[Ads-l] superpower

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Oct 3 19:39:03 UTC 2020


OED: 1945

1943 _Las Vegas [Nev.] Review-Journal_ (Apr. 3) 8: SUPERMAN...I thought you
had dedicated your super powers to battling the Axis?

Surely the term appeared much earlier in _Superman_ or _Action Comics_.

JL

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