Giant Superman Album #42
Murray Publishers Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
- Published
- December 1980
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 0.90 AUD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Matte colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
-
Murray Comics (Red)
-
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
""At last--I Brainiac triumph! I've programmed Superman's final defeat!""
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Dick Giordano, inker
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2991; [S-2998]; [S-3022]
- Characters
- Justice League of America; Supergirl
Credits
- Writing
- Cary Bates, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller [credited]
- Frank Chiaramonte, inker [credited]
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer [credited] (#489)
- Milt Snapinn, letterer (#490)
- Karen Kish, letterer [as Karisha] (#491)
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor [credited]
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #489 (November 1978) — Krypton Dies Again
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #490 (December 1978) — No Tomorrow For Superman
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (January 1979) — A Matter of Light and Death
Notes
Stories have been merged with titles removed and some artwork changed.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Siegel, scripter
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #14 (January 1960) — Lois Lane's Secret Romance!
- Also printed
-
Century Plus Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #49 ([June 1960?]) — Lois Lane's Secret Romance!
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Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #2 (Summer 1963) — Lois Lane's Secret Romance!
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Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #2 ([June 1965?]) — Lois Lane's Secret Romance
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #27 ([July 1967?]) — Lois Lane's Secret Romance
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Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007) — Lois Lane's Secret Romance!
Synopsis
Supergirl schemes to get Lois married to Superman. (First in a series). She even sends her a Batwoman costume and pretends it's a present from Batman to make Superman jealous.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-3184
Credits
- Writing
- Gerry Conway, scripter
- Art
- John Calnan, penciller
- Vince Colletta, inker
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #198 (November-December 1979) — Phantom of the Opry
Synopsis
Jimmy Olsen must figure out who is trying to destroy the Metropolis Opry House.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Supergirl
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-3332
Credits
- Writing
- Jack C. Harris, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, penciller
- Vince Colletta, inker
- Colours
- Gene D'Angelo, colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #202 (July-August 1980) — The Dynamic Duel!
- Also printed
-
Supergirl (Murray, 1982?) ([1982?]) — The Dynamic Duel!
Synopsis
Supergirl must release Dynamic from a hypnotic trance.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-3061
Credits
- Writing
- Cary Bates, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Frank Chiaramonte, inker
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Superman battles an alien that tries to trap him in a TV-like device, but Superman is wearing Jimmy Olsen's signal-watch and that enables him to escape and prevent the alien invasion. Meanwhile, Clark Kent goes back to work for the Daily Planet temporarily.
