Talk:Adventure Comics 313

While creating new pages, this occurred to me: Why do we list Mort Weisinger as an author? It's usually the editor's role to kibbutz with the writer on story ideas and development, and the editor usually doesn't receive special writing credit. (Mort certainly didn't receive it in the Adventure stories which actually listed a writer.) Or did Mort contribute more to these stories than usual?He Who Wanders 18:06, 21 August 2007 (PDT)

Weisinger did a great deal to create the Superman Family "brand" while he was editor of those titles. He encouraged (demanded?) his writers to include common story elements across the entire range of Superman-related titles. While the main writer was definitely responsible for scripting the story, many of the story premises came from Weisinger, and in some cases, they were ideas that the writers were not too interested in. For example, he may have pushed for the next story to be about the Super-Pets, because that was an established part of the brand, while the writer was more interested in writing stories that developed the characters of the Legionnaires. In some cases, his degree of involvement in the story writing created friction with the writers. In any regard, he was involved enough in creating the stories that giving him a second billing writing credit during his tenure is not too far off the mark. -- Gopher 19:36, 22 August 2007 (PDT)

Interesting. Mort's influence on the Superman universe is certainly incalculable, but is there any way of knowing which stories he had actually suggested or demanded? To give him a blanket writing credit on every Silver Age Superman Family story seems unfair to the writers.He Who Wanders 20:06, 22 August 2007 (PDT)

The Effects of Magnetism on Lead

Thanks for catching the gaff, Michael. (Did I mention that science isn't one of my stronger points?) I deleted the entry, as Cham and Colossal Boy, though present in several scenes, are also not shown using their powers.He Who Wanders 18:18, 22 August 2007 (PDT)