Superman in the Fifties
DC Comics
United States.
- Published
- [September] 2002
- Page count
- 196
- Cover price
- 19.95 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/350618
Credits
- Editing
- Nick J. Napolitano
Scott Nybakken (Associate Editor)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring
- Colours
- Jamison
- Editing
- Nick J. Napolitano
Scott Nybakken (Associate Editor)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 [illustration]
Notes
Title page.
2Featuring
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring (Superman illustration)
Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois illustration) - Inks
- Wayne Boring? (Superman illustration)
Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois illustration) - Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from ? [Superman illustration]
from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #8 [Lois illustration]
Notes
Editorial credits, publication data, and tributes to Wayne Boring and Kurt Schaffenberger.
3Credits
- Art
- ? (border illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Table of contents.
4Featuring
- Characters
- Krypto; Jimmy Olsen; Romado; Lois Lane; Big Boy
Credits
- Script
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustrations)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (illustrations)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 [Krypto illustration]
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #253 [first Jimmy Olsen illustration]
from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #19 [second Jimmy Olsen illustration]
Notes
Mark Waid discusses the changes to the Superman legend during the 1950s. Also includes two panels from the Superman comic strip featuring Romado (a Brainiac precursor) and Big Boy (essentially Titano).
5Featuring
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
Credits
- Author
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #236
from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #118
from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #8
Notes
Mark Waid discusses the tight connections between the TV series The Adventures of Superman and the Superman comics of the 1950s.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superman
- Characters
- Superman; Kizo; Mala; U-Ban; Jor-El (flashback); Perry White; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- William Woolfolk
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #65
Synopsis
Superman meets three Kryptonian brothers who were convicted and sentenced by Krypton's Ruling Council to a sentence of suspended animation adrift in space due to their efforts to overthrow the Council and rule Krypton. Now that they have crashed on Earth they plan to rule it instead. Superman tricks them into turning on each other and they knock themselves out. Superman returns them to suspended animation and releases them back into space.
Notes
The first appearance of other survivors of Krypton. In this story, the natives of Krypton are called Kryptonites. Their abilities are still natural, and not caused by the different gravities or suns of Earth and Krypton.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
Reprint history
- First print
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #68 (January-February 1954) — The Menace from the Stars!
- Also printed
-
Superman Annual (KGM, 1951 series) December 1963 (December 1963) — Menace from the Stars
- From GCD
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #68
Synopsis
After attempting to destroy an asteroid with traces of Kryptonite, Superman loses his memory, and assumes he is dressed for a costume ball. He changes into the clothes in the cape pocket and heads to the Daily Planet, where he hopes he can find out his identity from a report on who wore what to the ball. Lois and Perry tell him he is Clark Kent and also that Superman has disappeared. When Clark later puts on the Superman suit to fool some bank robbers and finds that bullets bounce off him, he credits the suit for this ability. He breaks up the asteroid, he believes thanks to the Superman suit, but decides to reveal to the Daily Planet how he has been acting as Superman, but isn't the real Man of Steel. As he walks to the office in plainclothes he is hit by a truck and remembers that he really is Superman.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Alice Norton; Lois Lane; Martha Norton; John Norton
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #96
Synopsis
Superman restores the sight of a blind girl and reunites her family.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; also as Superboy (in flashback)]; Lana Lang (flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #97 (May 1955) — Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!
- Printed in
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #99 ([October 1955]) — Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!
- Also printed
-
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #19 ([December 1965?]) — Superboy's Last Day in Smallville
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-18 (July 1973) — Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!
-
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #11 ([June 1974?]) — Superboy's Last Day In Smallville
-
Superboy (Murray, 1980 series) #118 ([February 1980?])
-
Superboy (Murray, 1980 series) #118 ([February 1980?]) — Superboy's Last Day in Smallville
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #97
Synopsis
Superboy finds out that something he did on his last day in Smallville as Superboy is going to allow a criminal to make $1,000,000. Superman must think back to that day and discover what it was that he did. As he remembers his graduation and the cake that was presented to him by the town, he figures out the criminal's plan.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ugly Superman
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #8 (April 1959) — The Ugly Superman!
- Also printed
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961) — The Ugly Superman!
-
Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #11 ([June 1974?]) — The Ugly Superman
-
Lois Lane Comic (KGM, 1975 series) #126 ([July 1978?]) — The Ugly Superman
Synopsis
A wrestler billed as the Ugly Superman falls for Lois. But when he won't stop forcing his attention on Lois, Superman teaches him who the better man is.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Author
- ?
Jerry Coleman (illustration) - Pencils
- Wayne Boring (illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
? (illustration)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #241 [illustration]
Notes
Describes some of the features of Superman's Fortress of Solitude.
12Featuring
- Characters
- Superman [also as Superboy]; Jor-El; Krypto; Superman, Junior
Credits
- Author
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring (Action 223 cover illustration only)
Curt Swan (other cover illustrations) - Inks
- Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #223
from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #232
Notes
Mark Waid discusses the expansion of the Superman family in the 1950s, including Krypto, Supergirl, and Titano.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Halk Kar; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); "Wrecker" Ross; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #80 (January-February 1953) — Superman's Big Brother
- Also printed
-
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #40 ([September 1967?]) — Superman's Big Brother (Splash page only)
-
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #40 ([September 1967?]) — Superman's Big Brother
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #80
Synopsis
When Halk Kar crashes on Earth, the note he carries in Jor-El's handwriting makes Superman suspect that Halk Kar is his older brother. But when Halk Kar joins Superman in his pursuit of "Wrecker" Ross, Halk Kar receives an electric shock and remembers that he is actually a space traveller from Thoron who met Jor-El on Krypton just before it exploded.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lana Lang
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Sy Barry
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #210 (March 1955) — The Super-Dog from Krypton!
- Also printed
-
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #85 ([March 1956?]) — The Super-Dog from Krypton
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #17 ([April 1961?]) — The Super-Dog from Krypton
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #165 (May-June 1970) — The Super-Dog from Krypton!
-
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #7 ([June 1971?]) — The Super-Dog from Krypton
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #115 ([May 1979]) — The Super-Dog from Krypton!
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981) — The Super-Dog from Krypton!
-
Superman Supacomic (Murray, 1982 series) ([1982?]) — The Super-Dog From Krypton
-
Superman Supacomic (Murray, 1982 series) ([1982?])
Synopsis
A super-powerful dog arrives in Smallville in a rocket complete with written records proving that he is baby Kal-El's puppy who Jor-El used as a test animal when developing his space rockets. Though happy to be reunited with his dog, Superboy needs to make sure that Krypto does not give away his secret identity several times before Krypto leaves for a romp in space.
Notes
Inking credited to John Fischetti on item.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Titano [Toto]
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #127 (February 1959) — Titano the Super-Ape!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #11 ([June 1960]) — Titano the Super-Ape
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) — Titano the Super-Ape!
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #10 ([November 1967?]) — Titano the Super-Ape
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971) —80 Page Giant Magazine G-84 — Titano the Super-Ape!
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #19 ([May 1972?]) — Titano the Super-Ape
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Titano the Super-Ape!
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #127
Synopsis
Lois befriends the intelligent chimp Toto just before he is sent into orbit inside a satellite. While in orbit, the satellite passes by the collision of a uranium metorite and a kryptonite meteorite, which cause the chimp to grow to enormous size and shoot kryptonite beams from his eyes. Because of his transformation, Lois re-names him Titano. Though not meaning any harm, Titano poses a threat to humanity, and Superman, Lois and the army trap the giant chimp, planning to execute him. But Lois devises a plan to block Titano's kryptonite vision so Superman can send him into the distant past where he can't harm anyone.
16Featuring
- Characters
- Superman; Lori Lemaris
Credits
- Author
- ?
Bill Finger (illustration) - Pencils
- Wayne Boring (illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
? (illustration)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 [illustration]
Notes
Describes how Clark Kent met the mermaid Lori Lemaris. Incorrectly refers to "The Girl in Superman's Past" from Showcase #9, rather than the story by the same title from Superman #129.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Supergirl
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [also as Superboy (on poster)]; Supergirl; Zor-El; Miss Hart
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #113 ([September 1959?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([August] 1960) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #2 ([September 1962?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Giant Supergirl Album (KG Murray, 1974 series) #5 ([March 1974?])
-
Giant Supergirl Album (KG Murray, 1974 series) #5 ([March 1974?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
Superman Presents Supergirl Album (KGM, 1976 series) #7 ([March 1976?])
-
Superman Presents Supergirl Album (KGM, 1976 series) #7 ([March 1976?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (Murray, 1977 series) #27 ([December 1977?])
-
Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (Murray, 1977 series) #27 ([December 1977?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (Murray, 1977 series) #33 ([March 1979?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 (Fall 1979) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Superman Supacomic (Murray, 1982 series) ([1982?])
-
Superman Supacomic (Murray, 1982 series) ([1982?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown, 1983 series) (1983) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Supergirl (Federal, 1985 series) #5 ([October 1983?]) — The Supergirl from Krypton
-
Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) (July 2000) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
The Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #Volume 1 (2001) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #Volume One ([November] 2007) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
-
DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The Supergirl from Krypton!
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252
Synopsis
Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.
18Featuring
- Characters
- Beppo
Credits
- Author
- ?
Otto Binder (illustration) - Art
- George Papp (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 [illustration]
Notes
Short profile of Beppo.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor; Bizarro; Lois Lane; Bizarro-Lois
Credits
- Author
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #234
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #249
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255
Notes
Describes the main villains that challenged Superman in the 1950s.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Mr. Mxyztplk; Prankster; Lex Luthor
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #151
Synopsis
Mr. Mxyztplk teams with the Prankster and Lex Luthor to humiliate Superman by making "plastic proxies" (androids) which make it appear as if Lois has jilted Superman for Mxyztplk, make it seem that Superman has falsely accused Luthor, and makes Superman look like the victim of the pranks of the Prankster. But just as the public begins to wonder why they ever admired him, Superman turns the tables on the trio.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Koko; Kimda; Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958) — The Super-Duel in Space
- Printed in
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #134 ([September 1958?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #102 (October 1958) — The Super-Duel In Space
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #37 ([May 1966?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #16 ([November 1970?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973? series) #23 ([May 1974?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Krypton Chronicles (Murray, 1982?) ([August 1982?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown, 1983 series) (1983) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #Volume 1 ([September] 2004) — The Super-Duel in Space
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Super-Duel in Space
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242
Synopsis
While Clark Kent and Lois Lane are passengers on an experimental rocket, the rocket is snagged by the alien Brainiac. Clark switches to Superman, but can't penetrate Brainiac's force shield, so he moves the rocket out of the control of Brainiac's ship. Brainiac turns to his primary goal, which is to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth in order to restore them to normal size and repopulate his own planet, whose native people have all been wiped out by a plague. Superman returns to Metropolis, expecting Brainiac to also snatch that city, and through that gain entrance into Brainiac's ship. Once inside Brainiac's ship, Superman finds a bottle with the shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor. He enters the bottle, but loses his powers under its artificial gravity. There he seeks the help of a scientist who helps him plan a way to restore the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for the trip back to his own planet. But unfortunately there isn't enough power to restore Kandor, so Superman places it in his Fortress until he can find a way, while Brainiac's ship rockets away with Brainiac unaware that he is returning home empty-handed.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro; Lex Luthor; Vekko; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #254 (July 1959) — The Battle with Bizarro!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #6 ([December 1959?]) — The Battle with Bizarro
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #117 ([January 1960]) — The Battle With Bizarro!
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Battle with Bizarro!
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #254
Synopsis
Luthor steals Professor Dalton's duplicating machine and creates an adult Bizarro to menace Superman, but this Bizarro turns on its creator, hands him over to the authorities, and attempts to help Superman. When the people he has helped react in horror to him, Bizarro gets depressed. He misinterprets Lois' sympathy to his plight for true affection and takes her to a remote island. But when she rejects him, he turns the duplicator ray on himself and creates a handsome bizarro duplicate, whom Lois mistakes for the real Superman.
Notes
Continues in the following story.
23Featuring
- Characters
- Metallo [John Corben]
Credits
- Author
- ?
Robert Bernstein (illustration) - Art
- Al Plastino (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
? (illustration)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 [illustration]
Notes
A short origin of Metallo.
24Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; New Bizarro
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255 (August 1959) — The Bride of Bizarro!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #6 ([December 1959?]) — The Bride of Bizarro
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #117 ([January 1960]) — The Bride of Bizarro!
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #50 (August 1969) — The Bride of Bizarro!
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Bride of Bizarro!
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255
Synopsis
Bizarro keeps the real Superman from revealing to Lois that she has been proposed to by Bizarro's duplicate, whom he calls New Bizarro, with a kryptonite meteorite, but Lois realizes New Bizarro is not the true Man of Steel. But New Bizarro doesn't give up easily, and the duplicates fight each other. Bizarro seeks out Superman's help and destroys the kryptonite, turning it into a dust cloud which destroys New Bizarro. Bizarro resumes courting Lois, until Lois creates a duplicate of herself so that Bizarro can have his own Bizarro-Lois.
Notes
Continues from previous story.
25Featuring
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Author
- ?
Dave Wood - Art
- Al Plastino (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
? (illustration)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #253 [illustration]
Notes
A brief summary of the story in which Robin travels to the past to get Superboy's help.
26Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Credits
- Author
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Ray Burnley (WFC cover illustration)
Stan Kaye (other cover illustrations) - Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #74
from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #19
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247
Notes
Short article about Superman's supporting cast.
27Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; John Wilton; "Skip" Enders
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #79
Synopsis
When newspaper mogul John Wilton buys the Daily Planet and immediately shuts it down, the former employees start their own paper, gathering scoops in the new jobs they have taken to pay the bills. But Wilton tries to shut down this new competitor permanently.
28Featuring
- Characters
- Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]
Credits
- Author
- ?
Otto Binder (illustration) - Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustration)
- Inks
- Ray Burnley (illustration)
- Colours
- Jamison (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
? (illustration)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #31 [illustration]
Notes
The origin of Jimmy Olsen's Elastic Lad powers.
29Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Jim Gordon
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- First print
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #75 (March-April 1955) — The New Team of Superman and Robin
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #60 ([June 1955]) — Superman and Robin
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Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #7 (Summer 1964) — The New Team of Superman and Robin
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #7 ([July 1965?]) — Superman and Robin
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #42 ([August 1967?]) — Superman and Robin
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Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #Volume One ([October] 2007) — The New Team of Superman and Robin
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DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010) — Superman and Robin!
- From GCD
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #75
Synopsis
When Batman is laid up with a broken leg, Superman comes to Gotham City to help Robin track down the Purple Mask Mob, but it's Batman who cracks the case.
30Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; "Labs" Logan; Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #13
Synopsis
When trailing Jimmy Olsen as he collects charitable donations around the city, "Labs" Logan figures out that Jimmy summons Superman through his wristwatch. So when Jimmy isn't looking, Labs changes the signal's frequency so that Superman won't come to Jimmy's rescue. But when Labs changes the signal back the proper frequency to lure Superman into a kryptonite trap, Jimmy uses the signal to broadcast Morse code to warn Superman, who nabs the crook long-distance and helps Jimmy deliver the charity collection.
31Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #9
Synopsis
Lois meets Lana Lang for the first time, and the girls immediately compete to see whom Superman likes better. But Superman refuses to fall into their traps.
Notes
Pencilling credited to Ruben Moreira on item.
32Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Short biographies of the writers and artists whose work appears in this volume.
33Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Beppo
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (Superman illustration)
George Papp (Beppo illustration) - Inks
- Stan Kaye (Superman illustration)
George Papp (Beppo illustration) - Colours
- Jamison
- Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #232 [Superman illustration]
from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 [Beppo illustration]
Indicia
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