Nick Cardy (1920-2013)

If I had to select a favorite cover
by Nick Cardy...

News hit late Sunday evening that the comic book artist I have long considered my favorite had passed away at age 93. I had seen earlier in the day, or perhaps Saturday, that he was in the hospital, and sent up a prayer for him.  By today, Monday, Nick Cardy's passing was widely reported, including by DC Comics [link] where he worked on some of my favorite series in the late 1960s-early 1970s, Aquaman and Teen Titans, and for several years in the early 1970s was the cover artist for virtually every DC title.  His delectable "Cardy Women" are legend [link].  He is the comic book artist I will most regret never meeting at a convention and getting a personalized sketch from.  My condolences go out to his family, many friends, and innumerable fans.

Requiescat in pace.

Action Comics #388 (May 1970)

Here, for April Fool's Day, is a story that I remember fondly from my childhood. Frankly, it's too chock-full of zany Silver-Age wackiness for any kind of abstract and selected panels to do it justice, so in a departure from my usual practice I present it in whole – followed by a text feature from two issues later (#390, July 1970) that details all (?) of the “mistakes” in it.  But are they really mistakes...?

I hope you enjoy it!  As you read through it, get a load of Superman's repeated expressions of slack-jawed astonishment! - and take note of the little guy that keeps appearing in various windows....