Episode #62: Superman & The Freedom Fighters
This time out, we’ll be getting into DC Comics Presents #62. We start this week’s episode with Listener Feedback. (and once again I grovel for more email, comments and I-Tunes Reviews…only a few weeks left to get to my goal of 25 Reviews!) Next, we have a Spotlight on Superman’s Guests, The Freedom Fighters. Then, we delve into our issue, DC Comics Presents #62. Finally, we will take a trip to the Comic Spinner Rack.
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Another fine episode. Of course, how can you go wrong with Uncle Sam? He’s always been a favorite of mine, as, essentially, a living embodiment of the spirit of America. I was born in Philadephia, America’s birthplace, and, although I wasn’t born on the 4th of July, my wife and I were married on the 4th of July.
I like the idea that the schoolboy in the introduction and epilogue to the story was reading this particular comic book. It’s a good “framing” device”, as long as we don’t look too closely at it. (Did he read about himself, reading the comic?)
Although I wouldn’t characterize Superman, here, as “arrogant Superman”, I do think he could have paid more attention to Uncle Sam at the beginning. Of course, Uncle Sam could have been more persistent, too. I wish writer Dan Mishkin had done a better job of explaining the connection between the theft of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence and the disasters Superman was fighting.
Looking at the cover of this issue, I can see why you’re not crazy about the way Superman looks on the cover. Gil Kane had a very distinctive style which worked really well, I think, with Green Lantern, but I don’t think he quite had a handle on Superman.
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