In Other Media
While Phineas Potter has not appeared in any medium outside of comic books, a similar character appeared on the Adventures of Superman television series in the 1950s. The absent-minded Professor Pepperwinkle was portrayed by Phil Tead in five episodes of the series, which featured George Reeves as Superman. Pepperwinkle also appeared in Superman comics during the 1970s. Also, in the popular Superman-themed television drama Smallville, Lana Lang has a maternal aunt named Nell Potter, whom she lives with for the first season (due to her parents' deaths) before moving in with Chloe Sullivan.
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“The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.”
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