Professor Supermind and Son was a comic book feature that appeared in issues 60-71 of Dell Comics

Dell Comics

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' Popular Comics publication. Professor Warren (Supermind) used his energy machine to give his son, Dan, superhuman powers, including super strength, invulnerability, and the ability to fly. With these powers, and his father's other inventions, Dan Warren fought criminals and Nazis.

Supermind's son was an obvious Superman

Superman

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 knockoff, with a name similar to Superman, the same super powers, and, on some Popular Comics covers, a very similar blue and red costume(differing from the green, yellow, and red costume depicted on the pages inside). Despite this, there is no public record of Superman publisher DC Comics

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having taken legal action against Dell, as they did against some other publishers of characters closely modeled after Superman.

External links

• Supermind's Son at InternationalHero.co.uk