Monday PSA: Earth Day PSA

April 23rd, 2007

Filed under: Comics

Earth Day PSA. Click for the full page.Don’t think of this as a day late — think of it as 17 years and a day late!
In case you missed it, yesterday was Earth Day, so here’s an Earth Day PSA from Flash #39.

Click on the image to the right for the full ad.

This is rather lame for a full page PSA. You think that DC could at least tell the reader a little about what Earth Day means, or how Earth Day should be celebrated, or at least give a little information. Instead, they give a picture of the Earth and Superman (and it looks like John Byrne art) and give you an address to write for more information. This was pre-internet, so you’d have to use dead trees to write off for more information, and get dead trees in return — which kind of defeats the whole purpose, doesn’t it?

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5 Responses to “ Monday PSA: Earth Day PSA ”

  1. John Jakala
    April 23rd, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    I think that’s actually art by Kerry Gammill.

  2. Keith
    April 24th, 2007 at 8:12 am

    Has anyone ever bothered to explain how superman can just run around in space without air? And he’s always holding space-conversations! He’s more like ‘Anti-Physics Man!’

  3. Anonymous
    April 24th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

    Not related to Earth Day or Superman, but here’s some more news I saw today that deals with comics and medicine:
    http://www.wftv.com/news/12926707/detail.html

  4. Nick F.
    April 24th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    I’ll see Anonymous’s link, and raise him a Scientific American
    http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=kryptonite_discovered_adamantium_remains&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

  5. Dr. Zaius
    April 25th, 2007 at 12:23 am

    Has anyone ever bothered to explain how superman can just run around in space without air?

    Hellooo! He’s Superman! He can travel through time, stop bullets, and disguise himself with a simple pair of glasses. What do you expect? If comic books were filled facts, they would cease to be comic books and become text books, or something. They are read for their mythical quality, not their adherence to scientific fact-ieness.

    This PSA is actually better than what you see or hear today. It least it’s message wasn’t contested. Now it’s all about “does global warming even exist?” – and that’s from our own government!

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