Superman Supacomic #64
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
- Published
- December 1964
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size (180mm x 260mm)
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Square bound
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
The Nightmare Ordeal of Superman!
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
""This caveman stole my costume… and now he's clobbering me! I was the strongest man on Earth, but on this planet of a red sun, I am the weakest! Featuring "The Nightmare Ordeal of Superman!""
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Synopsis
Superman ends up on a planet under a red sun and loses his superpowers. A caveman strikes him down and steals the Superman suit -- Superman, who was once the strongest man alive, is now the weakest! Eventually, Superman is rescued by his friends Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane, who have arrived from Earth in a spaceship.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #170 (July 1964) — Superman's Mission for President Kennedy!
- Also printed
-
Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999) ([September] 1999) — Superman's Mission for President Kennedy!
- Adapted
-
The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) (1973) — Superman's Mission for President Kennedy! (Selected scenes only - two pages)
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Siegel, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
Notes
This feature is beneath an advertisement between pages four and five of "The Curse of Magic!"
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Elongated Man
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #331 (September 1964) — Museum of Mixed-Up Men!
- Also printed
-
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([February] 2003) — Museum of Mixed-Up Men!
-
Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #Vol. One ([July] 2006) — Museum of Mixed-Up Men!
Synopsis
Batman and Robin team up with the Elongated Man investigate mysterious happenings at a museum.
Notes
This story has three chapters. The final part page of chapter 3 has been padded out to a full page, mainly with white space.
6"Phobos, one of the 2 moons of mars, orbits around the planet in 7 1/2 hours…"
Featuring
- Feature
- Scienti-Fact
- Genre
- Non-Fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Julius Schwartz , scripter
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
Information on Mars and the orbit of its satellites, Phobos and Deimos.
Notes
This feature is at the end of chapter 2 of "Museum of Mixed-Up Men"
7"We're the first to find this tomb, Professor Twiddle!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Eureka
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #26 (May-June 1960) — Untitled
- Also printed
-
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #104 ([October 1957]) — Professor Eureka
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #26 ([August 1963?]) — Untitled
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325 (October 1964) — Untitled
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #44 ([February 1968?]) — Untitled
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Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) — Untitled (Edited to a half page.)
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Herron, scripter [as France Herron]
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller [as Bob Kane]
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #166 (September 1964) — A Rendezvous with Robbery!
- Also printed
-
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([February] 2003) — A Rendezvous with Robbery!
Synopsis
Patricia Powell is hoping this is the time she finally meets Bruce Wayne, but things go awry when someone robs the Wayne Estate.
Notes
The last half page of this story has been extended to a full page, mainly with additiona white space.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Siegel, scripter
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #114 (July 1964) — The Raid from the Phantom Zone! [The Raid from the Phantom Zone!]
Synopsis
The Superboy Revenge Squad sends Superboy a giant box of Red K and he opens it. The Red K causes Superboy to release the Phantom Zone prisoners.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Siegel, scripter
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #114 (July 1964) — Farewell to Planet Earth! [The Raid from the Phantom Zone!]
Synopsis
Superboy dreams the Revenge Squad makes him destroy the Earth.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- John Forte, line art
- Text
- Milt Snapinn, letterer [as Milton Snapinn]
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (March 1964) — Part I: The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #503 (September 1983) — The Mutiny of the Legionnaires
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 (1993) — Part I: The Mutiny of the Legionnaires
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) — The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!
Synopsis
During a rescue mission, stress gets to Sun Boy, who sets the rest of the Legionnaires adrift in a lifeboat.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- John Forte, line art
- Text
- Milt Snapinn, letterer [as Milton Snapinn]
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (March 1964) — Part II: The Castaway Legionnaires!
- Also printed
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 (1993) — Part II: The Castaway Legionnaires
Synopsis
The castaway Legionnaires find their way back to the rescue ship, now piloted by a catatonic Sun Boy.
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Details
- Printed
- 1965
- More...
- This Wonderful World Atlas [only 6/-!]
Notes
In February 1962, Publishers Holdings (KG Murray) acquired the Scientific Magazines Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., a long established company producing automobile technical manual that also exported its products to the United Kingdom and United States.
![This Wonderful World Atlas [only 6/-!] (1965)](/image/gallery/874/this-wonderful-world-atlas-only-6-.jpg "This Wonderful World Atlas [only 6/-!] (1965)")
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Printed by Kenmure Press Pty. Ltd., Cr Derby and Wetherill Streets, Nth Lidcombe, for the Proprietors Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., Sydney, and produced by The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 142 Clarence street. Sequences in this issue Copyright National Periodical Publications Inc.