Superman #128

DC Comics

United States

Published
April 1959
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/14974

Credits

Editing
Mort Weisinger

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Superman Duels the Futuremen! (Superman) Cover, 1 page
Show/hide 1. Superman Versus the Futuremen, Chapter 1 (Superman) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
O: Superman (retold; swipe from 1st pg. of ACTION COMICS #1); GA: Jonathan & Martha Kent (fb); V: The Futuremen (I; Vard & Boka)

Credits

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #40 (September 1959)
Superman Versus the Futuremen, Chapter 1
Original
Superman 128, April 1959

Synopsis

Earth Bureau of Investigation agents from the year 2000 arrive in the present and claim that Superman is an escaped criminal from their time. In order to arrest him, they expose Superman to red kryptonite, which takes aware his powers for two hours.

Show/hide 2. Tootsie Roll ad Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Notes

Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Show/hide 3. The Brave and the Bold #23 ad Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Notes

Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Show/hide 4. "Pete, sweep out the store and I will give you an ice cream cone" (Little Pete) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Little Pete
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff

Notes

Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Show/hide 5. The Secret of the Futuremen, Chaper 2 (Superman) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye

Reprint history

Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (KG Murray (NZ), 1958? series) #40 (November 1959)
Chapter 2: The Secret of the Futuremen

Synopsis

After they capture Superman and take him to the future, the EBI agents reveal that they are not agents at all, but criminals who want Superman to help them blackmail Earth.

Show/hide 6. Tootsie Roll Pop ad Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Notes

Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Show/hide 7. Untitled (Metropolis Mailbag) Letters page, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Metropolis Mailbag

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Mentions Supergirl's debut and plugs other Superman Family titles. Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Show/hide 8. The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton! (Superman) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lara (in picture); Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Credits

Script
Bill Finger
Art
Kurt Schaffenberger

Reprint history

Also printed
United Kingdom
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #114 ([October 1959?])
The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton
 
United States
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5 (Summer 1962)
The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton!
 
Australia
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #5 ([July 1965?])
The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton!
 
United States
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005)
The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton!

Synopsis

Lois poses as Rama, a survivor from Krypton, in order to find out Superman's secret identity. But after he reveals his identity, Superman realizes that Rama is really Lois and has to rely on the help of a friend to restore his double identity.

Show/hide 9. Tootsie Roll Fudge ad Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Notes

Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 39532

Entry created

  • 04/04/2017

Cover added

  • 04/04/2017

Index completed

  • 04/04/2017

Last updated

  • 04/04/2017