Wednesday, May 25, 2011

May 25 1961

Today is the 50th anniversary of John Kennedy's "going to the moon" speech.

In Batman Part VI I discussed the first of the "Batman in Outer Space" stories and its two reprints. Here is another one from Batman 137 dated February 1961. This is a classic of the "Batman in Outer Space' stories of the time. It has never been reprinted and won't be until the Batman Archives volumes arrive at issue 137 in 30 years.

Batman 137 would have been on the stands late in 1960, a month or so before Kennedy's inauguration. In the world of Batman 137 the Apollo program wouldn't have needed to exist since all the aliens came to earth - no need to bother with getting to the moon.


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