Superman #224

Superman #224 (On Sale: December 16, 1969) has a cover by Curt Swan and Jack Abel.

This issue contains the feature-length imaginary story "Beware the Super-Genius Baby" by Robert Kanigher, Curt Swan and George Roussos. Oh how I wish the cover scene was not representative of the insides, but it is. In this "imaginary tale" Superman marries Lois and they have a child together after Superman injected Lois with a serum that makes her invulnerable. A couple of half-assed villains shoot Lois with a special ray as she is pregnant and she gives birth to an egg-headed son who is super-smart, but has no moral values.

There is a lot more to this story, but none of it is very interesting, though the Swan pencils look really great at times. In the end, Superman doses his son with a cerebral neutralizer that reverts him to a "normal" half Kryptonian/half Earth-man. Wake me up when this travesty is over please.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.