Here’s another ad from the 70s (yeah, I’m going through a chunk of old comics and keep finding these things!)
I think it’s safe to say that the Batmobile is probably the most well known superhero themed vehicle; sure, many people will know of Wonder Woman’s invisible plane, but when the majority of super-powered heroes can fly and/or run very fast, they don’t need a car, motorbike or helicopter. I’m not sure what use a Daily Planet delivery truck would be to any hero, but we’ll let that one slide for the moment as there’s one vehicle in that lot that caught my eye, as you can probably tell from this post’s title:
Superman’s punching car! (I have no idea if that’s the real name for it)
In what world would a car/plane hybrid that has retractable punching arms on the side be any more use than Superman himself?
Think about it – Supes is flying around in his punching car-plane-thing and comes across a villain that needs a damn good thrashing. What’s he going to do? Use the mechanical arms on the side of that thing or just get out and punch the damn thing himself? He’s Superman, for Rao’s sake!
This makes no sense and makes Clark Kent very grumpy.
Crisis on Earth-Prime 