tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post5542964462192578516..comments2024-03-28T17:22:27.939-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : TOS: Adventure Comics #326MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-30169593469618228022018-01-12T18:07:50.274-05:002018-01-12T18:07:50.274-05:00I think this story was a reaction on Jerry Siegel&...I think this story was a reaction on Jerry Siegel's and editor Mort Weisinger's parts to the publication of Betty Friedan's 1963 best-selling book "The Feminine Mystique", which questioned the vapidity of traditional roles for women in postwar American society. I doubt that the other main Legion writer, Edmond Hamilton, would have written this story--his wife was the successful fiction writer Leigh Brackett, who went on to write the first draft of what became the 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back", and had that movie dedicated to her memory by George Lucas. <br />wordsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440378700782807683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-48000159126023905912018-01-10T22:15:04.707-05:002018-01-10T22:15:04.707-05:00Another fun factoid: exactly one year prior to thi...Another fun factoid: exactly one year prior to this story, in Adventure 314, the Legion had three of its members possessed by "the three greatest villains in history -- Hitler, Nero, and John Dillinger!" (Yes, Dillinger.) <br /><br />I guess back then, it was "Nazi November" or something. Now I want to hop ahead and check Adventure 338...<br /><br />Nope. Time Trapper, Glorith, and Legion of Super-Babies, but no Nazis. And 302? No again, just "Sun Boy loses his powers." <br /><br />So much for Nazi November. Oh, well...Jay Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617831944262749187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-20256517369249603742018-01-10T07:43:38.998-05:002018-01-10T07:43:38.998-05:00I dunno if "worried" is appropriate here...I dunno if "worried" is appropriate here, but it certainly is... interesting. <br /><br />This was dated November 1964, so the real Nazis were still part of the common experience. Mort Weisinger was drafted to serve in World War II, but he spent the war stateside, mainly writing scripts for an Army radio show. <br /><br />Curt Swan also served in World War II, and while he mainly drew for Stars & Stripes, he did serve in Europe.<br /><br />Another thing: between the end of World War II and this story, 19 years passed. Since this story was published and today, it's been about 53 1/2 years -- almost three times as much time. Jay Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617831944262749187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-64373986341735094892018-01-10T00:37:58.198-05:002018-01-10T00:37:58.198-05:00Does anyone else think we should be worried that &...Does anyone else think we should be worried that "Femnaz" can be viewed as an abbreviation for "Feminazi" decades before the concept was ever coined?Jude Delucahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192366186748612752noreply@blogger.com