History ComicBook / TandyComputerWhizKids

* HistoryWithCelebrity: According to ''The Computers That Saved Metropolis'' and ''Superman #358'', Ms. Wilson and Superman have been friends for some time. How long, and how they met, is never clarified, but they're friendly enough that he addresses her by [[FirstNameBasis her first name of Margaret]].

Eight issues were made for the main series by Tandy, along with three tie-ins with DC featuring ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman (with the two, along with their teacher, also appearing in a regular issue of ''Superman'' and the "Advertising/VictoryByComputer" one-shot in 1981).

The ''Tandy Computer Whiz Kids'' series was a series of promotional comics published by Radio Shack from 1980 to 1991, and produced initially by Creator/DCComics, then later by Creator/ArchieComics. In them, the two titular Whiz Kids, Alec and Shanna, teach their class (and by extension, the audience) about Tandy computer products and occasionally other topics ([[DrugsAreBad substance abuse]], [[TooSmartForStrangers child kidnappers]], [[GreenAesop environmentalism]], etc.)

Eight issues were made for the main series by Tandy, along with three tie-ins with DC featuring Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman (with the two, along with their teacher, also appearing in a regular issue of ''Superman'' in 1981).

While originally largely obscure, the comic series became far better known after being reviewed (and ridiculed) by Linkara from ''Webvideo/AtopTheFourthWall''.

* AnAesop: The comics often dive into AVerySpecialEpisode territory with commentary on drugs, environmental awareness, and physical fitness. This was so that Radio Shack could claim the comics had "educational value" and so make them available in schools. Invoked by Linkara, who used his first review of one of these comics to launch his "PSA Hell" segment.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: According to the ''Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: Fit to Win'' comic, the first all-electronic computers were made in America, not England as [[Webvideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] pointed out in his "Top 15 Screw-Ups". When the piece of trivia pops up again in the crossover with Superman and Wonder Woman, Linkara deduces that the statement was a bald-faced lie.

--> [[AC:Great, Ms. Wilson!]]

* MeaningfulName: If ''Superman #358'' is anything to go by, Alec (at least, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn in his earliest appearances]]) was written to be a "Smart Alec".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the earlier issues, "Superman and the TRS-80 Whiz Kids: The Computers that Saved Metropolis" and "Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: The Computer Masters of Metropolis" to cite some examples, Alec actually ''wasn't'' that interested in computers. "The Computers that Saved Metropolis" not only has him outright state that the only thing he'd care ''less'' about is "the history of Brussels sprouts", but even when Superman shows up to give his lecture, he responds:

* IntrepidReporter: Anita Baker is willing to put her life on the line to investigate criminals, both in order to get her story and also to help Detective Shaw bring them to justice.

** Expect Ms. Wilson to tell the class she has a surprise for them, which depending on the comic will be a field trip, a visit from a DC superhero, or a new computer product for the class. In some comics more than one of these things happen, with Ms. Wilson appropriately saying she has several surprises.

* PoliceAreUseless: Until they are enabled with the help of a Tandy product operated by Alec and Shanna.

* SuckySchool: The Whiz Kids attend what is implied to be one of these, as various issues suggest there aren't even enough desks for the kids in their class. The school also never requires permission slips (or even advance notice of more than five minutes) for field trips, and thinks that a drug addiction hotline staffed by ''twelve-year-olds'' is a good idea.

* TheWorfEffect: In "The Computers That Saved Metropolis", Major Disaster infects Superman with microscopic kryptonite crystals, clouding his thought processes and disrupting his control over his superpowers. Alec and Shanna have to use a computer to calculate assorted variables on how to stop disasters Major Disaster has caused.

** The issues produced by Archie Comics also have a couple of references to their flagship series, with Shanna wearing a Jughead shirt and Alec having a poster of the character on his bedroom wall.

** Most of the comics open with Ms. Wilson welcoming the class back from their summer vacations and asking what they did over the summer, leading into Alec and Shana talking about something they did that ties into the A plot involving crime somehow.