbaby comments: "Funny animal! Its head look like TV screen. Him thinking him want to eat me. But me not afraid! Me play with him!" I'd take a stack of Superboys over Lost, any day. Link (via Exclamation Mark)
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