Weirdest Cover (Lately)

Weirdest Cover (Lately)

Sep 11

Take a look at this Gene Colan cover to The Phantom Zone #3, written by Steve Gerber:

Let’s unpack.

1) Superman is gettin’ up close and personal with a strange woman wearing a mask. Above this woman, a seductive face floats.

2) The mask comes off to reveal–OH NOES–the woman’s real head is a planet, namely Krypton.

3) The Krypton head explodes. The floating face laughs.

4) Accompanying it all is the smart-ass, Marvel-esque tagline: “Have you ever noticed…that on some days…everything seems to go WRONG?”

If by “wrong,” you mean that on some days, I am sexually attracted to a mysterious masked woman whose head is actually my home planet which then explodes while I stand there shellshocked, then NO, I have never noticed that.

ALSO: The answer to An Important Question has arrived: With 46% of the votes, Kirstie Alley has been named Alert Nerd’s Cutest Saavik. A tastefully-framed certificate will be forwarded to her care of Weight Watchers at our earliest convenience.