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WhileBatmanis known for his many variations of theBatmobile , his counterpartSupermanlacks an accompanying vehicle . That ’s not for want of trying on DC ’s part , as the comics giant substantiate - peculiarly during the Silver Age and Bronze Age - that the toy industriousness could strongly endorse sales of comics and vice versa . Thus , plans were put into motionto give Superman his ownSupermobile … but unlike the Batmobile , the Man of Steel ’s fomite is good left forgotten .
Batman made his debut inDetective Comics # 27 in 1939 . The issue also see the debut ofBruce Wayne ’s first - ever Batmobile , which was in the form of a uncomplicated scarlet summercater railroad car and a far cry from the sleek , armoured pursuit vehicles readers expect of the Dark Knight in the modern geological era . It was n’t long before DC realized that a standardised toy could hypothetically move Superman ware in the same way . Thus , in a promotional tie - in with the Corgi Toys plaything line , the Supermobile made its debut inAction Comics # 481 in 1978 .
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In the issue , the android and frequent enemy of Superman Amazo escapes his prison on the Justice League of America orbiter . The rest period of the Justice League are incarcerate , and thanks to an exploding carmine sun and thesubsequent burst of red solar radiationshowering Earth , Superman is rendered completely powerless . After tempt the android to his Fortress of Solitude , Superman unleashes the Supermobile : a underground artillery that can replicate all of Superman ’s powers . As Amazo tangles with the Supermobile , Batman deduct it can only have been constructed out of " Supermanium " -“The strongest metal ever created ! "
Supermanium is so strong , explain Batman , that it can only be damp by heat - vision and can only be mould by Superman ’s own superintendent - durability . Superman uses the Supermobileto travel forward in timeafter the cherry-red solar radiation syndrome passed Earth , regains his powers and defeats Amazo . This final deed was a rather big blunder on the part of DC column , cementing the Supermobile as abackupweapon . If the fomite was whole useless to a fully - power Superman , why would he ever use it regularly ?
While Corgi toy get their wish and grow the Supermobile , it seldom appear in subsequent adventures . Today the vehicle is more of a Kryptonian footnote than anything of substance - and speaking of substance , " supermanium " is hardly mentioned in DC comic today . Batman ’s Batmobilecontinues to be improbably pop , butSuperman’sSupermobile is perhaps best remembered as a cautionary tale of how excessive marketing can negatively effect a story .
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