Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #Volume 1
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- [September] 2004
- Page count
- 240
- Cover price
- 49.95 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/213358
Credits
- Editing
- Dale Crain
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
- Editing
- Dale Crain
Reprint history
- Printed in
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242
Notes
The cover art is a detail from the cover of Action Comics #242.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
Title page. The illustration is a detail from the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
Some story credits in the Table of Contents are erroneous. The illustration is from p. 8, panel 6 of "Superman in the White House!" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Script
- Mark Waid
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
The illustration is from pg. 8, panel 4 of "Superman in the White House!" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
The key and doorway to the Fortress of Solitude are depicted differently on the cover of Action Comics #241, pencilled by Curt Swan, from how they appear in the story, pencilled by Wayne Boring. On the cover the key is a giant skeleton key and below the doorway "FORT SUPERMAN" is written on the face of the mountain, while in the story the key is arrow-shaped, disguised as a marker to guide planes, and there is nothing written below the doorway. It is the arrow-shaped key and unlabeled doorway in the story drawn by Boring that will become the canonical versions.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress of Solitude (intro); Batman; Joker (on trophy); green kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #241 (June 1958) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #99 ([September 1958]) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([August] 1960) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #2 ([September 1962?]) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #173 (February 1968) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #16 (September 1981) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988]) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([April] 1989) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
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Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Super-Key to Fort Superman
Synopsis
Someone has broken into Superman's Fortress of Solitude, so Superman searches the place for clues.
Notes
1st appearance of the Fortress of Solitude. The depictions of the Fortress key and doorway in this story differ from their cover appearances (see note to previous sequence). The versions in this story will become the canonical versions.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122 (July 1958) — The Secret of the Space Souvenirs
- Printed in
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #35 ([November 1965?]) — The Secret of the Space Souvenirs
- Also printed
-
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #12 (May 1981) — The Secret of the Space Souvenirs
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Secret of the Space Souvenirs
Synopsis
Superman is compelled to collect trophies from space, but doesn't know why.
Notes
Writer ID by Bob Hughes.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
When Jimmy is knocked out, he dreams of what it would be like if Superman were president of the United States.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Sgt. Jones; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
While testing a new device, Superman accidentally gives Private Jones super-powers. Superman uses the soldier, who is promoted to sergeant, to make a pair of foreign spies think that he can create an army of American super-soldiers.
Notes
Writer ID by Bob Hughes.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Brainiac
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
Brainiac's appearance on the cover of Action Comics #242, pencilled by Curt Swan, is different from that in the story, drawn by Al Plastino. Along with differences in the costume, on the cover Brainiac has electrodes on his head while in the story he doesn't have electrodes. It is Curt Swan's Brainiac with the electrode-studded head that will become the canonical version.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Koko; Kimda; Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
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 (KG Murray, 1952 series) #102 (October 1958) — The Super-Duel In Space
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #37 ([May 1966?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #16 ([November 1970?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #23 ([May 1974?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Krypton Chronicles (Murray, 1982?) ([August 1982?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown, 1983 series) (1983) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([September] 2002) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Super-Duel in Space
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 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, he finds a bottle with a shrunken Kryptonian city. 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, as Brainiac's ship rockets away, with Brainiac unaware that he is returning home empty-handed.
Notes
Brainiac's depiction in this story differs from that on the cover (see note to previous sequence). The cover version of Brainiac would become the canonical version.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Super-Girl
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
This cover is a recreation. It is not a reprint of the original drawing.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Super-Girl; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison ? (see note)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #123 (August 1958) — The Three Magic Wishes, Chapter I: The Girl of Steel
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #2 ([December 1958]) — The Three Magic Wishes, Chapter I: The Girl of Steel
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1962-1963) — The First Supergirl!
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The First Supergirl! (retitled and edited)
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988]) — The Girl of Steel
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([April] 1989) — The Girl of Steel; (The Three Magic Wishes part 1)
-
The Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #Volume 1 (2001) — The Girl of Steel [The Three Magic Wishes Chapter I]
Notes
Part 1 of 3. The Super-Girl in this story appears 11 months before Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, the Supergirl who debuts in Action Comics #252 (May '59). In the Table of Contents the pencils are incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring. The pencils are credited to Dick Sprang in the GCD's index of Superman (1939 series) #123 and in previous reprints of this story, including The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told and Supergirl Archives Vol. 1. Although credited to Jamison, the coloring appears to be the same as in a previous reprinting of this story in Supergirl Archives Vol. 1, which was colored by Lee Loughridge.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison ? (see note)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #123 (August 1958) — [The Three Magic Wishes] Part II: The Lost Super-Powers
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #2 ([December 1958]) — [The Three Magic Wishes] Part II: The Lost Super-Powers
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988]) — The Lost Super Powers
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([April] 1989) — The Lost Super-Powers; (The Three Magic Wishes part 2)
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The Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #Volume 1 (2001) — The Lost Super-Powers [The Three Magic Wishes Chapter II]
Notes
Part 2 of 3. In the Table of Contents the pencils are incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring. Also, the coloring may in fact be by Lee Loughridge. See notes to previous sequence regarding disputed credits.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El; Lara; Kil-Lor (Kryptonian criminal; 1st app.)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison ? (see note)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #123 (August 1958) — [The Three Magic Wishes] Part III: Superman's Return to Krypton
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #2 ([December 1958]) — The Girl of Steel Part 3: Superman's Return To Krypton
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988]) — Superman's Return to Krypton
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([April] 1989) — Superman's Return to Krypton; (The Three Magic Wishes part 3)
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The Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #Volume 1 (2001) — Superman's Return to Krypton [The Three Magic Wishes Chapter III]
- Adapted
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?]) — The First Supergirl
Notes
Part 3 of 3. In the Table of Contents the pencils are incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring. Also, the coloring may in fact be by Lee Loughridge. See notes to sequence 13 regarding disputed credits.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
17Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Circe; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Wayne Boring
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #243 (August 1958) — The Lady and the Lion
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #137 ([December 1958]) — The Lady and the Lion
- Also printed
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #105 (January 1959) — The Lady and the Lion
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961) — The Lady and the Lion
- Printed in
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966?]) — The Lady and the Lion
- Also printed
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #22 ([November 1973?]) — The Lady and the Lion
-
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.
Notes
2nd appearances of Fortress of Solitude and Bottled City of Kandor. The Fortress is depicted the same as in the story from Action Comics #241, also pencilled by Boring.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Perry White (disguised as the Black Knight)
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
19Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Bull" Mathews
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #124 (September 1958) — The Super-Sword
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #136 ([November 1958?]) — The Super-Sword!
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #104 (December 1958) — The Super-Sword
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963) — The Super-Sword
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #4 ([September 1964?]) — The Super-Sword
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #35 ([November 1965?]) — The Super-Sword
-
Superman Annual (KGM, 1951 series) #1968 (1968) — The Super Sword
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Super-Sword
Synopsis
After Superman releases the Black Knight from a block of ice after nearly 1,000 years, the villain goes on a crime spree. When the knight wounds Superman with his magical sword, criminal "Bull" Mathews offers to buy it, but finds it was all a set-up to trap him.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; kryptonite; Chief Mawmba
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #124 (September 1958) — Mrs. Superman
- Printed in
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #137 ([December 1958]) — Mrs. Superman
- Also printed
-
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #14 (September 1965) — Mrs. Superman
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Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #6 ([June 1969]) — Mrs. Superman
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Mrs. Superman
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Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #Volume One (2006) — Mrs. Superman
Synopsis
When Clark and Lois are trapped on a remote island, Clark reveals his double identity to Lois and proposes marriage. But when he discovers that he can leave the island, Clark must convince Lois he faked the super-feats he performed on the island in order to get out of the engagement.
Notes
With its Schaffenberger art and focus on Lois Lane's relationship with Superman, this story is similar to those that appear in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Bart Benson
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
Superman takes a construction job undercover as Kirk Brent to expose a shady contractor.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #244 (September 1958) — Superman's Undersea Kingdom!
- Printed in
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #106 ([February 1959]) — Superman's Undersea Kingdom!
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 (June 1966) — Superman's Undersea Kingdom!
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Superman's Undersea Kingdom!
23Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Vul-Kor (villain); Lya-La (villain); Undersea Fortress of Solitude (intro); kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #244 (September 1958) — The Super-Merman of the Sea
- Printed in
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #106 ([February 1959]) — The Super-Merman of the Sea
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 (June 1966) — The Super-Merman of the Sea
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #38 ([August 1966?]) — The Super-Merman of the Sea
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Super-Merman of the Sea
Synopsis
Superman pretends to join forces with underwater-dwelling aliens in order to trick them into believing Earth's seas are too salty for them.
24Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
25Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Zak-Kul (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #245 (October 1958) — The Shrinking Superman!
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #141 ([April 1959]) — The Shrinking Superman!
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #109 ([May 1959]) — The Shrinking Superman
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Shrinking Superman
Synopsis
When Lois visits Superman's Fortress, she accidentally releases the criminal Zak-Kul from Kandor. The villain traps Superman in Kandor and takes over his life until Superman escapes and returns Zak-Kul to the bottle city.
Notes
Early appearances of Kandor and the Fortress of Solitude. The Fortress is depicted the same as in the story from Action Comics #241, also pencilled by Boring. Writer id by Bob Hughes.
26Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
27Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125 (November 1958) — Lois Lane's Super-Dream
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (KG Murray (NZ), 1958? series) #38 (September 1959) — Lois Lane's Super-Dream
-
Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962) — Lois Lane's Super-Dream
-
Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #1 ([June 1964?]) — Lois Lane's Super-Dream
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Lois Lane's Super-Dream
Synopsis
Lois dreams she and Clark gain super-powers and become Power-Girl and Power-Man.
Notes
With its Schaffenberger art and focus on Lois Lane's relationship with Superman, this story is similar to those that appear in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
28Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Untold Tales of Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Thaddeus V. Maxwell
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125 (November 1958) — Clark Kent's College Days
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #140 ([March 1959?]) — Clark Kent's College Days
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #108 ([April 1959]) — Clark Kent's College Days
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Superman Supacomic (KG Murray, 1974 series) #178 ([August 1974]) — Clark Kent's College Days
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988]) — Clark Kent's College Days [Untold Tales of Superman #1]
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The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([April] 1989) — Clark Kent's College Days
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Clark Kent's College Days
Synopsis
Superman recalls his college days, particularly the professor who tried to scientifically prove that Clark Kent was Superboy.
Notes
1st of a series of "Untold Tales of Superman". Reveals the circumstances which led to Superboy choosing to call himself Superman.
29Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125 (November 1958) — Superman's New Power!
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #139 ([February 1959]) — Superman's New Power
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #107 ([March 1959]) — Superman's New Power
- Printed in
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966?]) — Superman's New Power!
- Also printed
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Superman's New Power!
Synopsis
When Superman is exposed to the radiation from the explosion of an alien space ship, he loses his powers but gains the ability to create a miniature version of himself with his powers to carry out his super-duties.
30Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
The scene on the cover of Action Comics #246, of an Earth couple sending their infant son to another planet in a rocket resembling the one that sent baby Kal-El to Earth, does not appear in the story, which is about a crook who builds a Krypton-themed amusement park.
31Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jonas Smith
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
Real estate promoter Jonas Smith creates the planned community of Krypton Island, which opens with a pageant featuring a re-enactment of Jor-El and Lara sending Baby Kal-El to Earth. But Superman realizes Smith is a wanted criminal and stops him from smuggling off Krypton Island diamonds that Superman made from coal.
Notes
The Table of Contents incorrectly credits Curt Swan as the penciller, but the visual style is unmistakably that of Wayne Boring (the GCD's index of Action Comics #246 also credits Boring). Writer id by Bob Hughes.
32Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Cedric Carson [as Jonathan Kent]; Millicent Carson [as Martha Kent]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
33Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Cedric Carson [as Jonathan Kent] (villain); Millicent Carson [as Martha Kent] (villain); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Fortress of Solitude; Superboy (statue, image); Lois Lane; Superman robots; Lana Lang (image); Professor Lang (image); kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
Ma and Pa Kent seemingly arrive in the present in a time bubble, and Superman is so happy to see them that he shows them all the secrets of his adult life. But Ma and Pa turn out to be con artists who blackmail Superman with the knowledge of his double identity secret.
Notes
Early appearance of Fortress of Solitude. The Fortress key is a giant skeleton key, as shown on Curt Swan's cover of Action Comics #241 (the NON-canonical version).
34Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
35Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder?
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #126 (January 1959) — Superman's Hunt for Clark Kent!
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #4 ([June 1959]) — Superman's Hunt for Clark Kent!
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Superman's Hunt for Clark Kent!
Synopsis
When Superman loses his memory, he adopts the persona of Clarence Kelvin and takes a job at the Daily Planet while he tries remember his true identity.
Notes
Early Fortress of Solitude appearance -- Wayne Boring's canonical version, as shown in the story from Action Comics #241. Writer id by Bob Hughes.
36Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Shandu; Perry White; The Fallon Gang (Intro)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
Superman pretends to be under the influence of a mystical clock in order to make the Fallon Gang think he is helpless against their new weapon.
37Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Chet Hartley
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Coleman
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colours
- Jamison
Synopsis
When Superman sees Lois get out of a date by making herself look ridiculous, he changes his appearance to teach her a lesson.
Notes
Superman wears a mask that resembles Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. With its Schaffenberger art and focus on Lois Lane's relationship with Superman, this story is similar to those that appear in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
38Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Brief biographies of Otto Binder, Wayne Boring, Jerry Coleman, Stan Kaye, Al Plastino, Kurt Schaffenberger, Dick Sprang, and Curt Swan.
39Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Super-hero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- Jamison
Notes
Cover thumbnails of Action Comics #241 and 243, Superman (1939 series) #125 and Action Comics #247.
Notes
The cover art is a detail from the cover of Action Comics #242.
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.