Maybe a Dream! -- Imaginary Stories, Part 2

Here is the second half of Valentino's summary of DC Comics' imaginary stories.  Part 1 is here.  It's from Amazing Heroes #29, cover-dated August 15, 1983.

The author "infers" that the tale of Super-Menace, in Superman #137, is imaginary.  However, there's a chart of "Superman's Journey to Earth" which also mentions the creation of Super-Menace.  I don't remember if that's in the same issue, or a different one.  And being at work, I can't go check in the Comics Closet.  You guys tell ME, OK?

BTW, I am probably a heretic, but I never thought the imaginary tale of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue was anything but a subpar concept.  Even though most fans seem to love it, I don't.

"Clark Kent's Brother," from Superman #175, is a work of genius in the category of imaginary stories.  If you check out this 2007 Super Blog post , you can learn much more about that great Edmond Hamilton story.

The longing for more-more-MORE imaginary tales in the above sidebar is similar to what led to the DC Elseworlds concept.

I must admit that I don't remember all of these tales, although anything in an issue of Superman, Superboy, Jimmy Olsen, Action, Lois Lane, or World's Finest is doubtless in the Comics Closet somewhere.

See you Monday, fellow imaginary readers!

  

Aren't They All? -- Imaginary Stories, Part 1

Imaginary stories, that is!

Read more!

This article is from the August 15, 1983 issue of Amazing Heroes.  It exemplifies the kind of fun comics scholarship that I love!

The other half of this article on Thursday, fellow imagineers!