Honestly, if Superman was gay, it would've taken him longer to get out of this.

Concluding our Superman #349 coverage/mockery! Having pretty much dropped the ball, Wonder Warrior tries the magic lasso on Supes, but is knocked out before he can order him to quit it or anything. I'm pretty sure Wonder Woman wouldn't have gone down that quickly, but then again back then Superman would probably sooner eat his fist than slug her. Would the Comics Code even let Supes hit her? Well, anyway.

Supes heads back to Metropolis to call out the villain: Mxyzptlk. When Superman saw the roster of villains, he was the only one that was well, still a he. Also, Superwoman and Clara were separate people, because Mxyzptlk didn't know Clark Kent was Superman. Huh...really? 'Cause it seems like it would be really easy for him to stumble across it, like with the giant spy monitor he's using to watch Superman two pages later.

Mxyzptlk explains how his wedding went down, and how he had it annulled due to false pretenses; but that he didn't think it was fair that he lost the (fake) love of his life, while Superman still had Lois (who he still hadn't committed to). So, Mxy set up this trap world, where Superman would be stuck without Lois, and was going to ditch him there too.

However, Superman had brought Wonder Warrior's lasso, and catches Mxy with it before he can disappear. He then forces him to say "Kltpzyxm!" and the world returns to normal. Conveniently, time rolls back a bit as well, so Wonder Woman doesn't have to wake up in the Mojave Desert with a sore jaw and no lasso. Today.

The final bit is Clark, back at the Planet, running into Louis Lane. Lois explains he's her cousin. Sure, Lois. Nice cover. I don't judge you, honey.

So, even though I'm not a Mxyzptlk fan, the two issues of the regular Superman book I got in a year and half both had the little so-and-so. This was probably my last issue of either Superman or Action until Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and then Byrne's run, which was pretty much a Marvel Superman. (Relax, I was also reading a lot of digest reprints at the time, too.) I'm still more of a Marvel fan, but I rarely go too long without checking in on the big red S.