Action Comics
“Lost in the 40's Tonight”
Volume 1, Issue 663, March 1991
Released February 5, 1991
Cover Price: $1.00
Guide Price: $2.50 (as of 2003)
Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Bob McLeod
Inker: Bob McLeod
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Assistant Editor: Dan Thorsland
Editor: Michael Carlin
Hero: Booster Gold
Supporting: Lois Lane
Setting: Metropolis, DCU, USA, 20th-century
Cover Description: Superman changes from his Clark Kent identity to Superman while standing before a wooden wall upon which have been posted a circus poster advertising "The Amazing Sampson," a poster for war bonds, and a poster advertising Soder Cola for 5 cents, among others. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: Dislocated in Time, Superman finds himself working as a circus strongman in 1943.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Supporting (Booster Gold plays a lesser role)
Costume Worn: MARK I power-suit
Issue Notes: "Time and Time Again! Phase 2." (Superman diamond chronology "1991:9.")
Reprint Notes: This issue has been collected in Superman: Time And Time Again.
Page 12, panel 2
FASHION ALERT: Concluding their conversation from The Adventures of Superman #476, Booster promises Lois that he will contact "some specialists in the field" of time travel in order to help locate Superman. As Booster flies away, it is clear that the star on the back of his costume is missing, probably in an artistic oversight.
Boosterrific Review: Lost in time, Superman joins a circus, defeats Nazi fourth columnists, and shakes the hand of F.D.R. before meeting with the ultimate deus ex machina in the DC Universe, the Spectre. There are some clever ideas and fun scenes in this issue, but nothing that really separates it from the average Superman story.
Boosterrific Rating: Gold Standard.
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