An INSIDE LOOK at the story that featured one of the Bronze Age’s most infamous covers…
TwoMorrows’ Back Issue #153 — available this week at comics shops and through the publisher itself — is the “Big Baby Issue,” chronicling comics with kid heroes and comics for kid readers.
One of the features? A look at 1976’s Action Comics #466, which presented a fairly straightforward adventure but boasted one of the most jarring covers of the era: Neal Adams’ depiction of Lex Luthor beating a child Superman.
Sure it’s Superman, but it just… feels wrong.
Anyway, check out Alissa Marmol-Cernat’s piece on the unlikely return of Superbaby in the ’70s — our EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT from BI #153 — following the ish’s table of contents:
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Back Issue #153 is available at comics shops this week and can also be ordered directly through TwoMorrows. Click here.
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July 23, 2024
Gotta say, I remember this cover very well. Had Morrow used this for their cover I would have definitely purchased this month’s Back Issue. I was fully into Action at that time.
September 30, 2024
Whoa, I never realized I’d made it to the 13th Dimension. Very excited to have come across this!
September 30, 2024
Welcome!