Ok, let me start by saying I love the concept of Mr. & Mrs. Superman. An older wiser Superman fighting crime with the help of his wife, how can you not love it? Stupid Crisis on Infinite Earths. Yes, thirty years later I'm still bitter about it.
Our story begins with Editor of the Daily Star, Clark Kent demonstrating his power of super-obviousness.
But how can this be, the original Flying Tiger was just Superman in disguise. There used to be a lot of disguises in comics. I miss that.
Being a middle-aged man like myself Clark does what we do when we're confused. You consult your wife.
Yep, you read that right. Superman fears he might have sleepflown. Also when is the last time you properly used "ironical" in a sentence.
It turns out that Superman's worries about sleep flying were misplaced because the Flying Tiger is committing a robbery right now.
Dunh, dun, dunnnn. No face at all.
Superman demonstrates super-logic. Since he has no face I won't waste time trying to punch him in the head.
However in the battle Superman uses his super-observation to crack the case open.
Yep Funny Face, Lois and Clark how about a little super-exposition to bring the readers up to speed on this Golden Age villain.
A word about Funny Face. He was a failed cartoonist who also happened to by a super genius capable of creation a machine that brought cartoons to life. He wears a bizarre mask that in typical comics style reflects his emotions. After their first meeting Superman smashed his machine and in typical one-shot villain style Funny Face declared that he had created it by accident and would never be able to duplicate it.
Mr. and Mrs. Superman come up with a plan. Lois would revive her role as Kitty, Flying Tiger's girl assistant. Flying Tiger will break her out of jail and take her to Funny Face's hideout. There used to be a lot of hideouts in comics. I miss that.
The Daily Star's headline reads "Tiger's Cub Caged" which makes me think that they use the same headline writer as the New York Post. Also I hope the publisher of the paper doesn't mind Clark's use of fake headlines for his own reasons.
Lois plays her part perfectly setting a trap for the faux Flying Tiger.
I love that the cops have orders not to stop him --yet. The guy just tossed Superman around, what are you going to do?
The kryptonite takes down Flying Tiger while Supes hides behind a conveniently placed lead wall. Somehow Funny Face has a hidden camera in the police headquarters and saw the whole thing, so he decides to take his revenge on Kitty. FF converts Kitty to a cartoon character and smashes his machine. Luckily Superman memorized the design earlier.
The machine doesn't work, Ha, Ha, Ha! Superman rebuilt the machine but forgot to plug it in.
Wow, way to hit a guy when he's down Superman. No life? Really.
And that's that. As I said, I love the concept, I love the execution, I love the plain silliness of this.
Next time. More Superman Family with Jimmy Olsen of the Eagle.
Ooh! These comics were amazing. I used to buy it every now and then with my parents. Now days, the trend has changed a bit. Kids prefer watching online series than reading comic books. I will try to make my kids read it. In fact, even I don’t take them seriously and loving the shows by Andy Yeatman online.
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