Vladimir Nabokov's Superman poem published for the first time

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Can anyone find the actual poem?

https://twitter.com/shallowbrigade/status/136771766876631449...

Thank you. It’s a blast!

...of love?

Thanks!

The issue that inspired the poem:

http://images.comiccollectorlive.com/covers/81e/81e43b16-625...

Scifi writer Larry Niven later addressed the same 'risque' issue that gave pause to Nabokov & the New Yorker, in his 1969 essay, 'Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel,_Woman_of_Kleenex

http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html

Need I say that Mad Magazine beat Larry Niven to this one?

Did they? What year? (Did they also beat Nabokov?)

In the world of the Internet, you never have to say "I don't know": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superduperman . The year was 1953.

Thanks!

But having just read the 1953 Mad Magazine 'Superduperman' (https://forgottenawesome.blogspot.com/2017/07/superduperman....), I don't notice any reference to the dangers posed by Super(duper)man's ejaculation!

Sorry, I was thinking of the juvenile application of X-Ray vision. I have not read Larry Niven's piece.

> gutting her like a trout

Egh.

Robot Chicken did it as well, with Superman accidentally shooting all the way through the back of Lois's head and killing her with a super, uh, load.

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