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= September 7 =

Superboy Comic Book from a long time ago
Hello all. I'm not much into comic books, but I have a question which had bothering me for many years. When I was a young boy, maybe 7 or 8, I remember seeing what looked like a Superboy comic book issue where the Superboy had been tricked by these two evil people (I think they were kids, actually) to put a helmet on and it pumped some kind of torture gas into itself and Superboy couldn't get it off. I remember the two villains gleefully watched as Superboy was in agony. It was a disturbing comic book to read at such a young age, does anyone know the issue or name?? -O.R.Comms 01:28, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * In what year(s) were you 7-8? -- Jayron 32 01:35, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Early 1980s, 1982-83 -O.R.Comms 01:40, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The New Adventures of Superboy was out at that time. There are websites where you can go through each comic from the series.  -- Jayron 32 14:04, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Here are the covers to that series (continued onto a second page). Here is a list of all the series published with "Superboy" in the title. The years are listed on the right hand side, but be aware that it also lists foreign editions, etc. It's also possible that it was not a Superboy comic book per se, but an appearance in an anthology series or group book. Matt Deres (talk) 16:32, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Huh. When I was that age, most Superboy stories seemed to involve awkward but mostly harmless transformations by Red Kryptonite. —Tamfang (talk) 08:53, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you everyone for the good information. It was so long ago (35+ years), I wonder if what I was looking at was even Superman or maybe some adult comic book about forcing someone to breath gas. Its interesting, right around the early 80s was when the whole laughing gas fetishism was just coming about. I wonder if this was a comic book I shouldn't have been looking at! -O.R.Comms 15:45, 9 September 2016 (UTC)


 * There was a nitrous oxide gag in The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers long before 1980! —Tamfang (talk) 01:50, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Star Trek: The Cage
In the Star Trek episode The Cage, the actor Ed Madden who played the USS Enterprises Geologist can be seen in a number of scenes where you can see what looks like a plaster on the left hand side of his neck. Did he have a plaster on his neck & is this story related ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 11:50, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, you bring up something that a lot of people miss about that episode. You see, a major plot element was Captain Pike feeling he was not fit for command since he had just lead (shortly before the episode) a landing party mission where several members of his crew were wounded or killed.  Spock is limping and there are a couple of other people with casts and bandages.  So, good catch! -O.R.Comms 15:53, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

I had noticed the Spock limping bit, but totaly forgot all about it.194.74.238.137 (talk) 10:48, 12 September 2016 (UTC)