Superman Promises Cake But It's A Lie 

Favourite cake go!

So Superman was kissing another woman and Lois did not spontaneously developed long-range time-travelling Superman-tracking vision to generate a 'But Lois, I can explain...' style farce? Missed opportunity. With a bit more planning, Lois could have been Mrs. Kono, just to make Supes jealous.

I love Clark's face while Raja is crying, he looks so done with her shit lol

I really enjoy the enthusiasm that Sasha puts in to reviewing these weird tales dredged up from the depths of the DC Universe. This channel has given me a new perspective on the Silver Age and its wonky treasures.

To be fair, whenever cake is promised, it usually is a lie..

The 'sobbing Rija" voice deserves an Oscar. Live long and prosper.

"You can only have cake, not the whole bakery" cracked me up.

I love that you cover "Letters to the Editor." It is a fantastic time capsule!

Those fan letters were more entertaining than the main story😂

There is a bit of fridge horror where Kond may have only forgiven her because his new Superman body was affected by the Siren effect.

I have not looked at the Curt Swan / Murphy Anderson era of superman for a long long time. I’m really impressed at how the figures have a three-dimensional weight. And the storytelling/camera angles are really good.

You almost did get "Clark Kent Newscaster" that very same year. Earlier in 1971 ( Superman 233-237) was the 'Sand Superman' storyline, where Superman's duplicate the The Quarmer (who was made out of sand) steals his powers, leaving Clark feeling like a failure and the public turning on him ( leading to the infamous cover where he says " I'm through with you ingrates.") It looks like he'll just be Clark Kent newscaster, when Diana Prince (who was going through her own depowered period at the time) shows up to give him some hope.

The story itself is bland but the art work (especially the cover) is fantastic. Hope you cover more bronze age Superman stories. Nice Goku shirt.

I love those old letter because it really shows that fans never change no matter the time. We’re the same over the decades

"Kond! KOOOOOOONNNNNDDDD!!!" Also, am I the only one that wants Sasha to start a career as a voice actor?

Danny Ketch Retrospective 👀👀

A cover homage by the same artist definitely counts as a homage! I feel like Kevin Maguire could wallpaper his house with all the homages he has done of his own Justice League #1 cover.

OK. OK. OK. Got to stop it at 5:29 to say, by far the best read along I've seen you do.

I hope you cover the Cary Bates JLA/JSA 'Crisis' story he wrote where the main villain is . . . Cary Bates! This was my 1st introduction into that type of meta-fiction, before I discovered Kurt Vonnegut. He even gives himself a cape and costume, but no mask and keeps his glasses!! Also, I REALLY wanted to see what that Dragonball Z tee-shirt looked like, Thanks for showing it at the end!!

These stories were obviously written for younger readers which signified the times. This was my favorite era and back for my taste. I grew up with Curt Swan as my Superman artist and consider him to be the standard.

So the mysterious cover lady isn’t ambush bug in a wig?

A favorite story of mine. The comparisons to Trek make sense. (You could also compare it to the Forbidden Planet and its Monster of the Id.) Bonus points for bringing in images of the lovely Diana Muldaur.

You missed the Diana Muldaur connection back to DC. She was the voice of Dr. Leslie Thompkins on Batman TAS. Full circle.

Glados: "You Will Be Baked, And Then There Will Be Cake"

Every video, I wonder how Sasha will shoe-horn in a Hal Jordan reference and this one did not disappoint!

Love your videos. Always wondered about this issue of Superman. It invariably comes up every time Neal Adams covers come up in discussions.

6:03 one simple trick to get around your no killing policy! Batmans hate him!

That cover was more ... pancake than cake.

I had this story in a digest. It didn't reproduce the cover, but this video was a trip back to my childhood.

Sasha really went for it in the emotional reading

I love that Star Trek completely diverted the video for a good solid minute, then pops back in a few times for good measure. 😆🖖🏾

I haven't read comics in 35 years but I love your channel and frequently have read issues you talk about. 😅

I count this in a bubble, a misadventure in the life of Superman as he is passing through. He was drained by never ending turmoil's a love spat gave him a moment of clarity; with a major reward a few false quick fixes that won't last on Earth. The metaphor on cakes and bakery is cool.

“Everything you think you know about the cake in this issue is a lie.”

There is no kryptonite more powerful than cheesecake.

"Monsters on the planet are manifestations of Rija's mind." Sounds like the movie Forbidden Planet from 1956.

Portal references, they're never untimely.

Superman going full GlaDos is something not on my 2023 Bingo card...

And she knows Star Trek TOS off the top of her head. I am nominating Sasha for Queen of Nerds. I assume there will be no objections?

@6minutes30seconds. And the Oscar goes to…. Seriously, that was some good acting! Good stuff. Keep it up!

Susan Bregman had a good point. We could have gotten a lot more back story on these two characters of pure intellect, but not in 12 pages, It would have had to be a full-length issue or a two-parter. And I liked the World of Krypton series, they had some interesting stories. Also, it seems kind of retro that beings of "pure intellect" hadn't overcome the problem of emotions. At least in the Star Trek episode, they had a pretty good reason for wanting to make the android bodies.

Was that an actual issue of the Superman comic you had in your hands? The way you were handling it made me gasp! Otherwise, I love your videos!

this actually would be interesting to return to... were they the last two of their race? If so what killed off the rest of them? If not were there others who were more inclined to "evil thoughts"? Great read through on this one.

Raja did a 'sob!' but she didn't do a '...choke!'. Lois will come along and say 'Gasp! Come along girlffriend, I've got to teach you how to cry properly!'. Actually imagine if Lois saw the Two Supermen in that panel. She'd be all 'gasp! They're both so handsome! But...which do I choose???' Did they ever do something like that as a cover? Would have been fun. Thinking of Cary Bates, I recall reading there was an issue of the Flash which revealed the truth behind Barry's Origin. In that the chemicals and the lighting had all been arranged by a group of inter dimensional imps called 'the heavenly helpers'. And that in due course he expressed a desire for everyone to forget about the story. That would make an interesting deep dive...

Funny thing: I remember reading somewhere about this really bizarre comic after Adams classic "Sandman" run that just returned Supes to status quo of ridiculousness. And seeing the beginning...yeah, this is it.

Anytime I find a Curt Swan superman back issue in the cheap box I grab it. Don't think I own this one, hard to believe, especially with that cover. Love late silver to early bronze age Superman stories. Such a great mix of trippy cosmic stories and bits of drama.

I've listened to casually comics to the point where whenever I come across cheesy dialogue, I hear your voice.

I wish comics would still publish letters to the editor imagine the responses to the BatCat wedding or the Ric Grayson arc

I bought that Goku t-shirt with an outfit. Then, my son wanted one. It turns out that he wanted it as a pajama top to compliment his Goku (symbols) sleep pants. We would later add house shoes, and he wears all of this as much as he possibly can.

Speaking of romance, have you ever read any of DCs "romance" comics from the 1970s? The ones from 74-77 atleast (I've got a sister and would read ANYTHING in comic form) were over the top. You might not fall in love, but the laughter and disbelief (and maybe interest) are guaranteed.

This is one of the first Superman comics I read as a child. My parents mostly bought me DC comics, hence my lifetime love for the Legion of Super-heroes :-). I didn't see all of class Star Trek until it went into syndication later in the 70s, so I didn't remember similarity to "Return to Tomorrow". Would you look at doing a video about Superman story where he finds a survivor of a lost humanoid race dating back to the time of the dinosaurs?

The Cover is ok I guess, the story is pretty generic but I think Rija and Kond have potential for a more interesting story involving time traveling super intelligence that take humanoid form. I feel like there are interesting things you could do with space Syrin married to a clone of Superman. I don't know what that story could be but I would like to see someone tackle it. I usually love the weird and silly things form the Golden and Silver age of comics and enjoy seeing them reinterpreted or reintegrated into modern comics, provided that they don't completely ignore the original characterization. But I don't know I sometimes feel bad for the hundreds of characters who have been forgotten. Especially since in the dc universe forgotten characters become stuck in Limbo becoming shallow husks of who they used to be, which is a story I think has potential for a cosmic existential horror comic about fictional characters struggling with the fragility of their existence when it is tied directly to their popularity in a dimension (our dimension) they have no hope of truly understanding. Basically, I Imagine it being Six Characters in search of an Author if it was written by HP Lovecraft.

Your dramatic reading voice of Rija is really good! 👍

Only the great Curt Swan could masterfully draw the classic bizarre Superman stories, like this one for example. It's pretty crazy to think that this guy literaly spent almost 40 years drawing the man of steel, from the late Golden Age in 1948, through the wacky era of the Comic Code Authority, and ending with the final farewell to the Silver Age with the masterful "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?". What a life

Yeah they definitely lifted this from that Star Trek episode and probably a little from that Leslie Nielsen movie Forbidden Planet with the energy monster. P.S. I love when you read the letters about the comic book stories you cover.

So Spring Valley NY is about five minutes from a relative of mine. I'm going to have to have him go see if this Susan Bregman "broad" still lives there and give her a piece of my mind. World of Krypton rocked!

That cover. That Cover! That COVER! That cover and Batgirl panels from the back of Detective penciled by Gil Kane and inked by Murphy Anderson were early deposits in College Boy's spank bank.

11:20 fantastic! I spent the whole episode wishing i could see your Dragon Ball shirt.

I remember that cover making a Sexciest Cover List in the bygone area of Comic Book Magazine like Hero, Wizard or Comics Scene.

Mark Millar interviewed Cary Bates on his RU-vid channel. It's a good watch

Of course Cary Bates wrote this.

I want a regular Superman toon with Sasha doing all the voices!

Love your Star Trek creds. :)

I would give it a read. I liked the Star Trek episode with Diane Mulder and would like to see how closely the Superman story is to the episode. I would not see my first Star Trek episode until I was about 5 or 6 in 1974 or '75 when Star Trek the Animated Series was first shown. I was glad to see the live action show when I was a bit older. I didn't read a Superman comic until 1977 when I received 3 comic books at a Christmas party at school when we used to get gifts for classmates. By the way I love the Super Goku shirt. Dragonball Z was awesome.

When you brought up the Star Trek Season 2 episode "The Gamester's of Triskelion" to compare it to when Superman found those brains in the glass pyramids, I couldn't help but smile. 🙂 Speaking of which, is there a chance you could review more Star Trek comics?

I feel like that's only a slice of cake, not even a whole one. Miles away from a bakery lol.

Honestly if Trollface can return, the cake is a lie is totally valid to bring back.

the cover was also homaged in the poster for the 1976 Burt Reynolds movie Gator, albeit the poses tweaked (they're not kissing, Burt is ironically in a classic Superman arms-akimbo pose, the girl is looking over her shoulder, but the cake-y lower half is exactly this cover). the Gator poster was also homaged in an alternate poster for the italian superhero movie L'Uomo Puma, better know to Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans as The Pumaman (pronounced "Thep-Ew-Maim-An")

This here is exactly why I watch this channel. Love this episode ❤

@4:24 I was thinking of the same episode when you started describing what the brain wanted! Great (nerdy) minds think alike 😆

Interesting. I was reminded of an entirely different Star Trek episode: “By Any Other Name” - S02E22. It's got that whole jealousy thing with the aliens experiencing physical bodies for the first time. Superman takes on the role of Kirk in that he is the guy meant to make the female's true love green with envy.

My guess, in answer to Rick's question about a superbaby, was that they became the Adam and Eve of the planet Daxxam, Mon-El's home planet. Since Kryp and Ton were the Adam and Eve of Superman's home planet, as revealed in one of the World of Krypton stories.

I don't so much care about the comic, but I was pointing my finger at the screen yelling "That's a Star Trek episode!" about a minute before you got there!

Everytime I see those letters to the editor, I am reminded that the comic book fanbase has always been as crazy as it is now. I mean that in the nicest of ways. I am included in that myself, of course. Seriously though, some of them read like posts on reddit.

*Sasha: **_"It didn't go where I was expecting."_* So to speak...😉

i can imagine the modern version of that cover with Superman having both hands on some thicc cake but the face isn't his (probably Jimmy or Myx)

Thanks for the fun reading. I love how you really sold the melodrama of Rija's sobbing. I definitely feel it was a good slice of life adventure that the creative team at the time was using to gauge interest. Would a race of alien brains sell comics on huge amounts of romance over action? Hmm...

I've got to admit there was plenty of cheese with that cake.

I had a great t-shirt reproduction of this cover. Loved it.

Really loving the bronze and silver age delve how about some of the flash 70s adventures next 😊

Funny you mentioned Return to Tomorrow. The Galactic Journey blog (Hugo Finalist) is doing a Trek rewatch for the 55 anniversary of the original broadcast. This incudes commercials and now we are in summer repeats. Last week's repeat was Return to Tomorrow. I must ask again. Any chance of Casually Trek?

I like this look ( I like the fantastical ones aswell)! Does your kids have as much fun as you with the outfits? Icecream cake!

goddammit these over the top Silver Age comic stories

You always do great voices but that was amazing acting during the crying scene. I genuinely felt uncomfortable.

Urinal Cake, means bathrooms would smell even worse without'em.

Would be fun to see someone draw the flipped perspective of this comic cover

Thanks for media Sasha!

Ok but Stary-eyed Siren is a double initial even if it's not an L (clearly since he went back in time he progressed further down the alphabet.)

Cary Bates also did a WONDERFUL run on Captain Atom in the 1980s-1990s. Glorious. It was somehow, unfairly, escaped becoming the best show on the WB.

I've never seen the spicy cover. I know the story from a Dutch Batman/Superman/Flash compilation issue. Both floating brains in a pyramid took advantage of poor old Suup.

Clark Kent: Newscaster comic FTW!

This is also a pop knowledge channel. One actress makes a career of STAR TREK into the 90's,"The Man With Two Brains"!!! Haven't seen it in yrs but I shall

An Animorphs reference out of nowhere, now this made my day

That guy really made "now draw her giving birth" in the 70s

I find the idea of a potion that can cure "all crime" very funny, or should I say alcomical?

I wonder if any of the people who wrote the letters you read ever watch your channel and get a chance to see someone reacting to them years later.

So Superman is the mind controlled, rebound side d!ck to a problematic, toxic, telepathic, body stealing siren?😂 They managed to write an issue in which three characters were violated concurrently. Whew

I had thought that the comic was a light-hearted reaction to an article Isaac Asimov wrote explaining why Superman's flight power didn't make sense... but I've since read that it was instead his disavowal of a fake quote about Superman going faster than light was the inspiration. Superman 355 seems like the sort of quirky issue you tend to cover!

The thumbnail is amazing

This one was new to me, but I do like the story. It appeals to me. And I see it's another one with a duplicate Superman, maybe that can be another plot review, how many stories involved another Superman?. I remember a story with Superman X (an android).😊