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  • Superman meets Bill Cullen comic

    From James Fabiano@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 28 13:49:02 2022
    Hello. I am looking for a Superman comic published in the 1960s, where Supes meets the game show host Bill Cullen. The Prankster is harassing him because he walked funny, so he is trying to recruit him and suggests that Bill should wear a clown nose
    too like that guy in Gotham City. At first Bill believes the Prankster that Superman is making fun of him. "What a dick," he comments. But soon, he sees who the real villain is and helps Supes win when Prankster uses Kryptonite on him. He does it by
    tossing potatoes at the Prankster. Superman, recovering from the Kryptonite, remarks, "Now that is funny!"

    Anyone got it?

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  • From Kevrob@21:1/5 to James Fabiano on Tue Mar 29 02:39:15 2022
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 4:49:04 PM UTC-4, James Fabiano wrote:
    Hello. I am looking for a Superman comic published in the 1960s, where Supes meets the game show host Bill Cullen. The Prankster is harassing him because he walked funny, so he is trying to recruit him and suggests that Bill should wear a clown nose
    too like that guy in Gotham City. At first Bill believes the Prankster that Superman is making fun of him. "What a dick," he comments. But soon, he sees who the real villain is and helps Supes win when Prankster uses Kryptonite on him. He does it by
    tossing potatoes at the Prankster. Superman, recovering from the Kryptonite, remarks, "Now that is funny!"

    Anyone got it?

    I could point you to "Supes meets Steve Allen" or "...meets Allen Funt" appearances,
    but Bill Cullen? You're not confusing him with "Bud" Collyer, who voiced Superman
    on the radio, and in cartoons, are you ?

    --
    Kevin R

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  • From James Fabiano@21:1/5 to Kevrob on Tue Mar 29 06:06:18 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:39:16 AM UTC-4, Kevrob wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 4:49:04 PM UTC-4, James Fabiano wrote:
    Hello. I am looking for a Superman comic published in the 1960s, where Supes meets the game show host Bill Cullen. The Prankster is harassing him because he walked funny, so he is trying to recruit him and suggests that Bill should wear a clown nose
    too like that guy in Gotham City. At first Bill believes the Prankster that Superman is making fun of him. "What a dick," he comments. But soon, he sees who the real villain is and helps Supes win when Prankster uses Kryptonite on him. He does it by
    tossing potatoes at the Prankster. Superman, recovering from the Kryptonite, remarks, "Now that is funny!"

    Anyone got it?
    I could point you to "Supes meets Steve Allen" or "...meets Allen Funt" appearances,
    but Bill Cullen? You're not confusing him with "Bud" Collyer, who voiced Superman
    on the radio, and in cartoons, are you ?

    --
    Kevin R
    No! I remember seeing Bill in it!!!

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to James Fabiano on Fri Apr 1 16:29:52 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 7:06:19 AM UTC-6, James Fabiano wrote:

    No! I remember seeing Bill in it!!!

    People can make mistakes, one's memory can play tricks. I have been searching online, and there are excellent resources online that give an exhaustive list of
    the Superman comics.

    But in the case of the Prankster, apparently after last appearing in
    Superman #88 for March 1954, he disappeared from Superman's adventures
    until Superman #16 (volume 2) for April 1988.

    So there were no appearances of the Prankster *at all* during the 1960s,
    never mind appearances beside Bill Cullen.

    The March 21, 1966 episode of "I've Got a Secret", with Bud Collyer as
    host, and Bill Cullen as one of the panelists, In the second half of the show, the man with a secret... is an actor wearing a Superman costume.

    So Superman did encounter Bill Cullen in the 1960s, but on television.

    John Savard

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  • From James Fabiano@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Mon Apr 4 13:19:46 2022
    On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 7:29:54 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 7:06:19 AM UTC-6, James Fabiano wrote:

    No! I remember seeing Bill in it!!!
    People can make mistakes, one's memory can play tricks. I have been searching
    online, and there are excellent resources online that give an exhaustive list of
    the Superman comics.

    But in the case of the Prankster, apparently after last appearing in Superman #88 for March 1954, he disappeared from Superman's adventures
    until Superman #16 (volume 2) for April 1988.

    So there were no appearances of the Prankster *at all* during the 1960s, never mind appearances beside Bill Cullen.

    The March 21, 1966 episode of "I've Got a Secret", with Bud Collyer as
    host, and Bill Cullen as one of the panelists, In the second half of the show,
    the man with a secret... is an actor wearing a Superman costume.

    So Superman did encounter Bill Cullen in the 1960s, but on television.

    John Savard

    You know what? Maybe this happened in 1988! This was four years after Hot Potato went off the air, which was Bill's last network game show where he tossed potatoes at the contestants. Bill had retired in 1986, so I guess someone at DC wanted to write
    a tribute with him.

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