OddHat Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Here it is. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I still get a kick out of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip pretty neat... though I wonder at the sanity of putting a newborn in a rocketship really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip pretty neat... though I wonder at the sanity of putting a newborn in a rocketship really... When it's a choice between certain death and almost certain death? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip When it's a choice between certain death and almost certain death? Ok, good point. Tiny Chance vs No Chance. I can go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip Maybe it's just nostalgia' date=' but I still get a kick out of this.[/quote']Great stuff, OH. Thanks for posting that. I'm really tempted to buy the bound books with these strips. Just out of curiosity, did you use these strips for your Wold Newton build of Superman? They seem to give pretty good data on his early abilities. Bouncing bullets off his chest, leaping over 20-story buildings or up to 1/8 mile (660 feet = 100.6 game inches), outrunning an express train (probably about 80 - 90 MPH, maybe a bit less, based on how fast modern Amtrak trains go on better tracks). He already had super hearing and telescopic vision, although I disn't see evidence of X-Ray vision yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted February 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip Just out of curiosity, did you use these strips for your Wold Newton build of Superman? They seem to give pretty good data on his early abilities. Bouncing bullets off his chest, leaping over 20-story buildings or up to 1/8 mile (660 feet = 100.6 game inches), outrunning an express train (probably about 80 - 90 MPH, maybe a bit less, based on how fast modern Amtrak trains go on better tracks). He already had super hearing and telescopic vision, although I disn't see evidence of X-Ray vision yet. Yup. My 1927 Superman (already posted) is built with Hugo Danner as a base; this 1934 version adds some enhanced senses and speed. He gains X-Ray vision and true flight around 1940 (I'll have to check). These stories are very simple, but there's still an appeal to them. The connection to Pulp style storytelling really shows through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip outrunning an express train (probably about 80 - 90 MPH' date=' maybe a bit less, based on how fast modern Amtrak trains go on better tracks). [/quote'] The record for a steam engine was 126 mph. It was established in the UK in 1938, during a brake test. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard The 80-90 mph figure is OK, but my early Superman homages are based on the 126 number. Incidentally, I've got the bound volumes of the daily strips. They're a good read. The real Golden Age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip Not meaning to hijack the thread but, as we are talking about the early "Superman", I thought that I would recommend a book to the people here. "Men Of Tomorrow" by Gerard Jones subtitled "Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book" (William Heinemann, 2004). About the early days of super hero comics and in particular about the way that Siegel and Schuster were treated (or mistreated !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip My attempt to build the 1938 Superman on 250 points. http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptionscomic/superman.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted February 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip My attempt to build the 1938 Superman on 250 points. http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptionscomic/superman.html Very good take on the character. This is my own tribute, from my Wold Newton campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip Here it is. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I still get a kick out of this. It's fun to re-read this type of stuff. There is a modern perception of Golden Age art being primative. These strips do a pretty good job of showing that Joe Shuster was actually a very good illustrator. A lot of his later work was rushed and looked it - but when he had the time he could do great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip Mom: "So how come you only made it large enough for the baby?" Dad: [Gets a puzzled look on his face] "Doh!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted February 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip From another thread, what if Jor El and Lara had made the trip: Road to Earth, Day One: Lara: “What do you mean there’s no bathroom!?!” Jor-El: “It’s the Silver Age! We don’t need bathrooms!” Lara: “What!?!” Day Three: Jor-El: “Strange…radiation…feeling…such…pain…” Lara: “Just use the specimen bags.” Day Two Hundred and Seventy Three: Jor-El: “I spy with my little eye…” Lara: “I should never have married you.” Day four hundred and sixty five: Lara: “A planet! A living world! We’re saved!” Jor-El: “As my calculations predicted! And they said I was mad! Mad!” Lara: “Where are the landing controls?!?” Jor-El: “No need for any of that. Yellow Sun radiation has made us invulnerable, and the ship as well!” Lara: “MY BAYBY!” (Crash) Martha Kent: “John, what was that?” John Kent: “What was what?” (Blast wave hits. Debris blots out the sun. The new ice age has begun.) Phantom Zone: Zod: “Ha Ha!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip Excellent. It's interesting to note that the early Superman didn't get his powers from the gravity difference between Earth and Krypton, but from being 'evolutionarily advanced'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip It's cool seeing some of the original stuff, makes it interesting to see how the character has evolved over the years. As a side note, seeing how Supes was trying to get info from that guy made me think of that web site with the old covers of the comic showing Superman being a dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip It's cool seeing some of the original stuff' date=' makes it interesting to see how the character has evolved over the years.[/quote'] The most relevant part of it is that the original version of the character is actually playable! As a side note, seeing how Supes was trying to get info from that guy made me think of that web site with the old covers of the comic showing Superman being a dick. I love that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jogger Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: The original 1934 Superman Strip What if Jor-El was wrong? Lara: "Dear, the earthquake have stopped." Jor-El: "Impossible, my calculations! The counsel couldn't be right!" Lara: "The ENTIRE counsel said you were wrong, and you just sent our baby into space?!?" Jor-El: "But, but the earthqaukes." Lara: "There aren't any earthquakes NOW. Look, it's peaceful and calm. Our planet certainly isn't break up into fragments!" Jor-El: "But... I was wrong?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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