Superman: Past and Future
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- [December] 2008
- Page count
- 196
- Cover price
- 19.99 USD; 22.99 CAD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/558409
Credits
- Editing
- Bob Joy
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jaxon the Mighty; Abraham Lincoln; Lois Lane; Jor-El; Lara; Muto
Credits
- Pencils
- Carlos Pacheco
- Inks
- Jesus Merino
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Cover credited only to Pacheco on item, but signed by Pacheco & Merino on cover and credited to the duo on the DC website. Cover includes small reproductions of panels from the stories included in the volume.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Superman (the father of Klar Ken T5477)
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
John Sikela - Inks
- George Klein
John Sikela
Notes
Frontispiece. Illustrated with panels from the stories from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338 and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #48.
2Featuring
- Characters
- Superman; Superboy; Superman (the father of Klar Ken T5477)
Credits
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard
George Papp
Curt Swan
Al Plastino - Inks
- Mike DeCarlo
George Papp
George Klein
Al Plastino - Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Title page. Illustrated with panels from DC Comics Presents Annual (DC, 1982 series) #2, Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #85, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338, and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #300.
3Credits
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Illustrated with a panel from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #300.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Abraham Lincoln; Mary Todd Lincoln; Tad Lincoln; Lex Luthor; John Wilkes Booth; red kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- George Papp
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #85 (December 1960) — The Impossible Mission!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #30 ([January 1962]) — The Impossible Mission!
-
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965) — The Impossible Mission!
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #8 ([November 1966?]) — The Impossible Mission
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Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999) ([September] 1999) — The Impossible Mission!
Synopsis
Superboy travels to the past to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but runs into the adult Lex Luthor who immobilizes Superboy with red kryptonite. When Luthor realizes he has prevented Superboy from saving Lincoln, he remorsefully flees the past in his time machine.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Johnny Terrill; Alexander Breckenridge III; Dr. Mason; Sharpley; Mugsy; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Julius Caesar; Napoleon Bonaparte; Harry S. Truman; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Walter Winchell; Danny Kaye; Eddie Kantor; Ray Milland; Marguerite Chapman; Leonardo Da Vinci; Rembrandt van Rijn; Robert Fulton; Sir Isaac Newton; Benjamin Franklin; Alexander Graham Bell
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- John Sikela
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #48 (September-October 1947) — Autograph, Please!
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comic (KGM, 1947 series) #6 (November 1947) — Autograph, Please!
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The Mighty Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) ([December 1956?]) — Autograph, Please
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Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-38 (October-November 1975) — Autograph, Please!
Synopsis
When the Daily Planet mounts an autograph contest, Superman helps Johnny Terrill collect signatures from around the globe and across time to give him the confidence to walk again. But Johnny has to compete against a young heir and his crooked bodyguards, who actually want to collect signatures so they can later forge checks. When Lois and the heir discover the bodyguards’ plans, Superman comes to their rescue, and then supplies Johnny with the winning autograph.
Notes
Story by-lined “by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.”
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Drago
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #107 (August 1956) — Rip Van Superman
- Also printed
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #81 ([December 1956?]) — Rip Van Superman
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #113 ([December 1956?]) — Rip Van Superman
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 (Winter 1962) — Rip Van Superman
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #3 (September 1963) — Rip Van Superman
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Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #22 ([March 1966?]) — Rip Van Superman
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #178 (September 1968) — Rip Van Superman
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #113 ([January 1969?]) — Rip Van Superman
Synopsis
After over-exerting himself, Superman falls into a coma and awakens 1,000 years in the future. There he foils the plans of renegade scientist Drago and teaches the people of the future the folly of letting machines rule over them. As thanks, they use an experimental time travel machine to send him back to his own day, where he awakens from his coma.
Notes
The story makes no logical sense, as Superman awakens from his coma after a week AND sleeps for a thousand years.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; The Superman Revenge Squad; Mr. Mxyzptlk robot; Perry White robot; Jimmy Olsen robot; Supergirl robot; Lex Luthor robot; Lois Lane robots; Martha Kent (memory); Jonathan Kent (memory); Lana Lang (memory); Chief Parker (memory); Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Red Kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Al Platino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Synopsis
The Superman Revenge Squad tricks Superman into following them into the far future where the sun has turned red and Superman loses his powers. Superman crosses the barren and strange future world to reach the Fortress of Solitude where he finds the means to return home.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Adolf Hitler; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Hermann Goering; Lotte Lutz
Credits
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Letters
- Milton Snapinn
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #86 (July 1965) — Jimmy's D-Day Adventure!
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #24 ([December 1965?]) — Jimmy's D-Day Adventure!
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The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #168 (December 1974-January 1975) — Jimmy's D-Day Adventure!
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Giant Jimmy Olsen Album (Colour Comics, 1966 series) #13 ([October 1975??]) — Jimmy's D-Day Adventure
Synopsis
After Jimmy sees film of a look-alike Nazi officer standing with Adolf Hitler, he takes a time travel device of Professor Potter’s and joins the allied forces at D-Day. Accidentally infiltrating the Nazis, he uses his knowledge of the war to rise within the ranks, eventually posing for the newsreel footage he saw, before returning to the present.
Notes
Letters credit from GCD index of the original printing.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane [also as Lo-Ane]; Jor-El; Lara; Superman [also as baby Kal-El]; Jax-Ur (unidentified); Marok; Zan-Ar; Ran-Zo; Prof. Gordon; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac; Phantom Zone
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Letters
- Milton Snapinn
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Synopsis
Lois travels across space and back in time to prevent Krypton from exploding and becomes Lara’s rival for Jor-El’s affections.
Notes
Letters credit from GCD index of original printing.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Superman [Clark Kent] (in video); Jay Senohl; Than Quor; PW-5598 (a computer); Jay L-3388 (unnamed); Lyra 3916 (intro); Muto (in photo); green kryptonite
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #181 (November 1965) — The Superman of 2965!
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #244 (November 1971) — The Superman of 2965!
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #168 ([August 1973?]) — The Superman of 2465
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Superman the Comic (Murray, 1978 series) #2 ([June 1979]) — The Superman of 2465
Synopsis
In the year 2965, Klar Ken T5477 takes over the role of Superman from his father, a role passed from father to son since the original Superman 1,000 years before. Like his ancestor, Klar works in the news business, but unlike his ancestor he is immune to the effects of kryptonite, and paralyzed by seawater, which has been irradiated by a past atomic war. Assigned to track down the story on Muto, last seen on Neptune, Klar says good-bye to his co-worker and girlfriend Lyra 3916, who likes Klar, but dislikes Superman.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Muto; Lyra 3916; PW-5598; Lex Luthor (in video), Superman [Clark Kent] (in video); Lois Lane (in video); Superman the 5th (in video); Vyldan (in video); Jay L-3388; Superman the 4th (flashback); Superman the 7th [Kanton K-73] (flashback); Yann; Thargo; Von-Don
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Synopsis
Superman tracks Muto to sector Z-44, where the villain springs a series of traps on the hero, finally luring him into saving a trio of android children in the path of a wave of paralyzing toxic seawater.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Muto; Lyra 3916; Jay L-3388; PW-5598
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
Synopsis
Using his heat vision, Superman reprograms the android children so they save him from the paralyzing seawater. Later, back on Earth, Muto challenges Superman again, but Superman creates a super-electric discharge to open a space-warp to Muto’s dimension and the villain is drawn home.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Batman [Bron Wayn E7705]; Joker (of 2967); Muto; Batman VI (flashback); Superman VI (flashback); Batman XV (flashback); Superman XV (flashback); Batman XIX (flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
E. Nelson Bridwell (Original Assistant Editor)
Synopsis
When Muto teams with the Joker of 2967 to battle Superman, the last descendant of Batman takes up the cape and cowl to help Superman and get revenge against the Joker, who's father killed his father.
Notes
Story incorrectly credited to Edmond Hamilton on item. The story refers to Superboy (not Superman) recently trapping Muto in his home dimension. In this story, exposure to seawater weakens Superman like kryptonite, rather than paralyzing him as previously.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Xenofobe; also as Father Time]; Jimmy Olsen; Josh Coyle; Lois Lane; Jaxon the Mighty; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Duo Damsel; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]; Time Trapper (behind the scenes); Madame Olga; Fortress of Solitude
Credits
- Script
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Bob Oksner
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #295 (January 1976) — Costume, Costume-- Who's Got the Costume?
- Also printed
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #30 ([August 1977?]) — Costume, Costume--Who's Got the Costume?
-
Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (DC, 2016) (2014) — Costume, Costume--Who's Got the Costume?
Synopsis
Father Time steals Superman’s costume and Superman follows it to 2975, a future unlike the future he knows, an “Earth after disaster.” There, Superman meets Jaxon, who wears his costume and the two battle until they end up back in 1975. Father Time arrives and reveals that he is a Green Lantern from the 30th century. He explains that the Time Trapper eliminated all the other possible timelines, leaving only the one in which civilization is destroyed by a Great Disaster, so he pitted Superman against Jaxon so that the energy their fight generated could restore all of the possible futures.
Notes
The Green Lanterns’ battle with the Time Trapper must have been earlier than contemporaneous Legion stories, as Duo Damsel (retired) and Invisible Kid (deceased) are shown as active members. This story was part of a larger attempt by DC to explain their two primary timelines. See Amazing World of DC Comics, The (DC, 1974 series) #12.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; also as Skyboy]; Jor-El; Lara; Lt. Thomas Clark; Gen. Kent Garrett; Pres. Wiener; Premier Leonov; Moka
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
Elliot S! Maggin - Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Bob Oksner
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (Original Editor)
Bob Rozakis (Original Co-Editor)
Synopsis
What if Baby Kal-El landed on Earth in 1976? Found by the American military just ahead of the Soviets, Kal-El is raised as a ward of the Army. Tensions over the alien superhuman, now called Skyboy, boil over in 1990 with both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. launching missiles. Skyboy destroys all of the weapons and abandons his Skyboy identity to live as Clark Kent. In 2001, the Soviets send Moka to Times Square to declare himself the person who saved the planet in 1990 and the rightful ruler of mankind, but Clark comes out of retirement, this time as Superman, and exposes Moka for the fraud he is.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Superwoman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superwoman [Kristin Wells]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen [also dressed as Elastic Lad]; King Kosmos; Linda Danvers [Supergirl]; Lana Lang (cameo); Morgan Edge
Credits
- Script
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard
- Inks
- Mike DeCarlo (finishes)
Tod Smith (“with a special inking assist”) - Colours
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (Original Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
DC Comics Presents Annual (DC, 1983 series) #2 ([July] 1983) — The Last Secret Identity! Part 1: The Superwoman of Metropolis!
- Also printed
-
Superman Introduces Superwoman Annual (Federal, 1985 series) ([September 1984]) — The Last Secret Identity! Part 1: The Superwoman of Metropolis
Synopsis
29th century professor Kristin Wells travels to the present to try and determine the alter ego of Superwoman, the last unrevealed secret identity. Arriving just before Superwoman makes her public debut fighting King Kosmos, Kristin suspects that Lois Lane or Supergirl wore the costume, but when they are knocked out when Kosmos arrives, Kristin herself has to go into action as Superwoman.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Superwoman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Superwoman [Kristin Wells]; King Kosmos; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard
- Inks
- Mike DeCarlo (finishes)
Tod Smith (“with a special inking assist”) - Colours
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (Original Editor)
Bob Rozakis (Original Co-Editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
DC Comics Presents Annual (DC, 1983 series) #2 ([July] 1983) — The Last Secret Identity! Part 2: A Madman Loose in Time
- Also printed
-
Superman Introduces Superwoman Annual (Federal, 1985 series) ([September 1984]) — The Last Secret Identity! Part 2: A Madman Loose In Time
Synopsis
Superman revives and joins Superwoman in chasing King Kosmos across time.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Characters
- Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Superman [Clark Kent] (statue)
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
On the back cover. Illustration from the splash page of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #181.
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.