Characters Continuity Forgot #6

The Tempter!

Making a grand total of one appearance in print, the Tempter didn't do a very good job tempting the readers into demanding more appearances.



A veritable blank slate of a character, he spends this issue whispering diabolical sweet nothings into the ear of Superman, tempting him to react to his baser instincts. He's good, and soon has Superman convinced he must destroy Midway City!



The plots a tad more convoluted than that, throwing Kandorian scientists and the Hawks into the mix, only to have true love surface to save the day. But honestly, if the creators of the character can't be bothered to give a little more backstory for the Tempter than I've probably already spent too much time examining him anyways.



So until some enterprising, young Grant Morrison wannabe upstart pulls him from obscurity for a starring role in the current DCU, he remains a character continuity forgot.

Script by Mike Friedrich

Pencils by Dick Dillin

Inks by Joe Giella



World's Finest Comics #209

Meet The Tempter--And Die!

February 1972

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Exclamations that never quite caught on

Never mind the floor, Superman, Ollie's mother has a laundry emergency that needs tending to!

Quick everybody! Darn those socks!

Script by Gerry Conway
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Frank McLaughlin
Colors by Gene D'Angelo
Letters by Ben Oda

Justice League Of America #182
Reprise
September 1980
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Gone Fishing...

...will resume regular posting when I get back from the old fishing hole.

Script by Gerry Conway
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Frank McLaughlin
Colors by Jerry Serpe
Letters by Ben Oda

Justice League Of America #1
While A World Lies Burning
September 1979
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Sunday versus #14

Superman vs. Kryptonian Dinosaur

So far we've had dinosaurs of several species, dinosaur skeletons, imaginary dinosaurs, super-smart dinosaurs...but we've yet to have a Kryptonian Dinosaur.

Beware the Octosaur!

Script by Len Wein
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Dick Giordano
Colors by Anthony Tollin
Letters by Ben Oda

Justice League Of America #111
Balance Of Power!
May/June 1974
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Problems with suspension of disbelief

Why does it seem easier to believe that a man can fly, than to believe that Clark Kent has a fan club...much less 23 of them!

(I also think his fans need to get together and work on a catchier chant, as this one neither rhymes nor has good cadence.)

Script by Elizabeth Smith
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Tex Blaisdell
Colors by Bob LeRose
Letters by Moe Waldinger

Action Comics #477
One Of Those Days!
November 1977
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