Earths-Out-of-Place Department: Superman and Atlas and a Doubly-Out-of-Place Earth

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The expenditure of one thin 1948 dime would answer that age-old question: IS Atlas stronger than Superman?  That interrogatory pales though in comparison to the business of what exactly is going on with the Earth, though we can guess that Atlas has decided to use it as a weapon, which I think is the first time that I've seen an image turning the Earth into an offensive tool.  The Earth is also doubly out-of-place in this image because Atlas was condemned by Zeus for his role in the Titans vs. Olympians struggles not to hold up the Earth on his shoulders, but rather to support the celestial sphere--the sky--so that the Earth and Sky did not meet. So Atlas shouldn't be throwing the Earth at Superman if he wanted to keep a little true to his own mythology, because according to legend Atlas carried a bigger burden.