More fun and games with comic book covers!
Yesterday we had a lot of fun with the board game cover of AC#360, so let's see what other "interactive" covers we have.
Here's Action Comics #344 from December 1966.
This cover boasts a mystery to solve, with all of the "Bat-Clues" right there on the cover. Superman is having nightmares, and it's up to us to figure out the cause!
Let's give it a good look...there's a crystal man on the cover, doing his best Santa Claus impersonation while a multitude of Supermen are frozen in an infinite array of ice blocks. Going solely by the cover, I'm guessing that an alien subconsciousness has possessed Superman and is attempting to create an army of Supermen to take over the world by manifesting through Superman's dreaming state? Maybe?
So how correct was I? Let's give it a read and find out...
Well, don't I feel stupid now. In reality...and spoilers from here on out for anyone who wants to read the book first...
Superman and Batman are at the Fortress of Solitude, conducting experiments with switching their consciousness' between each other. While Batman is in Superman's body, he causes quite a mess as he's unfamiliar with how to use Superman's excessive power. During his brief time as Superman, Batman blows a lead lid off of a box of Red Kryptonite dust, while also knocking his Rogues Gallery Trading Card set from his own utility belt. It's good to know that Batman takes up valuable utility belt real estate with trading cards to remind him of such important facts like "Catwoman bases crimes on cats!"
Anyways, to cut a long story short, the red kryponite dust allowed the trading card figures to manifest into Superman's dreams to wreak havoc.
Looking back at the cover in hindsight, it's all so obvious now!
Anyways, this issue was another eBay purchase that was one of my earliest mid-60's books. It's got a great Curt Swan infinity cover, with just a hint of that DC purple background! The inside story is drawn by Wayne Boring, who will always be one of my favorite Superman artists. This was during his last regular run on the Superman books, before he was shuffled off. He really gets to let loose here, as there are three dreams sequences that he's allowed to interpret in his signature style. Good stuff!
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