having the results being learned by the reader (kids) and Superman AT THE SAME TIME...a joint resolution of the mystery...a way of bonding reader and character, especially readers of a young age.
Yeahr... agreed. And believe me, I love these early stories, too, for their innocent goofiness. Still, it would've been interesting to explore
why Superman can't alter the past, ie, he is not God, or that by saving Atlantis he would keep Lori from ever existing and could not personally bear that, etc. But I do love these goofy stories.
I truly dig Al Plastino myself...
Ditto. He draws Superman very SOLID, like he could stop a bullet.