Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex (#41)


DateSettingTypePublished
1969-12DC Universe Non-FictionKnight, December 1969


ReprintsNotes
Ad Astra, issue three (British newszine);
graphic underground, dramatized: More Existentialist Fun Comics;
anthology, Superheroes, edited by Michael Parry, London: Sphere 1978;
Heyne Science Fiction Magazin 12;
Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, paper, Roc/Penguin 1990;
Penthouse Comix Vol 1, No. 5, January 1995;
Gothic APA 15, Spring (March) 1999;
The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman, ed. Glenn Yeffeth, Benbella Books, May 1, 2006;
Reprinted at larryniven.org;
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Entertaining speculation on Superman's sex life on Earth, including a discussion of how to preserve the Kryptonian race. Often quoted, but almost never illustrated, thanks to DC Comics' legal department.


Summary
Can Superman make a baby with Lois Lane, or is he doomed to be the last of his kind? This article discusses the scientific and medical issues involved in copulating with a Kryptonian.