tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post2253850298856578032..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: What Century Is That?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-20102107519039626822010-09-03T08:03:00.342-07:002010-09-03T08:03:00.342-07:00I'd be 88 in 2058. Damn.I'd be 88 in 2058. Damn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-31668656340082811272010-09-02T17:05:00.643-07:002010-09-02T17:05:00.643-07:00Of course Supes coulda just gazed at that wax figu...Of course Supes coulda just gazed at that wax figure with his X-ray vision and seen it wasn't Jimmy. But then, that would melted the ice AND the wax figure (at least according to the internal "logic" of the X-ray vision of the Silver age where it seems Superman's eyes bombard things with fiery-hot radiation- which means most of his friends probably died of cancer sometime in the mid-70's) spoiling the gag.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555047330587368279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-56246712699989712412010-09-02T12:56:56.938-07:002010-09-02T12:56:56.938-07:00Sorry, I meant to say "the stated year on the...Sorry, I meant to say "the stated year on the cover---A.D. <b>20</b>58."<br /><br />I might live that long, but it looks like I'm going to be senile long before I do. Heh.Commander Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-20658509461588923002010-09-02T12:55:02.749-07:002010-09-02T12:55:02.749-07:00The eerie part for me is the stated year on the co...The eerie part for me is the stated year on the cover---A.D. 1958.<br /><br />While it sounds like it's in the far future, it just occurred to me, I was barely old enough to read that issue when it came out. If I have a superannuated life span---one that some of these "oldest people living" folks have---then there is an outside chance that I could live to see that year! Or at least get real close to it.<br /><br />Now that's just spooky.Commander Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-37180142088803817742010-09-02T11:25:49.673-07:002010-09-02T11:25:49.673-07:00Somebody oughta fire whoever was responsible for e...Somebody oughta fire whoever was responsible for editing that mess ;)Snardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559307752256546005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-75133992698455481762010-09-02T11:10:43.687-07:002010-09-02T11:10:43.687-07:00And that was when Superman tumbled to the hoax. &q...And that was when Superman tumbled to the hoax. "Hey, wait a minuteāif I add a hundred years to..."J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com