How ironic (choke)

An unusual, lovely sequence by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Al Plastino from 1959’s Action Comics #259 - Roy Lichtenstein missed a trick by not nicking this one.

The good folk of Smallville simply could not get enough of 'nice-looking lads" - especially Pa Kent... make room in that closet, Superboy robots! (From Superboy #18, 1952, by Alvin Schwartz, John Sikela and Ed Dubrovnik)

Penciller Irv Novick, inker Dick Giordano and colourist Glynis Wein bring Len Wein's script to gorgeous life in 1979's Batman #310

Batman #11 by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson and George Roussos may have tried a little too hard to demonstrate the fatherly affection Batman felt for Robin

Superman Vs Supergirl: The Duel of the Titans from Action Comics #402 (July 1971) really disturbed me as a kid... the Super-Cousins really got rough. OK, it was a Red K-style effect and they were chums again by the end of this Geoff Browne (Leo Dorfman)/Curt Swan/Murphy Anderson tale, but the memory of the sheer anger on display stayed with me.

Superman and Lois Lane were together for most of the Seventies but scenes of them on an actual date are rare. Here's one from the fondly remembered Krypto spotlight, Who Was That Dog I Saw You With Last Night? It's a charming read. (From 1975's Superman #287 by Eliot S! Maggin, Curt Swan and Bob Oksner.

‘Great Krypton!’ 'Great suns’ 'Moons of Krypton’ - I do miss Superman and Supergirl’s old exclamations. But was there ever one more obscure than this? Wegthor was one of those aforementioned moons. I don’t doubt that it was great, but I have no idea why… I expect there was a story. Somebody here probably read it. (From 1983’s Supergirl #13 by Paul Kupperberg, Carmine Infantino, Bob Oksner, Ben Oda and Tom Ziuko)

With the release of Supergirl Rebirth #1 today it seems a version of Kara's Earth parents, the Danvers, are returning - Jeremiah and Eliza from the TV show. Peter David's Fred and Sylvia were great in the Nineties, but my favourites will always be Fred and Edna, the originals, who debuted in the Silver Age and lasted to the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Here's Edna showing hidden talents... (From 1983's Supergirl #13 by Paul Kupperberg, Carmine Infantino, Bob Oksner, Ben Oda and Tom Ziuko)

You know what's missing from comic books these days? Chatty covers!

And not once did Zatanna answer...

1977 Diana could teach 2016 Diana a thing or two about doing what it takes! (From Wonder Woman #227 by Martin Pasko, Jose Delbo and Vince Colletta)

Lois Lane, mentor to young journalists and lovers alike (from The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #7, 1983, by Tamsyn O'Flynn, Bob Oksner and Frank Giacoia)

Now THAT'S a Gotham gargoyle (from World's Finest Comics #74, January 1955, by Bill Finger, Curt Swan and Stan Kaye)

Hmm, wonder if this will catch on... (World's Finest #74, January 1955 by Bill Finger, Curt Swan and Stan Kaye)

Lex Luthor, Classicist (from Action Comics #267, August 1960, by Otto Binder and Wayne Boring)

It's Happy Batman and Robin, what more do you need? (From Batman #200, 1968, by Mike Friedrich, Chic Stone and Joe Giella)