Comic #5234: psycho

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Panel 1:
Psychoanalyst: SO YOU KIDNAPPED LOIS LANE!

Superman: YES. AND I HAVE YOUR ONE WEAKNESS.

Panel 2:
Psychoanalyst: NO, SUPERMAN. I DON'T BELIEVE KRYPTONITE PHYSIOLOGICALLY AFFECTS YOU.

Superman: WHAT?

Panel 3:
Psychoanalyst: IT HAS AN INSTANTANEOUS EFFECT ON YOUR BEHAVIOR WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE TO IT. THE ONLY POSSIBILITIES ARE THAT IT EXERTS AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ON YOU OR IT EMITS SOME CHEMICAL THAT AFFECTS YOUR BODY.

Panel 4:
Superman: IT CAN'T BE THE FIELD, BECAUSE IF THAT WERE THE PROBLEM YOU'D GET WEAK NEAR ELECTRONICS. IF IT'S A CHEMICAL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFFECTED BY IT THE INSTANT IT'S REVEALED.

Panel 5:
Psychoanalyst: WHAT'S YOUR—

Psychoanalyst: IT'S ALL PSYCHOSOMATIC, MAN OF STEEL!

Panel 6:
Psychoanalyst: KRYPTONITE COMES FROM YOUR DESTROYED HOME PLANET. IT REMINDS YOU OF THE DEAD FAMILY YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.

Panel 7:
Psychoanalyst: IT MAKES YOU LONG FOR A BIOLOGICAL FAMILY, WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL GUILTY FOR NOT APPRECIATING YOUR ADOPTIVE PARENTS, WHICH PRODUCES THE OBSERVED WEAKNESS YOU DISPLAY.

Panel 8:
Emotionally Repressed Superman: NO! SUDDENLY… FEELING… EMOTIONALLY… VULNERABLE… MUST… DEFLECT OWN FEELINGS… WITH… JOKE…

Panel 9:
Superman (to Psychoanalyst): MORE LIKE PSYCHO-ANALYST, AM I RIGHT!?

Panel 10:
Psychoanalyst: CURSES!

Panel 11:
Superman (angry):

Panel 12:
Superman:

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