Giant Superman Album #22
The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Superman Battles His Deadliest Enemies
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
"Superman battles his deadliest enemies. The Thing from 40,000AD; Metallo; Brainiac; The Invulnerable Enemy"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) — An All-Star Line-Up of the Greatest Super-Villains Ever Featured!
- Adapted
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Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973? series) #23 ([May 1974?]) — Superman Battles his Deadliest Enemies
Notes
Two images have been removed from cover original. The wrong cover may have been used, as most stories in this issue come from Superman Annual 3, Summer 1961. The stories depicted on this cover are reprinted in Giant Superman Album #23. This is the first Planet Comics issue. This isssue went on sale 1960-11-10. Though DC credits the inking of at least the main figure to Al Plastino in the Superman in the Sixties reprint, when asked in February 2009 by Bryan Stroud, Plastino said he was "pretty sure" the entire cover was inked by Stan Kaye.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #243 (August 1958) — The Lady and the Lion
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #137 ([December 1958?]) — The Lady and the Lion
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #105 (January 1959) — The Lady and the Lion
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961) — The Lady and the Lion
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966?]) — The Lady and the Lion
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Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #Volume 1 ([September] 2004) — The Lady and the Lion
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Lady and the Lion
Synopsis
Circe gives Superman a potion that causes him to have the head of a lion until he discovers the antidote.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-872
Credits
- Writing
- Leo Dorfman, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #241 (August 1971) — Superman's Day of Truth!
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #74 ([October 1965?]) — Superman's Day of Truth
Notes
No villain.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [as Whit Ellsworth]
Reprint history
- First print
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #235 (December 1957) — The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #96 ([April 1958]) — The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island!
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961) — The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island
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Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #8 ([December 1965?]) — The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island
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Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #9 ([June 1972?]) — The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (September 1959) — The Superman of the Future!
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #16 ([November 1960]) — The Superman of the Future
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961) — The Superman of the Future!
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Superman of the Future
Synopsis
Superman poses as the Future Superman, who has the power to predict the future, to smoke out Agent X-3 and prevent an attempt on the life of the President.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, Assistant Editor
- George Kashdan, Assistant Editor
- Management
- Jack Schiff, Managing Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (April 1958) — Superman's New Face
- Also printed
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Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #27 ([August 1958?]) — Superman’s New Face
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961) — Superman's New Face
Synopsis
Superman is caught in an atomic explosion and afterwards must bandage his face, or wear a lead mask, to keep anyone from seeing what happened to him.
Indicia
Printed by Kenmure Press Pty Ltd, 50 Derby Street, North Lidcombe, 2141. Published by The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, 142 Clarence Street, Sydney, 2000. Sequences in this issue copyright National Periodical Publications Inc. Distributors: Gordon & Gotch (A/sia) Ltd, Melbourne, The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Sydney.