tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post2799469226821979526..comments2023-07-06T03:35:50.840-05:00Comments on Comics in Crisis: High Profile Secret IdentitiesBrian Reaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086329859116256261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post-85571872498816047582010-04-30T15:16:15.156-05:002010-04-30T15:16:15.156-05:00Clark Kent started anchoring the news for WGBS in ...Clark Kent started anchoring the news for WGBS in the early 1970s, possibly as early as 1971, after Morgan Edge bought out the Daily Planet and merged it into his media empire (or something like that -- I guess Morgan was supposed to be like Rupert Murdoch. You don't see a lot of media moguls buying up newspapers these days). <br /><br />And yes, for over a decade -- practically every month in the Action Comics and Superman -- Clark learned of an emergency while he was on the air, and managed to sneak away to deal with it. His co-anchor was Lana Lang, who in every issue of Superboy had tried to prove that Clark and Superboy were one and the same, and yet oddly as an adult never seemed perturbed when Clark always ran away from his anchor desk just when Supes showed up.<br /><br />Another name who should be on your list is Oliver Queen. His profile has waxed and waned over the years, along with his fortune, but just a few years ago he was the Mayor of Star City, a very high profile job. He sports the most distinctive facial hair in the DC Universe, yet none of Star City's voters was able to figure out that their main hero and their mayor were one and the same! Go figure.<br /><br />I think if you surveyed professions of superheroes, playboy and journalist would probably rank #1 and #2 on the list. Going back to the Golden Age. (Ted Knight and Carter Hall, playboys in the early 40s. Libby Lawrence and Johnny Chambers, journalists.) This probably reflects the country's fascination with the wealthy at the time (see any film from the 30s, excluding gangster movies), and the high status of journalists at the time (my how times have changed). <br /><br />Dr. OTRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post-56272859834153411372010-04-27T06:22:22.301-05:002010-04-27T06:22:22.301-05:00Thanks for the link. Good job with the post.Thanks for the link. Good job with the post.Rick L. Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447083825248853313noreply@blogger.com