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It took me a few minutes for it to dawn on me. IIRC, Alfred became quite popular after the serial and that's when he became an ongoing back-up feature in Batman.
My question (in keeping with the theme):
The Superman Radio serial "The Adventures of Superman", in which Batman had several guest-starring appearances, established an important element in Golden Age continuity that eventually became part of canon thanks to later stories.
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All good guesses but not quite. One clue I can provide is to direct you to the specific way I asked the question, making note of who was on the show...
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I'll take the double-response as one and tell you that you are indeed correct!
World's Finest was already a comic book by then but Batman and Superman had separate features and had only ever teamed up on the covers and briefly in one JSA story (with the rest of the JSA). So "kinda".
But it is indeed how Superman and Batman learn each other's identities. It's noteworthy that Superman first learns Batman's; later on, Batman learns Superman's (in another storyline). Though World's Finest would later present origins of the Superman/Batman team, the serial would become canon via even later World's Finest stories, and therefore, this both in spirit and in continuity introduced the concept that the two icons knew each other's identities.
You're up, Lardy!
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Yay! I suck at trivia, so it figures I would get one that was a pure guess! Anyhoo, I'm sure this one will be gotten pretty quickly as there are so many knowledgeable fans out there. This one's been on my mind a lot lately, so I'll turn it into a trivia question:
In the Silver Age of DC there was a character named Ardala Ardora who represented a surprising duality for one of DC's more nefarious characters. Who was she? And in her final appearance, what other significant milestone occurred for the character she was associated with (as advertised on the cover)?
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That's not it, Blacula, though the actual answer has a certain similarity to yours. Nope, it's not an anagram. And Ardala Ardora was definitely a female character and not a pseudonym for another character. So when I said "duality", that wasn't my intent. I'll give another clue tonight if no one gets it.
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Ardora was the kind-of love interest for Lex Luthor in the Silver Age--and because of her, he helps save her home planet. This is a very important story begins it completes the full progression of totally evil Lex of the Golden Age to increasingly more complex Lex of the Silver Age to tragic and almost heroic Lex of the late Silver Age.
Am I right? Forget the planet's name...
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She was more than his love interest, Cobester--he married Ardora and she bore him a son, Lex Luthor, Jr! The planet was called Lexor, ironically. So Lex had a home-away-from-home where he was viewed as a hero!
However, the latter part of this question is still unanswered:
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: And in her final appearance, what other significant milestone occurred for the character she was associated with (as advertised on the cover)?
Obviously, the milestone refers to Luthor. The thing I refer to is unrelated to the deaths of Ardora and Lex, Jr. that occur inside the book's pages.
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He finally ditches that prison outfit he'd been wearing for years? In favor of his 70s action suit?
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