Showcase Presents Superman #Vol. Two
DC Comics
United States.
- Published
- July 2006
- Page count
- 580?
- Cover price
- 16.99 USD; 22.99 CAD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- ISBN
- 978-1-4012-1041-0
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/353497
Credits
- Editing
- Emily Ryan Lerner (Collected Edition Editor)
Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Titano
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Alex Sinclair
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1938 series) #138 (recolored)
Notes
Original artwork recolored for this cover.
1Notes
Inside front cover.
2Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
3Credits
- Author
- Letters
- Typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #258
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Cosmic Man; Perry White; Lois Lane; General Malvio; President Raulis of Borkia
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #258
Synopsis
General Malvio creates a robot superhero so that he can use him to assasinate the President of Borkia.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Luthor
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #259
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Luthor; Lana Lang; Lois Lane; Red Kryptonite; Perry White; "Flashy" Burke
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #259
Synopsis
Exposure to Red Kryptonite seemingly causes Superman and Superboy to exist simultaneously, Luthor takes advantage by trapping Superboy and forcing Superman to choose between Lois and Lana.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Kull-Ex
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #134
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Kull-Ex (disguised as Superman, Villain, Intro)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1039 series) #134
Synopsis
Superman has gone crazy, causing unnecessary damage whenever he performs a super-feat.
Notes
First of a three-part story.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Bottle City of Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Kull-Ex (also as Superman); Zell-Ex (Flashback); Jor-El (Flashback); Jimmy Olsen (Cameo); Perry White (Cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #134
Synopsis
Kull-Ex has tricked Superman into switching places, trapping Superman inside the Bottle City of Kandor while Kull-Ex roams the Earth, causing destruction while dressed as Superman.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Kull-Ex (also as Superman); Superman Robots; Bottle City of Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (Brief origin recap); Zor-El (Flashback; Cameo); Alura (Flashback; Cameo); Krypto
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #134
Synopsis
Supergirl rescues Superman from Kandor and with the help of Krypto the three defeat Kull-Ex and return him to Kandor.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (as a Superbaby and as Mighty Maid); Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #260
13Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (as Mighty Maid); Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #260
Synopsis
To foil an alien race bent on destroying Earth, Superman has Supergirl become Mighty Maid and then they fake Superman marrying Mighty Maid and leaving Earth.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Superbaby [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135
15Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor (villain, flashback); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jerry; Al
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135
Synopsis
An untold tale of how Lois first suspected Clark Kent was Superman.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris (Guest Star); Ronal (Intro, Lori's future husband); Hans Schmidt; Lois Lane (Cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Wayne Boring
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135 (February 1960) — Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #15 ([October 1960?]) — Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart
-
80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #14 (September 1965) — Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart
-
Superman Annual (KGM, 1951 series) #1967 (1967) — Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart
-
Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #7 ([June 1970?]) — Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart
-
Superman (Tempo Books, 1978 series) #14532 (1978) — Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135
Synopsis
Superman re-unites with Lori Lemaris for the first time since college.
Notes
Flashback to the first meeting of Superman and Lori.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Superboy Robot; Superbaby Robot
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135 (February 1960) — The Trio of Steel
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #11 ([June 1960]) — The Trio of Steel!
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968) — The Trio of Steel!
-
Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #74 ([December 1969]) — The Trio of Steel!
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135
Synopsis
Superman becomes Super-Pest, playing stupid tricks and embarrassing his friends, under 5th dimensional influence.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Jor-El; Fortress of Solitude
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #261
19Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Superman robots; Big Bob Kruger; The Welder; Anti-Superman Gang; Urko the Terrible; Jor-El (Cameo); Lara (Cameo); Ma Kent (Cameo); Jimmy Olsen (Cameo); Perry White (Cameo); Lois Lane (Cameo); Alvin; Alvin's Mom; Wotsis (Cameo); Mars-Ol; Ra-Ho
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #261
Synopsis
Superman brings his Fortress to Metropolis so people can visit, and the Anti-Superman gang seizes upon this chance to plant a bomb in it.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; kryptonite
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262
21Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262 (March 1960) — When Superman Lost His Powers!
- Also printed
-
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #2 ([July 1964?]) — When Superman Lost His Powers!
-
Giant Jimmy Olsen Album (Colour Comics, 1966 series) #10 ([April 1974??]) — When Superman Lost His Powers
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262
Synopsis
While in the Mexican jungle reporting on an Aztec tomb, the Planet staff is magically whisked to a red sun planet where Clark has no powers. Superman has to fake super feats to reassure the Planet staff that everything is under control.
Notes
First "red sun" story.
This particular story does not mention the red sun effect on Superman anywhere in the story, but the Supergirl story in the same original issue, which is not reprinted here, does explain the effect.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; X-Plam
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #136
23Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- X-Plam (Intro; Death; marries Lois Lane); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Power-Man (Flashback Cameo); Mr. Mxyzptlk (Flashback Cameo); Bizarro (Flashback Cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #136
Synopsis
X-Plam comes from the future to marry Lois Lane. When he provides proof that they do get married then next day, Lois decides she will marry him and return to the future with him.
24Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Silk Smith (Villain); Professor Stanley Halley (Intro); Smallville Mayor Perkins; Lois Lane (Cameo); Jimmy Olsen (Cameo); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Mel Evans (Flashback); Lana Lang (Flashback); Kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #136
Synopsis
The story of how the world discovered the effect that Kryptonite has on Superman.
Notes
An Untold Tale of Superman When He Was Superboy!
25Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Sad Sam Smith (Intro); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #136
Synopsis
Sad Sam will give a billion dollars to charity to the person who can make him laugh.
26Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #263
27Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; Bizarro World (intro); Bizarro Code (intro); Kryptonite; Clark Kent Robot (Cameo); Lois Lane (Cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #263
Synopsis
Bizarro and Bizarro-Lois move to another world which Bizarro populates with a duplicator ray. Superman visits and discovers Bizarros do everything backwards. Superman is sent to prison for violating the Bizarro code.
Notes
The original Bizarros wear big medallions around their necks indicating they are "#1". Continued next issue.
28Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Menace
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137
29Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Super-Menace: Wolf Derek; Bonnie Derek; Jor-El (Flashback; Cameo); Lara (Flashback; Cameo); Jonathan Kent (Cameo); Martha Kent (Cameo); Superbaby [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Forte
Reprint history
- First print
-
80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #1 (August 1964) — The Super-Brat from Krypton
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137 (May 1960) — The Super-Brat From Krypton (Part 1)
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #14 ([September 1960?]) — The Super-Brat from Krypton Part 2: The Young Super-Bully Part 3: Superman vs Super-Menace
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #108 ([December 1977?]) — The Super-Brat From Krypton Part 2: The Young Super-Bully Part 3: Superman vs Super-Menace
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137
Synopsis
A freak accident creates a duplicate of Kal-El's rocket including a double of it's tiny passenger. On Earth, Kal's doppelganger is adopted by a crooked couple, the Dereks, and becomes Super-Brat.
Notes
3 part novel.
30Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Lana Lang; Super-Menace; Wolf Derek; Bonnie Derek; Super-Bully
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Forte
Reprint history
- First print
-
80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #1 (August 1964) — The Young Super-Bully
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137 (May 1960) — The Young Super-Bully (Part 2)
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #14 ([September 1960?]) — The Super-Brat from Krypton Part 2: The Young Super-Bully Part 3: Superman vs Super-Menace
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #108 ([December 1977?]) — The Super-Brat From Krypton Part 2: The Young Super-Bully Part 3: Superman vs Super-Menace
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137
Synopsis
Now a teenager, Super-Bully tries to steal Clark's life but doesn't bargain for Krypto's super-sense of smell as the Dog of Steel is not fooled.
31Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Crime Lords; Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Menace; Wolf Derek; Bonnie Derek
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Forte
Reprint history
- First print
-
80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #1 (August 1964) — Superman vs. Super-Menace
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137 (May 1960) — Superman Vs. Super-Menace (Part 3)
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #14 ([September 1960?]) — The Super-Brat from Krypton Part 2: The Young Super-Bully Part 3: Superman vs Super-Menace
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #108 ([December 1977?]) — The Super-Brat From Krypton Part 2: The Young Super-Bully Part 3: Superman vs Super-Menace
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #137
Synopsis
Now grown to manhood and significantly, immune to Kryptonite, Super-Menace battles the Man of Steel, however on the verge of victory he learns the truth about himself and the evil Dereks.
Notes
3 part story
32Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman (as Bizarro); Perry White; Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #264
33Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane: Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro World; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; Fortress of Solitude; Clark Kent robot
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #264
Synopsis
Captured by the Bizarros on Bizarro World, Superman is sentenced to be turned into a Bizarro himself.
Notes
Continued from Action Comics #263. Superman turns Bizarro world into a cube.
34Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superboy statue
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye?
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #265
35Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Hyper-Man [Chester King]; Lois Lane; Clark Kent robot; Perry White; Fortress of Solitude; Lydia Long; Fortress of Secrecy; Zoronite; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (red skirt); Professor Heath
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Forte
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #265
Synopsis
Superman meets Hyper-Man from the parallel world of Oceania. When he discovers that Hyper-Man is dying, Superman arranges for his identity to be revealed so that he can spend his last year married to his girlfriend Lydia Long.
36Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Titano
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #138
37Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Titano (villain; Origin retold); Lois Lane; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Kryptonite; Superman Robot (Cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #138
Synopsis
While testing an alien artifact, Superman accidentally transports Titano from the prehistoric past to the current day. Titano goes on a rampage across Metropolis until Superman can stop him.
38Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Cameo); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; "Duke" Haskell; "Lefty" Montez; Coker (Counterfeiter)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #138
Synopsis
While attending a costume party dressed as the devil, Superman sees two crooks he has been looking for. He pretends to be the devil to trick the crooks into revealing all their past crimes.
Notes
Other members of the costume party are dressed as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Aquaman.
39Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lori Lemaris; Ronal; Prince Gregory of Varonia; Prime Minister Basil; Aquaman (Cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #138 (July 1960) — The Mermaid From Atlantis
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #21 ([April 1961]) — The Mermaid from Atlantis
-
Superman Annual (KGM, 1951 series) #1967 (1967) — Mermaid from Atlantis
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #278 (August 1974) — The Mermaid From Atlantis!
-
Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #14 ([June 1976?]) — The Mermaid from Atlantis
Synopsis
Lori tries to get Superman to propose to Lois by using her telepathy.
40Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Streaky; Krypto
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #266
41Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Princess Jena; Lois Lane; Perry White; Rog
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #266
Synopsis
Princess Jena from the planet Adoria comes to Earth and tricks Superman into returning to Adoria with her, where she forces him to marry her.
Notes
The Adorian society is made of Amazon-like women and meek and mild men.
42Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139
43Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lori Lemaris (guest star); Ronal (guest star); Brett Rand (intro)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139 (August 1960) — The New Life of Super-Merman!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #22 ([May 1961?]) — The New Life of Super-Merman
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139
Synopsis
Superman, Ronal and Lori fake a romance between Superman and Lori so that Lois will give up on marrying Superman and marry Brett Rand.
44Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Colonel Stradi (intro, villain); Judge Rafol
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139
Synopsis
Colonel Stradi runs a corrupt prison in Voroda. When he arrests Clark Kent and has him imprisoned there, Superman decides to reveal to the world what Stradi had been keeping secret.
45Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; red kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Kozz (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback; cameo); Martha Kent (flashback; cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Forte
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139
Synopsis
While rescuing a bathyscaph from the ocean bottom where it rests next to a Red Kryptonite meteor, Superman remembers all the other times that Red Kryptonite has affected him.
Notes
Flashbacks to many Superboy / Superman Red Kryptonite stories.
46Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (poster); Hercules [Roger Tate]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267
47Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]; Hercules [Roger Tate]; Superman; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Perry White; Frank Hall
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (August 1960) — Hercules in the 20th Century
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #17 ([December 1960?]) — Hercules In the 20th Century
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971) —80 Page Giant Magazine G-84 — Hercules in the 20th Century!
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #19 ([May 1972?]) — Hercules in the 20th Century
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267
Synopsis
Lex Luthor builds a time-machine to bring Hercules to the present to use him to stop Superman. Hercules gets wise to Luthor's plan and helps Superman stop Luthor, and then decides to stay in the present and falls in love with Lois Lane.
48Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1
49Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Hercules; Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- Printed in
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #268 (September 1960) — Superman's Battle with Hercules!
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #268
50Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Hercules [Roger Tate](villain); Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #268 (September 1960) — Superman's Battle With Hercules!
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971) —80 Page Giant Magazine G-84 — Superman's Battle with Hercules!
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #19 ([May 1972?]) — Superman's Battle with Hercules
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #268
Synopsis
Hercules wants to marry Lois, but Lois won't marry him while Superman is around, so Hercules tries to get rid of Superman.
51Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro-Jr. #1
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140
52Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro-Jr. #1 (born); Bizarro World; Lex Luthor (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140
Synopsis
Bizarro-Lois gives birth to Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 who, while he thinks like a Bizarro looks like Superman when he was Super-Tot. When B-Jr. No. 1 becomes publicly known, Bizarro takes him out into space and stores him in an abandoned space capsule. The capsule crashes on Earth and Bizarro-Jr. No 1 is taken to the same Midvale Orphanage where Linda Lee (Supergirl) lives.
Notes
3-part novel Synopsis by Kevin Roward 2/23/09
53Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Supergirl; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140
Synopsis
Linda Lee is assigned to watch the newly named baby Buster which lasts until B-Jr. No. 1 remembers the existence of his parents and flies off. Supergirl and Superman take Bizarro Jr. to the Fortress where they have him adopted by two of Superman's robots. During Jr.'s sleep period Supergirl's tries to do her chemistry homework and when her Heat Vision blows up her assignment she thinks she's turned "baby buster" into a Bizarro!
Notes
synopsis by Kevin Rowand 9/23/09
54Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro-Supergirl (intro); Supergirl; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; blue kryptonite; Bizarro-Lois #1
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140
Synopsis
Bizarro-Jr. finds Lex's original Imperfect Duplicator while playing in the Fortress of Solitude and creates a Bizarro-Supergirl. Superman and Supergirl decide to return "Buster" to Bizarro world but Bizarro-Supergirl wants to keep him for her own. Bizarro spots his now-acceptable-looking child and and leads all the Bizarros into War against Earth. Superman uses the Duplicator Ray to turn a pile of Green K into Blue Kryptonite and then paints it green. The Bizarros attempt to seize the disguised blue K, are weakened retreat back to their homeworld. Superman then uses the Blue K to free Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 from the Bizarro-Supergirl and returns him to his adoring parents. Bizarro Supergirl is later found dead next to the Green/blue kryptonite pile.
Notes
synopsis by Kevin Rowand 2/23/09
55Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #269
56Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Flash" Dugan (villain); Fortress of Solitude; Superman Robot; Lois Lane Robot; Hazel
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #269
Synopsis
Lois receives a magic mirror from her uncle that reveals a person's true nature. She uses it to find out Superman is really Clark Kent, but Superman then tricks her into believing that the mirror does not always work.
57Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El; Lara
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #141
58Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Jor-El (guest star, death); Lara (guest star, death) (both marry in this story); Superman (origin retold in brief); Krypton; Professor Galsworthy; Krypto's parents; Lyla Lerrol
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #141
Synopsis
Superman accidentally travels through time and across space to Krypton, where he meets actress Lyla Lerrol and his parents.
59Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lyla Lerrol (death); Jonathan Kent (guest appearance); Martha Clark (guest appearance, before their marriage); Snark McGill (intro, villain); Brainiac (cameo); Koko (cameo); Kandor (cameo); Jor-El; Lara; Gregg Halliday; Robo (robot); Ken-Dal
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #141
Synopsis
Superman romances Lyla and witnesses Jonathan Kent's proposal to Martha, while Brainiac shrinks and steals Kandor.
60Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jor-El; Lara; Lyla Lerrol; green kryptonite; Krypton
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #141
Synopsis
Superman accidentally escapes Krypton, leaving behind Lyla.
61Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Krypto
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #270
62Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (also as Superwoman); Lucy Lane; Lex Luthor; Krypto; Lana Lang; Fortress of Solitude; Green Kryptonite; Bizarro
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Forte
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #270 (November 1960) — The Old Man of Metropolis!
- Also printed
-
80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #1 (August 1964) — The Old Man of Metropolis
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973? series) #21 ([May 1973?]) — The Old Man of Metropolis!
-
Giant Superman Album (Murray, 1978? series) #33 ([July 1978?]) — The Old Man of Metropolis
-
Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #Volume One ([November] 2007) — The Old Man of Metropolis
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #270
Synopsis
Superman inadvertently smashes through the time barrier into the future - but emerges as an old man with no super powers.
Notes
A dream story.
63Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271
64Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Luthor Robot; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (Cameo); Krypto (Cameo); Gypo (Luthor's henchman)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271 (December 1960) — Voyage to Dimension X!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #22 ([May 1961?]) — Voyage to Dimension X
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271
Synopsis
Lex Luthor has an elaborate plan to trap Superman by posing as aliens from another dimension.
65Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Kryptonian Flame Dragon
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (1939 series) #142
66Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Krypto (guest star); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); Lucy Lane; Super-Brat (Cameo; Imaginary); Perry White
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142
Synopsis
Krypto decides to try to make Superman fall in love with Lois Lane.
67Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Al Capone (villain); Perry White; Titano (cameo); green kryptonite; Cyrus Martin; "Silky" Hale (gangster)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142
Synopsis
While returning from the past, Superman is affected by Titano's kryptonite eye-blasts and it causes him to land in Chicago in the 1920's. Here he meets a young Perry White and helps him get his first scoop, and also stops Al Capone.
68Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo; as statue); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto (cameo); a Kryptonian Flame-Dragon (intro, villain); Fortress of Solitude; Superman robots; Lois Lane; Perry White; "Plates" Finnegan (villain); red kryptonite; Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142 (January 1961) — Flame-Dragon From Krypton!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #22 ([May 1961?]) — Flame-Dragon From Krypton
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #142 (June 1964) — Flame Dragon From Krypton
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #61 ([September 1964]) — Flame-Dragon from Krypton!
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #61 ([September 1964])
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142
Synopsis
A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes it way to Earth. When it swallows a Red Kryptonite meteor Superman must stay away from the Flame-Dragon for fear the Red Kryptonite will effect him also.
69Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mental Man
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #272
70Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Lucy Lane; Aquaman (as Mental Man); Aqualad (flashback); "Ace" Ruggles (villain); Green Kryptonite; Krypto (flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #272
Synopsis
Lois creates a comic strip about a superhero called Mental Man. When Mental Man suddenly appears he falls in love with Lois.
71Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro #1; Frankenstein (actor in makeup)
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #143
72Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Professor Otto Juris (intro, villain); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (robot; cameo); Eddie (photo-retouch expert at the Daily Planet)
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein ?
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #143
Synopsis
Professor Juris pretends that he is secretly Superman to attempt to steal some Red Kryptonite from Perry White.
73Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Clip Carson (intro, villain); Zelda; Max
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel ?
- Art
- John Forte
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #143
Synopsis
Perry White sends Clark and Lois to a carnival to determine if the games are rigged. Upon finding the games rigged, Clark uses his super powers to allow customers to win.
74Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Jr. #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois Jr. #1 (intro); The Abominable Snowman (intro, cameo); Bizarro World; Charlie Chaplin (cameo; image on TV); an actor (as Frankenstein's Monster)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #143
Synopsis
After seeing an Earth program claiming that Frankenstein was the scariest monster, Bizarro #1 travels to Earth to prove that he is scarier than Frankenstein.
75Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyzptlk
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #273
76Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Jor-El (statue; cameo); Lara (statue; cameo); Fortress of Solitude; Jimmy Olsen (robot)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #273
Synopsis
After yet another round of pranks from Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman travels to the fifth dimensional world where Mxyzptlk lives to perform pranks on him.
77Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superwoman [Lois Lane]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #274
78Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superwoman [Lois Lane]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Fortress of Solitude; Superman Robot Z; Green Kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #274
Synopsis
While trying to make himself immune to Kryptonite an explosion in the lab removes Superman's power and gives Lois powers.
79Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144
80Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain); Bert Talbot (intro, villain); Jimmy Olsen; Kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144
Synopsis
Lex Luthor designs Weapon-X, a device that can drain Superman's powers and use them to power a weapon powerful enough to destroy Superman. Bert Talbot is supposed to use the weapon to help spring Luthor from prison but instead decides to try to use the weapon to destroy Superman himself.
81Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (flashback); Smallville Mayor Courtney (flashback); Gregg Peterson (flashback); Dirk; Mugsy
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144
Synopsis
The story of Superboy's debut and first meeting with President Roosevelt.
Notes
An Untold Tale of Superman
82Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; green earthite; red kryptonite; Interstellar Council of United Planets
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144 (April 1961) — The Orphans of Space!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #26 ([September 1961]) — The Orphans of Space!
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969) — The Orphans of Space!
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #118 ([June 1969]) — The Orphans of Space
-
Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #Volume One ([November] 2007) — The Orphans of Space!
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144
Synopsis
In his Fortress of Solitude, Superman disassembles a strange machine he found in space. When the machine explodes and destroys the Earth, Superman, Supergirl and Krypto are the only survivors.
83Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Braniac
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #275
84Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Brainiac (villain); Red Kryptonite; Green Kryptonite; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Buzz Windrow; King and Queen of Rurtainia; Fortress of Solitude
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #275
Synopsis
Braniac travels to Earth to steal some aluminum and also to test his new ray on Superman, a ray which is combined Red and Green Kryptonite. The new ray makes Superman act strangely, forcing him to always wear a hat while performing super deeds.
85Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #145
86Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; The Anti-Superman Gang (villains); Rock Stirling; Superman robot; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Biff Cardigan (Cameo in photo); green kryptonite; Rock Sterling
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #145 (May 1961) — The Secret Identity of Superman!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #28 ([November 1961]) — The Secret Identity of Superman
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #145
Synopsis
Lois thinks that Superman won't marry her because she can't keep his secret identity a secret. Jimmy tells her that he knows Superman's secret identity and reveals to her that Superman is really Rock Sterling. But can Lois keep it a secret for 48 hours?
87Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Interplanetary Circus
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #145
Synopsis
An Interplanetary Circus shows up in Metropolis and tries to force Superman to join their travelling circus.
88Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Bizarro-Perry White; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Streaky; Mr. Mxyzptlk; red kryptonite; Lana Lang; Kandor; green kryptonite; Brainiac; Lex Luthor; Bizarro #1; Curt Swan (cameo); Harry Donenfeld (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #145
Synopsis
Everything in Superman's life suddenly changes. Lori Lemaris is no longer a mermaid. Supergirl reveals herself to the world. Perry White has become a Bizarro, and many more.
Notes
The Great Boo-Boo Contest; tons of intentional errors, April Fool's Joke.
89Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Titano; The Thing from 40,000 A.D.; Metallo; Brainiac; Bizarro #1; The Invulnerable Enemy; green kryptonite
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2
90Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Jor-El; Lara; Kal-El
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #100 (October 1962) — Map of Krypton
- Also printed
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([August] 1960) — Map of Krypton
-
The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) (1973) — Map of Krypton
-
Superman the Comic (Murray, 1978 series) #1 ([December 1978?]) — Map of Krypton
-
World of Krypton (Murray, 1982) (1982) — Map of Krypton
-
Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998) — Map of Krypton
-
Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999) ([September] 1999) — Map of Krypton
- From GCD
- From Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1
91Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Synopsis
Information on other Showcase Presents volumes.
92Notes
Inside back cover.
93Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Synopsis
Promotional information on this volume.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.