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In their latest spotlight on notable comic firsts, CSBG reveals when Superman was first able to survive a nuclear explosion without effect.
Today, we look at the first time that Superman was able to survive a nuclear explosion.
In “When We First Met”, we spotlight the various characters, phrases, objects or events that eventually became notable parts of comic lore, like the first time someone said, “Avengers Assemble!” or the first appearance of Batman’s giant penny or the first appearance of Alfred Pennyworth or the first time Spider-Man’s face was shown half-Spidey/half-Peter. Stuff like that.
Years ago, my first book came out, called Was Superman A Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed.
The title of the book referenced how the U.S. War Department was a reference to one of my favorite old Comic Book Legends Revealed columns about how the U.S. War Department took issue with the Superman comic strip having a storyline involving atomic energy, specifically the use of a cyclotron in a series of strips by writer Alvin Schwartz and artist Wayne Boring. However, there was ANOTHER Superman story involving “Atomic bombs” that was ALSO censored by the War Department and that one led reader Jim R. to write in and to ask when Superman comics first started treating nuclear weapons as something that Superman could survive.
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