Mad about Super Heroes #[nn]
"Bats-Man" is a sharp, satirical take on superhero tropes from Harvey Kurtzman and Bill Elder, where Woman Wonder’s glamorous aerial battle on Ko-Nee Island ends in a biting twist. After defeating Nivlem’s henchmen with a dance-like distraction, she’s unmasked as Steve Adore and dismissed back to domestic life—her final panel revealing a stark contrast between the narration’s approval and her visibly overwhelmed reality. The story’s biting humor is perfectly captured in Elder’s expressive art and Kurtzman’s incisive script, making this a standout in the Mad about Super Heroes series.
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Woman Wonder flies in her glass airplane to met a challenge on Ko-Nee Island. By vibrating her body like a sideshow dancer she distracts Nivlem's henchmen and guns them down, then battles Nivlem himself. Nivlem reveals that he is actually Steve Adore and boots Woman Wonder "back in the kitchen where you belong." According to the narration box, she "is now content with the normal female life of working over a hot stove." But the illustration shows she is actually desperate and overwhelmed, with a house full of kids and her surly husband taking it easy.
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