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Jeff of Earth-J said:
ACTION COMICS #328
"The Ordeals of Dimension Z"
"Superman's" testimony was given by the advance agent in disguise (who used an anti-gravity ring to fly).
It’s a stretch for Supergirl not to see through the advance agent’s rubber Superman mask. Maybe this was another effect of the green and red kryptonite?
Also, the "green" Kryptonite is colored blue in the omnibus for some reason.)
The digital version of this issue also has the green kryptonite blue. Maybe this was to stand out against the green outfit of the alien holding it?
Supergirl soon learns that he was once a handsome man, but sentenced an evil wizard to life imprisonment for using his mutation machine on a man.
Before she sees his face, Supergirl is practically drooling over this “magnificent figure of a man” who she overhears saying that she’s lovely. All she needs is a bag for his head.
In any case, it does not reflect well on any of them, King Avro included, that he allows such a "Contest of Peril" to continue.
Supergirl seems to completely miss the fact that Avro is in charge of this murderous tradition.
Supergirl is practically drooling over this “magnificent figure of a man”
Supergirl has a healthy libido, no question.
ACTION COMICS #329 - "Drang, the Destroyer!"
Dick Malverne takes Linda Danvers on a date to the Pop Bottle Lounge to see "The Amazing Fantasta, Queen of Super-Magic." As the show is about to begin, the MC requests that all sodas and water be removed from the tables. Fantasta appears from out of a flaming cauldron. For her next trick, Fantasta causes her head to appear to float on a pillow. She overhears Linda tell Dick that it's a simple illusion and invites Linda up on stage. She asks Linda to step into a wooden booth and causes her to disappear, but she doesn't re-appear. after the show, Fantasma tells Dick that Linda "felt dizzy and went outside to get some fresh air."
From Linda;s point of view, however, she appears to be inside some sort of spaceship. On a pearch nearby sits what appears to be a carrion bird, with a yellow body, blue wings and a red beak. Suddenly, Fantasta appears. Using her magic medalion, she causes Linda to become Supergirl. Fantasta engineered the entire set-up specifically to entice and trap Supergirl in an effort to be allowed to join the Cirlce of Evil, an organization of master space-criminals which ruls the planet Gotha. Activating the ship's spacio-temporal controls, Fantasta pilots the ship at hyper-speed to a strange space-time continuum. On the way, alarms sound to indicate the ship's proximity to a strange water-asteroid, which Fantasta quickly manevers to avoid.
Once out of hyper-space, Fantasma allows Supergirl to leave the ship, but she quickly returns when she realizes that Fantasta is her only ticket back to Earth. Before returning to the ship, however, Supergirl gathers a meteoric rock fragment and slips it into the pouch of her cape. Once Supergirl is safely back inside, Fantasta notices, "She had a stone hidden in her cape pouch! Her kighty muscles are squeezing it like cheese!... *ulp!* What's that dripping from the stone?" The alarms again begin to sound. "The alarms! *gasp!*" gasps Fantasta. "It's water!" Supergirl explains, "You're so right! I'm using super-pressure to extract it from this space-rock, which contains oxygen and hydrogen atoms." You can't get blood from a stone, according to the old saying, but apparently you can get water from a space-rock if you squeeze hard enough.
Because Fantasta ordered all of the drinks removed from the tables in the Pop Bottle Lounge before she started her act, and because she maneuvered her ship to avoid a water-asteroid, Supergirl deduced that the presence of water neutralizes her magic. Admitting defeat, Fantasta explains the significance of Gnomo, her bird. "When the circle of Evil sends a would-be member on a mission, he is given an execution bird from the energy planet, Cylon! Each bird can emit deadly energy from its legs... a negative charge from one leg, a positive charge from the other. An applicant who fails must destroy himself... by absorbing the full charge of power from both his execution bird's legs, completeing the circuit with his own body." Setting aside for a moment how such a creature could have possibly evolved, she grasps the bird's legs and a bolt of energy zaps her into a shower of atoms. "AGGGHHH!"
Her costume remain intact in a pile, however ("because it was made of inorganic material," Supergirl supposes), so Supergirl puts it on and dyes and re-styles her "campus cuddle-bun" wig to match Fantasta's hairsttyle. she approaches the "planet" Gotha, which is actually a space station disguised as a small, spikey asteroid. She immediately discovers thsat she has no super-powers here. she reports to Kirol, Lord of the Council, but there are a few other candicates ahead of her.
First up is Varr, who reports that he has slain the mighty Sulman, defender of the Tork Galaxy, and presents Sulman's costume as proof. (This was Varr's second successful mission, BTW.) Kirol sends Varr to the next room to "don the costume as a token of your victory." When Varr returns, he takes a seat at the table and is toasted by the Cirlce of Evil: "Death to the heroes of all universes! Let evil triumph!" Next up is Vintan, who was ordered to bring back Drang the Destroyer, tyrant of the Purple Planet. Drang was once invited to join the Circle of Evil, but refused because he said they were not evil enough for him, so the Circle sent Vintan to kill him. Drang defeated Vintan, however, and sent him back to Gotha with a warning, but not before killing Vintan's execution bird. Kirol delcrees that Vintan be given a second chance, and orders a second execution biird to be brought forth. Supergirl soon realizes, however, that Kirol meant he was giving Vintan a second chance to commit ritual suicide!
Now it is "Fantasta's" turn. Supergirl presents her own costume to Kirol and lies that "she disintigrated herself with a strange form of Kyrptonite" and that "only her indestrucible costume survived," which she presents as proof. But the Circle doesn't believe her and requests that the costume be put to the test. Oddly, the costume remains indestrucible even though Supergirl herself has lost her powers. The Circle believes her, but now "Fantasta" has to complete a second mission, just as Varr did. They send her to kill Drang, which Vintan failed to do. First, they brief her on Drang's powers: invulnerability, energy vision, cyclone breath and invisibility. He also has the ability of tele-projection, which he now uses to project his invisible self (tranparent, actually) into the Circle's chambers, which he then smashes to smithereens.
Now Lord Kirol is more determined than ever to have revenge upon Drang. He supplies Fantasta with a different spaceship this time, explaining that "Drang may have frightened you, so to prevetn you from changing course, we've locked the contols to take you straight to the Purple Planet." At least Supergirl gets to wear her own costume this time (because, like Varr who wore Sulman's, "Fantasta" gets the wear the costume of the opponent she "defeated." Supergirl has asked for special permission to wear "Supergirl's wig" as well. ("Of course he doesn't realize that I merely took off a wig and revealed my genuine blonde hair.") But we're already on page eleven and these stories generally run only twelve.
Sure enough, the next (2/3) page is the last. Supergirl still has Fantasta's magic medalion, but she cannot get it to work, plus she's powerless. Drang projects his image inside the ship and says, "Welcome to the Purple Planet! I, Drang, the Destroyer, await your coming! Ha, ha!"
Soon, Supergirl will come face to face with Drang, the Destroyer, better known as Dr. Supernatural!* How can she possibly survive the ordeal without her super-powers? Don't miss the next issue of Action Comics!
*(Since when?)
Setting aside for a moment how such a creature could have possibly evolved
In a universe where magic and super-science, the existence of just about any creature can be explained by the intervention of either force.
Jeff of Earth-J said:
Supergirl is practically drooling over this “magnificent figure of a man”
Supergirl has a healthy libido, no question.
It’s a little disconcerting, because she’s still being drawn pretty much the same as when she was supposed to be fifteen. Time for Supergirl to get a new hairstyle and a slightly more mature face when she’s in costume. Her “Linda-face” is more mature.
ACTION COMICS #329
"Drang, the Destroyer!"
Dick Malverne takes Linda Danvers on a date to the Pop Bottle Lounge to see "The Amazing Fantasta, Queen of Super-Magic."
Dick isn’t a boyfriend. He’s a walking plot device.
Because Fantasta ordered all of the drinks removed from the tables in the Pop Bottle Lounge before she started her act, and because she maneuvered her ship to avoid a water-asteroid, Supergirl deduced that the presence of water neutralizes her magic.
This reminds me of the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz being defeated by a bucket of water.
As for the drinks removed from the tables, hopefully they were taken off their checks.
Setting aside for a moment how such a creature could have possibly evolved, she grasps the bird's legs and a bolt of energy zaps her into a shower of atoms. "AGGGHHH!"
I’m kinda surprised that The Code allowed characters committing suicide in a story.
Maybe it evolved to charge car batteries?
She immediately discovers that she has no super-powers here.
Again?
Oddly, the costume remains indestructible even though Supergirl herself has lost her powers. The Circle believes her, but now "Fantasta" has to complete a second mission, just as Varr did.
Donning her costume, she claims that Supergirl had a blonde wig, and pretends that her real hair is that wig. I would have liked to see her wearing the costume and her Fantasta black wig. Also, The Circle could have told her to lose the blonde wig.
They send her to kill Drang, which Vintan failed to do. First, they brief her on Drang's powers: invulnerability, energy vision, cyclone breath and invisibility.
Lord Kirol says: “He has defeated five of our best candidates. But with your power of magic, you should conquer him easily, Fantasta.”
Oops! Maybe they should have sent Fantasta to kill Drang instead of to kill Supergirl.
He supplies Fantasta with a different spaceship this time, explaining that "Drang may have frightened you, so to prevent you from changing course, we've locked the controls to take you straight to the Purple Planet."
She decides to return to Earth for Superman’s help. (What? Superman is actually on Earth?) Then she thinks: “I forgot. The controls are locked on course.” Kirol only told you two panels ago, and your superbrain forgot already? Is this because she loses her superbrain along with her powers or is it for the reader with low comprehension?
Supergirl still has Fantasta's magic medallion, but she cannot get it to work, plus she's powerless.
Maybe the medallion needs someone with actual magic powers for it to work. D’oh!
Soon, Supergirl will come face to face with Drang, the Destroyer, better known as Dr. Supernatural!*
*(Since when?)
I think “Drang the Destroyer” is more impressive than “Dr Supernatural.” “Dr Supernatural” sounds like a one-off bad guy in a second-string superhero story.
I complain, but this is a much better story than the last one.
Dick isn’t a boyfriend. He’s a walking plot device.
As far as Dick knows, Linda ditched him at the Pop Bottle Lounge. Either that, or perhaps she met with foul play. I wonder if Dorfman will tie up that loose end next issue?
Again?
No real explanation is given for Supergirl losing her powers other than writer's fiat in a story chock full of it: Varr is said to have completed two missions because Supergirl needs to be sent on a second one; Varr dons Sulman's clothes in order to get Supergirl back in her proper costume. Maybe Varr is the "walking plot device."
Also, The Circle could have told her to lose the blonde wig.
That would have violated the writer's fiat.
Maybe they should have sent Fantasta to kill Drang instead of to kill Supergirl.
Oddly, Fantasta didn't really use magic to defeat supergirl.
...this is a much better story than the last one.
It is (writer's fiat notwithstanding).
ACTION COMICS #330 - "Supergirl's Duel with Dr. Supernatural!"
Buckle up and strap in because this is going to be a wild ride. It may give you whiplash if you're not careful. Last issue it wasn't really clear (not to me, anyway) why Supergirl lost her powers. This issue reveals that Drang (or "Dr. Supernatural") is behind it. Soon after landing on the Purple Planet, Supergirl finds a canyon lined with cages of prisoners. Inside are heroes she knows from her own universe, including Lux of the planet Gur, Multiple-Man and Mask-Man. (Apparently Supergirl has had quite a few adventures that have gone unrecorded in Action Comics.) Suddenly, she feels an irresitable compulsion to go to the palace in the distance. As soon as she opens the door, she finds herself back in class at Stanhope College. She immediately accepts this as reality, and switches to her Linda Danvers identity at super-speed. (I'm gong to give her the benefit of the douby here and say that she was under the influence of magic.) It's an illusion, of course, and Drang magically transforms her back to Supergirl.
To further demonstrate his power, Dr. Drang Supernatural, the Destroyer, projects an image of what "would" happen if Superman ever came to the Purple Planet (which is where the scene on the cover comes from). After that, Dr. S. is visibly weakened and he calls for his servant to take Supergirl to the detention pen and to prepare the "Vigorator." In the pen, Supergirl finds two acquaintances of hers, Slirya of the Evolution World and Strella of Planet Y (more untold adventires). They have been starved for days. When food suddenly appears, they begin to fight over it, but they quickly stop when they realize, "That's just what Dr. Supernatural wants us to do!" The guards enter at that point, destroy the food, and take them all back to the separate cells.
Supergirl makes a run for it, however. the guard fires his frost gun at her, but the effect bounces back off her invulnerable costume and freezes him instead. Secretly making her way to Dr. Supernatural's lab, she finds him immersed in his Vigorator, which is a big tub of some kind of liquid. His flunkies are feeding him "evil energy" from the fight between Slirya and Strella, but it's not enough. Suddenly and alarm sounds, indicating that Superman is doing something "evil" back on Earth. Apparently he is stealing a load of silver bullion, but a footnote explains that he is under the influence of Red Kryptonite and refers to another story in the issue (not in the omnibus, however, but no matter; the panel and caption are all that's needed).
Supergirl grabs an execution bird (using her indestrctable cape as insulation) and shorts out the Vigorator, cutting his treatment short. Surprisingly, Dr. Supernaturla then restores Supergirl's powers, but only for use on the Purple Planet. Anticipating his plan, supergirl says, "I know what you're up to! You plan to trick me into doing something evil, so you can siphon off my super-energy for yourself! But I'll outsmart you, you quack! No matter how hard you try to trick me, I'll do nothing but good deeds!" In high school when we studied the law of conservation of energy in science class, we were taught that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another. The assertion that there is both "good energy" and "evil energy" is a new one on me. Sounds more like "The Force." Then again, maybe that what they meant by being "converted from one form to another."
First Supergirl feeds Slirya and Strella, then she breaks them out of prison. After that she frees the male prisoners and takes tham all to her "cosmic-ship" to return them to their homeworlds. Just then, Dr. Supernatural appears. "Ha, ha! Supergirl," he gloats. "You've been hoodwinked! See that aura overhead? This entire area is part of the negative zone I created by magic. Every good super-deed performed in this zone results in the emission of evil energy. It's just like when everything white photographed comes out black on the negative!" Not to be outsmarted, Supergirl thinks, "If good deeds give him evil energy in this negative zone, then perhaps evil deeds will drain away his vital force."
She then sets about recapturing all of the prisoners she just freed. "The joke's on you, Supergirl," crows Dr. S. "There never was an aura or a negative zone! It was all a plot... a magic illusion I hoaxed you with! By giving me the illusion that your good deeds were strengthening me, I tricked you into acting cruelly. You thought your evil deeds would weaken my supernatural powers! But your evil acts really were evil. And the diabolical energy they generated was stored up in this minature Vigorator, which is now transferring it to me!" by this point, I don't know what's going on. So there really is such a thing as "good" energy and "evil" energy? But when Supergirl committed her "evil" acts, she thought she was doing good. so wouldn't that generate "good" energy? What decides?
Supergirl beats it to her cosmic-ship, but Dr. Supernatural causes it to explode. Then she tries to fly away from the Purple Planet under her own power, but can't because of the spell that her powers would only work there. By this time we're on page 12 and Dr. Supernatural is about to "embark on [his] master plan... the most diabolical scheme in the history of crime!"
"See the next issue of Action for the smash conclusion of this Supergirl epic. It packs a super-surprise and a shock ending you'll never guess!"
I'll bet that's true. Generally, I don't like to know in advance even that there is going to be some sort of twist ending, because I spend all of my mental energy trying to anticipate it. these Supergirl stories are so crazy, though, I'm sure I wouldn't guess it in any case, forewarned or not. We'll see... tomorrow.
Jeff of Earth-J said:
ACTION COMICS #330
"Supergirl's Duel with Dr. Supernatural!"
Last issue it wasn't really clear (not to me, anyway) why Supergirl lost her powers. This issue reveals that Drang (or "Dr. Supernatural") is behind it.
That accounts for her costume still being invulnerable. He didn’t bother to affect it.
To further demonstrate his power, Dr. Drang Supernatural, the Destroyer, projects an image of what "would" happen if Superman ever came to the Purple Planet (which is where the scene on the cover comes from).
The cover scene is a cheat, since Superman is touted as being in this story and really isn’t. He doesn’t reveal to Supergirl that it’s only an illusion. At first she thinks her cousin was magically brought there and actually killed.
Suddenly and alarm sounds, indicating that Superman is doing something "evil" back on Earth. Apparently he is stealing a load of silver bullion, but a footnote explains that he is under the influence of Red Kryptonite and refers to another story in the issue (not in the omnibus, however, but no matter; the panel and caption are all that's needed).
I skimmed the Superman story in the digital version of this issue. Affected by Red K while looking at a figure of Robin Hood, Superman starts stealing valuable things to give away. Convenient that he happened to be doing this when Dr Supernatural needed it. He steals other things, but before giving away the silver bullion he manually presses it into silver dollars (cough-counterfeiting-cough).
But I'll outsmart you, you quack!
A good insult to use against all of the bad guys who call themselves Doctor Something.
Generally, I don't like to know in advance even that there is going to be some sort of twist ending, because I spend all of my mental energy trying to anticipate it. these Supergirl stories are so crazy, though, I'm sure I wouldn't guess it in any case, forewarned or not. We'll see... tomorrow.
They are so crazy that the twist ending could be anything but a twist ending.
ACTION COMICS #331 - "Operation Satan"
Dr. Supernatural appears as "a living force of concentrated evil enegy," what you or I might call an astral image. He goads Supergirl into taking a swing at him, then crows, "By trying to kill me, you violated your code. Your attempted violence released evil energy which this miniature Vigotator transferred to me," further proff (to me, anyway) how arbitrary the Vigorator is diferrentiating between "good" and "evil" energy. I very much doubt that Supergirl was trying to kill him, but she doesn't deny it, and in her thoughts admits to herself she tried to "destroy" him.
Next, Dr. Supernaturual uses his illusion-casting powers on her. He even says, "Let me demonstrate my powers!" The next thing Supergirl knows, she is apparently flying over the countryside near Metropolis. "What?... I'm on Earth!... then the Purple Planet and that horrible Dr. Supernatural must have been an illusion... a mental nightnare! Thank heavens I returned to reality. I might as well resume my patrol!" Or maybe, just maybe, Earth is the illusion. I mean, it's not as if she ever experienced his illusion-casting ability before. Oh, yeah, she did... last issue. Then she sees the city of Metropolis ablaze. This illustion goes on for a page and she never does figure it out... and least not until Dr. Supernatural brings her out of it.
Supergirl confers with the other prisoners and learns that Slirya, now called "Surya" this issue, is a big fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes. I'm not sure how a resident of the Evolution World is even aware of the Earth-based team of the 30th century, but she wears a belt with their pictures on it. About the Slirya/Surya thing, I at first thought that the L and the I combined in a "Clint Flicker" kind of way, but no, it's definitely Surya (which sounds more like a name, anyway). I suspect the error occurred last issue. Anyway, Supergirl decides to buuild a "time-magnet" from memory, having watched Superman build one once. Multiple Man duplicates himself and goes to work dismantling the parts of the cosmic ship which brought Supergirl to the Purple Planet and Dr. Supernatural later destroyed. Also, Surya transforms into a prehistoric eye-beast from her home planet to search for electronic components scattered by the explosions.
Soon the time-magnet is complete, and Supergirls uses Surya's "medallions" of the LSH as "indicators" for the machine, but it doesn't work. Examining its inner workings, Supergirl's micro-scopic vision reveals that, here on the Purple Planet, the time-magnet can only work on people from the past. (I don't know how she figured that out, but she did.) Supergirl re-wires the machine and programs it to "materialize some friendly wizards and magicians of the past to come to [their] rescue." Surya suggests summoning Circe from Earth's past. (Again, I'm sure how or why a super-heroine from the Evolution PWorld knows so much about Earth, but Supergirl agrees.) Circe arrives and magically creates a fest for the prisoners, then announces that "it's seven years bad luck for any sorcerer who interferes wqith another magician," steps back into to the time-magnet and returns to the past.
After that, Supergirl comes up with a plan to convince Dr. Supernatural that she has acquired magical powers. Lux, from the planet Gur, uses his power to make a common stick glow as if it were a magic wand. Supergirl tells Dr. S. that Circe left it behind. she then uses it to cause Surya to disappear! (Actually, Surya transformed into a phantodon from her planet's prehistory, complete with that creature's power to make itself disappear.) Then Supergirl uses her "wand" to create a regiment of radioactive men (but it's actually Multiple Man being made to glow by Lux). Dr. S. sees right through these tricks and turns Supergirl's wand into a peppermint stick.
At that point, first Mask-Man then Strella defects to the Doctor's side. Strella tells Supernatural about a criminal named Dynar from her planet's past, who once divided a city with an invisible wall ("just like the Berlin Wall of our day!" a footnote explains, except I don't recall it being invisible). Multiple-Man tells of Voltan, who once "used his metamorphic power to seal thoughsands of people into giant cocoons, and hatch them into horrible insects." Finally, Mask-Man tells of Raptor, "whose vibro-vision shattered out greatest city in moments." Dr. supernatural doesn't have enough evil energy to recreate those crimes himself, so he decides to use Supergirl's time-magnet to bring those criminals out of the past.
Once in the present, Dynar suggests erecting his for barrier between nations on Earth (rather than cities), and just the suggestion creates enough evil energy to cause Dr. Supernatural to grow to a giant. Then Raptor uses his vibro-vision to destroy one of Dr. S.'s own spy satellites (manned by androids) and suggests that Dr. Supernatural use his magic to mimic vibro-vision and destroy an entire planet. this makes Supernatural more powerful still. Finally, Voltan uses his metamorphic power to transform Surya into an insect and suggests that Dr. S. use his power to metamorphosize the population of an entire world. This suggestion makes Dr. Supernatural so powerful he begins to feel queasy. "There's something wrong!" he says, beginningto panic. "I feel a terrible inner pressure. AARRR!"
Just then Dr. supernatural explodes! Supergirl's powers are no longer under his control, Surya uses her own power to change back to human form, the other heroes reveal that they only pretended to go along with Supernatural, and Supergirl admits her theory all along was that "if he absorbed too much evil energy, he would explode!" In retrospect, it's a good thing the Vigorator didn't interpret her plan to kill Dr. Supernatural as "evil" itself. She finds ships to return the prisoners and herself back home and, back at the Fortress of Solitude she sees a "wraith-like object" which looks like "a small concentration of evil super-energy floating nearby" and wonder if "that sinister force will accumulate and form another menace like Dr. Supernatural?" Weisinger adds, "Only inscrutable time knows the answer!"
Jeff of Earth-J said:
ACTION COMICS #331
"Operation Satan"
He goads Supergirl into taking a swing at him, then crows, "By trying to kill me, you violated your code. Your attempted violence released evil energy which this miniature Vigorator transferred to me," further proof (to me, anyway) how arbitrary the Vigorator is differentiating between "good" and "evil" energy.
Since the Vigorator was designed by him, he decided what was good and evil. I think slugging him (with or without intending to kill him) is a lot closer to good than evil.
Then she sees the city of Metropolis ablaze. This illusion goes on for a page and she never does figure it out... and least not until Dr. Supernatural brings her out of it.
Part of messing with her head may be interfering with her reasoning. Instantly accepting that she was in a class at Stanhope wasn’t any more reasonable than suddenly flying over Metropolis.
Soon the time-magnet is complete, and Supergirl uses Surya's "medallions" of the LSH as "indicators" for the machine, but it doesn't work. Examining its inner workings, Supergirl's microscopic vision reveals that, here on the Purple Planet, the time-magnet can only work on people from the past. (I don't know how she figured that out, but she did.)
Either that or the violent explosion damaged some of the electronic components rather than just scattering them.
Circe arrives and magically creates a feast for the prisoners, then announces that "it's seven years bad luck for any sorcerer who interferes wqith another magician," steps back into to the time-magnet and returns to the past.
While she’s there, Circe talks about Superhorse originally being a centaur, and says his name was Biron. Does Circe know about his periodically changing to a full human? It seems to me that Supergirl thought he was just a horse with superpowers. Am I forgetting that she knew he was a centaur, with a human-level brain?
After that, Supergirl comes up with a plan to convince Dr. Supernatural that she has acquired magical powers.
Supergirl whispers her plan to the others, probably including the last part that actually works. His not knowing about her plan to overload him with energy was probably why her intent didn’t generate energy. If Dr Supernatural had a sensitive bugging device and overheard her whispers the whole thing wouldn’t have worked. This was either his arrogance or writer’s fiat.
Am I forgetting that she knew he was a centaur, with a human-level brain?
IIRC, Supergirl does know Comet's origin, but does not know that he and the man she knows as "Bronco" Bill Starr are one and the same.
ACTION COMICS #332-333:
Next up is a two-part "Imaginary Story" in Action Comics #332-333, but this discussion is concerned only with REAL stories. For "How Superwoman Trained Superboy!"/"The Duel Between Superwoman and Superboy!" see the "Imaginary Stories on Infinite Earths" discussion (entries for January 9 & 17, 2017).
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