{"id":2106,"date":"2017-04-03T19:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T00:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2017-04-03T19:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T00:16:05","slug":"gac-featured-golden-age-cover-superman-61-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/03\/gac-featured-golden-age-cover-superman-61-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"GAC Featured Golden Age Cover &#8211; Superman #61 (1949)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cover of issue 61 of <em>Superman<\/em> from November of 1949 doesn&#8217;t tip-off the reader to the monumental story that appears inside.&nbsp; This issue not only features the first appearance of Kryptonite in the comic book, it&#8217;s the first time that Superman discovers he&#8217;s an alien.&nbsp; I covered this story in the <a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/15\/golden-age-of-comic-books-august-15-2006-42\/\">Superman episode<\/a> of the podcast and in my column for <a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comics_Then_1.pdf\">Comics Now! #1<\/a>.&nbsp; Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2107\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.15.10-742x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2107\" width=\"640\" height=\"883\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2107\" alt=\"Superman #61 (1949)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.15.10-742x1024-742x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.15.10-742x1024.jpg 742w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.15.10-742x1024-109x150.jpg 109w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.15.10-742x1024-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superman #61 (1949)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2108\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.14.37-725x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2108\" width=\"640\" height=\"904\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2108\" alt='\"Superman Returns to Krypton!\"' src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.14.37-725x1024-725x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.14.37-725x1024.jpg 725w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.14.37-725x1024-106x150.jpg 106w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-02-21.14.37-725x1024-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Superman Returns to Krypton!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2106\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/03\/gac-featured-golden-age-cover-superman-61-1949\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2106\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/03\/gac-featured-golden-age-cover-superman-61-1949\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/03\/gac-featured-golden-age-cover-superman-61-1949\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/03\/gac-featured-golden-age-cover-superman-61-1949\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cover of issue 61 of Superman from November of 1949 doesn&#8217;t tip-off the reader to the monumental story that appears inside.&nbsp; 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