Happy 80th 🎂 Kal-El aka Superman aka Clark Kent!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Published on April 18, 1938 (cover-dated June), by National Allied Publications, a corporate predecessor of DC Comics, it is considered the first true superhero comic; and though today Action Comics is a monthly title devoted to Superman, it began, like many early comics, as an anthology.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. His 80th?

[Kittycow]

2. Oh tha-anks.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Yes. It saw it had made the notable anniversaries list at Wikipedia.

As well it ought to have done. One of the over-the-air networks used to air the TV shows from the '50s, both the black-and-white and the color ones. I haven't seen them in a while.

Well, let's link to the intros. The black and white intro had a Southern Pacific Daylight for the powerful locomotive:

By 1957, the powerful locomotive was a Southern Pacific EMD E7:

Thanks for the thread.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Understanding Zippy in 6 Easy Lessons

http://zippythepinhead.com/pages/aaaunderstanding.html