Issue Description

Italian version of Superman, they renamed him Nembo Kid, Nembo being the Italian word for the cloud 'nimbus', and removed the 'S' logo on his chest and cape. Many of his superhero heroes and foes are called by their original American name and Lois Lane became Luisa Lane.

Lex Luthor builds a contraption in prison that allows him to contact people from the future. He ends up meeting the Legion of Super-Villains: Cosmic King, Saturn Queen and Lightning Lord. They are a three-member team that opposes the Legion of Super-Heroes as adults, particularly Saturn Woman (who is Saturn Girl as an adult), Cosmic Man (who is Cosmic Boy as an adult) and Lightning Man (who is Lightning Lad as an adult). Superman and this adult version of the Legion of Super-Heroes defeats the Legion of Super-Villains and returns everyone to jail, except Saturn Queen who ends up renouncing evil.

Nembo Kid (1954)

Publisher

National Periodical Publications

Volume Description

This comic book was one of the first Italian publication that dealt with American superheroes. Yes it is Superman, but they've renamed him 'Nembo Kid', 'nembo' is Italian for the cloud they call nimbus. The 'S' on his chest has been painstakingly removed in every issue and from the covers. First his breastplate is made red and in later issues it's yellow. Instead of naming everything 'super' the Italians have dubbed everything into 'ultra' to describe his powers. In the sixties Mondadori had Italian creators devise new stories to fill the weekly title. Under pressure from the moral guardians 'Garanzia Morale' (see their logo on some of the later comics) the writers cut back on the fantasy aspects of the comic. Their vision of Superman is weaker, he hardly flies at all and is often seen jogging to the rescue. The issues are small in size, some people complained the letters could hardly be read.

The first 527 issues bore the name Nembo Kid after which it was renamed Superman Nembo Kid which continued the numbering of this volume.

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