A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE: Thanks to 1966 Batmania!
Golden Age artist Wayne Boring — born June 5, 1905 — is so identified with Superman that every birthday salute we’ve ever done has featured the Man of Steel.
But he also made a notable, if obscure, mark on the Caped Crusader at the height of 1966’s Batmania: He pencilled two of the six minicomics that were Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts premiums:
The comics, which came folded in boxes of the sweet treats, are favorites among collectors, and Boring’s two included The Mad Hatter’s Hat Crimes and The Case of Batman II. The latter is definitely an adaptation of a regular comic-book story and the former may be, as well.
I could only find one complete Boring story online, and that was on Steven Thompson’s blog, Booksteve’s Library.
Dig this:
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MORE
— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite WAYNE BORING SUPERMAN Splash Pages. Click here.
— 13 COVERS: A WAYNE BORING Birthday Celebration (2023). Click here.
