Alan Rapp

Adventures of Superman – Mystery of the Broken Statues

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Adventures of Superman - Mystery of the Broken Statues

Superman Sunday takes us back to the 1950s and a strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. More of a Lois (Phyllis Coates) story than a Clark (George Reeves) or Superman story, “Mystery of the Broken Statues” features a classic story of something hidden within a sculpture desperately sought after by criminals. Both Lois and Clark get on to the story separately, but it’s Lois who immediately latches on to it learning pairs of men are visiting various stores and buying up the same cheap ceramic statutes only to smash them.

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Action Comics #1067

Action Comics #1067

Action Comics #1067 offers a tale from Superman‘s past when an investigation into a youth center getting closed down is interrupted by aliens known as the Gorathians. Superman agrees to fight the invaders’ champion, who he successfully defeats, but he’ll have to deal with the fallout next issue. The story works well enough (although I was more interested in the corruption angle before the aliens showed up), but I wasn’t wild on the art of Eddy Barrows for anyone other than Superman which seems to be going for a Neal Adams 70s vibe.

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Spider-Man – The Sting of the Scorpion

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Spider-Man - The Sting of the Scorpion

Spidey Saturday takes us back to the 90s New York City and an animated Wall-Crawler. After being turned down by Felicia Hardy (Jennifer Hale) as boyfriend material, and taking down a group of jewel thieves, Spider-Man (Christopher Daniel Barnes) confronts J. Jonah Jameson (Edward Asner) about the man he hired to follow Peter Parker around which has the opposite effect Spidey was hoping for. Shaken, Jameson takes Mac Gargan (Martin Landau) to the genetics lab at Empire State University where Professor Stillwell (Michael Rye) will use the Neogenic Recombinator and a battle suit to turn Gargan from pushover into the Scorpion.

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