Oddest Superman Story/Idea?

[WilliamMcGuire]

The story where Batman breaks into the Fortress of Solitude to make Superman paranoid for his birthday, and Superman responds by faking his own death.

It was great BTW, it just made them both seem a bit crazy.

[Ish Kabbible]

One of the oddest was in a early 40s Superman story where Clark took Lois to the movies. They began to show a Superman cartoon first and Clark realized that the cartoon was going to show him changing to Superman on the screen. He had to keep distracting Lois from seeing those scenes.Weird

Found this story. From Superman #19 Nov/Dec 1942 called "Superman,Matinee Idol". Reprinted in the 5th Superman Archive, one of the Chronology books, Superman from the 30s to 80s,Superman #183(1966-renamed Superman-Cartoon Hero) and 80 page Giant # G-18.

[Chad]

So, so many to choose from, but here's one I only encountered recently.

Brave and the Bold 150 - Batman's mystery guest star in this issue turns out to be a disguised Superman. Superman has infiltrated a terrorist organization and is posing as hired muscle for the group. At one point, one of their targets refuses to go along with their demands and is therefore machine gunned to death as Superman watches. When later asked about this, Superman reveals that he let the man be shot so that when he was ordered to get rid of his body, he could then perform superspeed surgery on the victim and then "dump him where the police would find him". So yeah, Superman let an innocent civilian get shot multiple times, dragged his body to an alley, removed the bullets and stitched him up, and then dumped him on the side of the road knowing that the police would eventually come along and find him.

[Coyote2010]

So, so many to choose from, but here's one I only encountered recently.

Brave and the Bold 150 - Batman's mystery guest star in this issue turns out to be a disguised Superman. Superman has infiltrated a terrorist organization and is posing as hired muscle for the group. At one point, one of their targets refuses to go along with their demands and is therefore machine gunned to death as Superman watches. When later asked about this, Superman reveals that he let the man be shot so that when he was ordered to get rid of his body, he could then perform superspeed surgery on the victim and then "dump him where the police would find him". So yeah, Superman let an innocent civilian get shot multiple times, dragged his body to an alley, removed the bullets and stitched him up, and then dumped him on the side of the road knowing that the police would eventually come along and find him.

Wow! Ha!!!

[Montressor]

Well, when you're right you're right... Super Cigars given to Perry White by "four thumbed mutant kids" definitely qualifes as more good than odd.

I remember there being a sequel to this story when I was a kid. Old Superman/Action covers...some of the trippiest stuff you'll ever see.

[idlewildered]

True Brit was a fairly odd piece of work..........

Although the Bat-Man origin was inspired!

[Coyote2010]

I remember there being a sequel to this story when I was a kid. Old Superman/Action covers...some of the trippiest stuff you'll ever see.

I don't remember the sequel but it is great stuff for sure.

I just read "Krypton's Second Doom" or maybe it was the "Second Doom of Krypton."

Superman finds an exact duplicate of Krypton. He's powerless and wanders around an exact replica of Krypton, down to people. He finds it disconcerting but fulfilling in some ways. He goes around, disaster follows his every move. He causes whole scale city destruction, mass loss of lives, and almost goes mad. The citizens have this macabre emotionless detachment about things. Then he discovers a recording from Jor El that states the planet was meant to divert a coming attack. The Blazing Saddles Gambit I guess.

Amazing Comic! Silver Age dialogue for sure, but tonally, thematically, it reminded me of Alan Moore's "My Blue Heaven", and of course Twilight Zone.. Seriously great Sci-Fi... I bet it influenced that Moore Story. It's another be careful what you wish for story gone wrong, and madness, and isolation. Cool!

[Volkditty]

From Superman: At Earth's End

[lovelikewinter]

Lois Lane 59, where she time travels back to Krypton before it exploded to get with Jor-El.

[Ish Kabbible]

Superman #138 where Superman goes into the past, meets Lois' parents, agrees to babysit toddler Lois and gives her the spanking of her life