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Scott Adsit
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In the story, Lois is falling from a scaffold and just in time, a blue-sleeved hand reaches out to catch her saying, "Easy miss. I've got you".
This seems to be a cheeky set-up to make us think it's Superman, since it's one of his famous lines. But the reveal is that it's Peter Parker. Fake out!
BUT, this comic came out two years before Superman The Movie.
Very cheeky.
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Edward Aycock
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As a quick aside, Scott Adsit, that reminds me of the cut scene in "Superman 2" when Lois throws herself out a window to prove Clark is Superman and, defying any kind of science, proceeds to fall for about ten minutes. But the boy at Niagara Falls also had that falling energy.
I wasn't thinking much of this reprint but for all the praise it's received on here, I think I'll pick up a copy at Midtown Comics tomorrow.
Edited by Edward Aycock on 08 January 2026 at 5:50pm
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Brian Miller
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You won’t regret it. It’s gorgeous. Ross Andru, Neal Adams, John Romita,
Dick Giordano, Terry Austin, Bob Wiacek, Joe Rubinstein, maybe more on
the inkers. A perfect blend of them all. Just a beautiful book.
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John Byrne
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The massive amount of talent involved in this book is a sad reminder of a time when comics were still fun. So many people—Neal for instance—contributed for free simply because they wanted it to look the best it possibly could. Today, the lawyers would never have allowed this.
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Shaun Barry
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Re: "Easy miss, I've got you..."
I also found it amusing & interesting that the Treasury also has a gag about Peter Parker hopelessly looking for a phone booth to duck into for a quick change. Again, 2 years before Clark attempted the same thing in SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE.
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Mikael Bergkvist
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I read that humans are referred to in some ancient texts as what would translate to ’lawyers before destiny’ in that they (us all) are really good at missing the point, by getting stuck on details. But sometimes, men bypass them, and do the right thing to achieve greatness. I think these artists did that in this book. They all showed up for the ’thing’. And boy, do I love the result. I always felt like they simply respected their craft and their audience in a way I dont really see today.
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Peter Hicks
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JB - From whom did you hear that Neal Adams had polished the pencils on Superman? And do he ask Andru’s permission first?
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John Byrne
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Over the years Neal’s contribution became more and more of an “open secret”. I don’t remember any single source. As the story is told, Dick Giordano brought the pages up to Continuity to work on them, and Neal simply took it upon himself to redraw most of the Superman figures, no permission asked. As is obvious, looking at the work, he stayed within the silhouettes Ross created.
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Brian Miller
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Wonder how Andru felt about the Adams and Romita touchups. I don’t think
I’ve ever read anything on his side of it.
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John Byrne
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Such things were common. Routinely editors would order redrawing without any consultation with the artist. (Unless there was a punishment element, as when Shooter ordered me to redraw an X-MEN cover and a whole issue of AVENGERS without being paid.)There was, to put it bluntly, a degree of contempt for the talent that led to their work being treated as raw material. When I joined Marvel “lie to freelancers” was practically a mantra.
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Scott Gray
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
A whole issue of the Avengers had to be redrawn without payment?!
That's insane. Please, I need to hear more!
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John Byrne
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Trust me, you don’t.
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