tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post4815235861504703241..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: A Wink from ClarkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-39647633895988342792014-11-09T11:31:06.216-08:002014-11-09T11:31:06.216-08:00As someone else posted, it was often used by Clark...As someone else posted, it was often used by Clark in the New Adventures of Superman/Superboy and in the later versions of that series too (remember Aqualad winking and saying something like "Amen! Eh man?"). George Reeves also did it in the Adventures of Superman episode "The Riddle of the Chinese Jade".Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12054650473535259966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-54218916545317239462014-07-04T08:22:01.265-07:002014-07-04T08:22:01.265-07:00I remember a letter that appeared in the "Sma...I remember a letter that appeared in the "Smallville Mailsack," in which a reader pointed out how often Clark or Superboy is shown with one eye shut and wondered if something was wrong with his eye. "Don't you have a sense of humor?" Weisinger replied (somewhat snidely), before explaining that Clark was winking to share a joke with the reader.<br /><br />I'm sure you could find just as many "wink" panels from this period with Superman and Supergirl.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-90372284472128007082014-07-03T11:07:31.371-07:002014-07-03T11:07:31.371-07:00The "wink routine" also appeared at the ...The "wink routine" also appeared at the end of View Master's "Superman vs. Computer Crook" reel in the late 1960's.<br /><br />IIRC, it also was a convention in Filmation's Superman and Superboy TV cartoons (1966-70).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-80948885440900099472014-07-02T03:36:42.476-07:002014-07-02T03:36:42.476-07:00I think that this "wink" routine goes ba...I think that this "wink" routine goes back to the Fleischer cartoons. At least it was often used there... at the very end, when Clark shared with the audience the fact that he was Superman.Kirk Housenoreply@blogger.com