Mad #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Superduperman!", a hilariously twisted take on the superhero mythos, Tumblers—recently paroled for a crime he didn’t commit—finds himself roped into a bank heist with a twist: he’s supposed to be a hero, but the system has other plans. Written by Jerry De Fuccio and brought to life with sharp, satirical flair by Harvey Kurtzman on art and inks, and colored with vibrant flair by Marie Severin, this 1953 EC classic delivers a biting, absurd take on justice and identity. The cover, also by Kurtzman, captures the story’s manic energy in bold, expressive lines.
In "Superduperman!", Clark Bent endures his humbling role as the copy boy’s assistant, spending every penny to win the heart of the glamorous Lois Pain. When the city faces danger from the Unknown Monster—actually Captain Marbles gone rogue—Clark steps up as Superduperman, only to have his secret identity revealed to Lois, who still sees him as nothing more than a creep.
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Reprinted in Mad #4 (1953), The Mad Reader #93 [1] (1954), Utterly Mad #4 (1956), The Brothers Mad #5 (1958), The Brothers Mad #5 (U2105) (1963), Utterly Mad #4 (1963), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad #[nn] (1969), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #9 (1972), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #15 (1975), The Brothers Mad #5 (24331) (1975), The Brothers Mad #[5] (1976), Utterly Mad #[4] (1976), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #28 (1979), A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn] (1981), The Complete Color Mad #1 (1986), From Aargh! to Zap! Harvey Kurtzman’s Visual History of the Comics #[nn] (1991), Mad about the Fifties #[nn] (1997), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #2 (1997), The Mad Reader #[nn] (2002), Mad About Super Heroes #[1] (2002), The Mad Archives #1 (2002), Mad about Super Heroes #[nn] (2006), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics #[nn] (2009) + 6 more
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