Monday, June 8, 2026

Superman, Speed Racer and The Impossible Man

 

I have to say, if Superman lost his flight and had to find another way to get around, he could do a lot worse than that sweet ride!  This was a case where I stumbled on to an image and it suggested a whole story to me.

11 comments:

Detective Tobor said...

Was that a World's Finest story that Clark drove from? Always wondered if the cars Clark used on Adventures of.. were company owned.Clark running out of gas or needing a tire changed?? riigghht!! Since Impossible Man is not magic, i'm betting that he the cheering crowd?? Nice cover!!

Anonymous said...

"... plus, in our fabulous back-up feature: can even Beppo and Chim-Chim withstand the musical might of the Monkees, mind-controlled by GORILLA GRODD?!?"

Carycomic said...

@Anon649: would that be before or after Detective Chimp helped them recover their voices from Catwoman?

@Tobor: wasn't it strongly hinted in a mainstream Superman story, pre-Flashpoint, that Mxy and Impy are just differently named sides of the same dimension-hopping coin? In any case, the set of wheels Kal-El is driving on today's cover is definitely better-looking than the Supermobile he had in that Wacky Race from STF #4919 back @ October 1.

@Ross: speaking of wackiness; how about next time a private match-up between Speed Racer and Dick Dastardly? Because that's the only way you'll ever top this one! :-)

Anonymous said...

Didn't they once reveal that the Impossible Man and Mr Myxzyptlk (too lazy to look up actual spelling) were the same entity?

Carycomic said...

That's a good question! Why didn't I think of asking that?

Simreeve said...

If that IS the case, I wonder whether getting the Impossible Man to say "Kltpzxym" would banish him for 90 days?

Ken Roskos said...

The Adventures of Studebaker Man!

Bob Greenwade said...

This does look like the sort of thing that Mxyzptlk would do.

And for some reason I suddenly have this image in my mind of Mxy deciding the pester Ghost Rider.

Anonymous said...

I don't think so. The only two WF covers I could find that involve Superman, Batman, and Robin auto-racing were May 1948 and Feb. 1951, respectively. The former involving midget race cars, the latter involving Model T's!

So, the next avenue of investigation will be vinatage Superman and Action Comics covers from the Early Silver Age.

Jason Toddman said...

Not to be outdone, Bat Mite switches Batman with Darkwing Duck.

Anonymous said...

Already (out)done @ STF #915 (10/14/2015) and STF #2539 (3/27/2019).

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