Superman #61
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- November-December 1949
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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DC: Superman National Comics
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/7882
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Superman (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #61 (February-March 1950)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Kodak
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; The Prankster (villain); Lois Lane
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #11 ([May 1951]) — The Prankster's Radio Programme
- Printed in
- Superman (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #61 (February-March 1950)
Synopsis
The Prankster takes over Superman's radio show--and Supes has to fill 24 hours of radio time HIMSELF!!
Notes
Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but not in his pay records according to Martin O'Hearn.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Marybelle
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- C. C. Beck, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Peggy Wilkins (introduction, Lois Lane's roommate); Lois Lane; Bill Smith; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman Comics (KGM, 1950 series) #35 ([April 1950?]) — The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes
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Superman Comics (KGM, 1950 series) #35 ([April 1950?])
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Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951) — The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes
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Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951)
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Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?]) — The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes!
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Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?])
- Printed in
- Superman (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #61 (February-March 1950)
Synopsis
Lois decides Superman might be more likely to fall in love with her if she changed her hair color.
Notes
Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but not in his pay records according to Martin O'Hearn.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
7Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Kellogg's Pep
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
9"That's me!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Sunshine Nelly
- Genre
- Humour; children
- Characters
- Sunshine Nelly
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Callahan, scripter
- Art
- Jack Callahan, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Superman (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #61 (February-March 1950)
10Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Stern, author
- Art
- Raymond Perry , penciller
- Raymond Perry , inker
- Colours
- Raymond Perry , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Superman (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #61 (February-March 1950)
11"R-rip" "Gosh, no wonder, look at the splinters!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Little Pete
- Genre
- Humour
- Characters
- Little Pete
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #279 (December 1960) — Untitled
- Printed in
- Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series) #3 (August-September 1956)
12Featuring
- Feature
- Cracker Jack
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Alan Ladd
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (origin retold); Jor-El; Lara; Pa Kent (unnamed); Ma Kent (unnamed); Swami Riva [Dan Rivers] (introduction, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951) — Superman Returns To Krypton
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Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?]) — Superman Returns to Krypton!
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Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?])
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Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([October] 2005) — Superman Returns to Krypton
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Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([October] 2005)
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The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990) — Superman Returns to Krypton
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The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990)
- Printed in
- Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1949 series) #125 (3 de Janeiro de 1952)
- Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1949 series) #126 (10 de Janeiro de 1952)
- Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1949 series) #127 (17 de Janeiro de 1952)
- Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1949 series) #128 (24 de Janeiro de 1952)
- Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1949 series) #129 (31 de Janeiro de 1952)
- Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1949 series) #130 (7 de Fevereiro de 1952)
- DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #81 ([August 2016])
Synopsis
Superman tails Lois as she investigates Swami Riva. When the swami hexes Superman, he appears to weaken, and the swami begins to sell his ability to hex Superman to members of the underworld. Superman traces the gem in the swami's turban to a meteorite, then follows the path of the meteorite back in time and across space to the planet Krypton, which he surveys as a phantom. He learns how Jor-El failed to convince his people of their impending down and sent his son to Earth where he was adopted by the elderly Kents. Superman returns to the present and puts Swami Riva out of business.
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Superman learns his origin for the first time. Green Kryptonite introduced in this story, though colored red.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
16Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Superman Socks
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
18Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
19"The jackpot winner is--"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #208 (September 1955) — Untitled
20Featuring
- Feature
- Supermen of America
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
21Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy B-B Guns
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Electric Football
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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