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Happyfarm

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  1. And here are some Danish Raketserier published in 1958 when superheroes were virtually non-existant in Denmark (the Superman title had folded in 1954, and there would be no other superhero titles in Denmark until the mid-60's). As you can see the publisher resized and reformatted the panels inside to fit the smaller, oblong format, often even redrawing parts of the panels. The locally designed covers were also based on redrawn versions swiped from panels inside.
  2. Yes, that was actually the cover used for the first Danish Superman book ever published (in November 1950).
  3. Danish Superman # 14 from 1951 with Batman and Røde Pil (Red Arrow). Super rare. This book includes "Prankster's Second Childhood", one of the infamous stories Fredric Wertham emphasized as especially damaging to kids in 'The Seduction of the Innocent' (1954) because of a panel where one of the Prankster's goons shoots a police officer in the face (with what looks like a harmless water pistol). The Danish Superman comics from 1950-52 are undoubtedly the most difficult Danish superhero comics to find. These early issues are extremely fragile, printed on thin paper with the cover being printed on the same stock as the inside pages. They were printed with red as the only color except for some splash pages (which is why Green Arrow ended up being called Røde Pil/Red Arrow in Danish). They also include the earliest appearances of Batman, Superboy and Green Arrow in Denmark. These issues also had very unique, locally drawn covers, which for the most part were only published in Denmark, though the theory is that they were most likely produced at the publisher's headquarters in Sweden, although this has never been finally documented. Notice how the cover drawing is swiped from a panel inside.
  4. I have this Danish Superman from 1951, which includes "Prankster's Second Childhood", originally published in Superman # 55, a story that apparently horrified Wertham due to one of the goons shooting a police officer in the face (with what looks to be a harmless water pistol) on the first splash page. What makes the Danish edition unique is that (unlike the American) it sports a locally drawn cover based on a panel from the Prankster story.