Context is Superman (1939) #300, page 7

Transcript:

Scientist #1: Great Scott! The hatch is opening–

Scientist #1: --and a baby is coming out!

Scientist #2: Look! He’s as invulnerable to the laser as is his rocket!

Kal-El: I am hungry!

  • mars_hardcore@lemmy.sdf.org
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    13 days ago

    The date after the series title indicates when the series started, not the publication date of the actual panel. It’s there to clarify that it’s in the 300th issue of the original run, not the current one, or any of the ones that came between.

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      12 days ago

      Exactly, thanks for explaining. The year mentioned is the publishing date of the first issue for the series