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Issue: Superman #139
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 06/16/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The New Life of Super-Merman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #15/1967 published July 1967
as none [Illustration on Cover, Front] [3.Story 7.Seite 3. Bild Ausschnitt ohne rotem Kryptonit und Sprechblase]
FlagSuperman in the Sixties #[nn] published November 1999
as The Cast of Characters [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as Superman #139 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The New Life of Super-Merman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Wayne Boring
Stan Kaye
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lori Lemaris (guest star); Ronal (guest star); Brett Rand (intro)
Superman, Ronal and Lori fake a romance between Superman and Lori so that Lois will give up on marrying Superman and marry Brett Rand.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as The New Life of Super-Merman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
Superman
Superman
When he sees some boys being unfriendly to a refugee boy, Superman takes them across the world to see the conditions refugees have come from and tells them that they need to be nicer.
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Miscellaneous
1
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Giant Superman Annual
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Miscellaneous
1
The Jolly Jailhouse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Coleman
Al Plastino
Al Plastino
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Colonel Stradi (intro, villain); Judge Rafol
Colonel Stradi runs a corrupt prison in Voroda. When he arrests Clark Kent and has him imprisoned there, Superman decides to reveal to the world what Stradi had been keeping secret.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #201 published November 1967
as The Jolly Jailhouse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #12/1968 published December 1968
as Det frie fengselet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as The Jolly Jailhouse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Shorty
It's closing time, Shorty...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Metropolis Mailbag
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Miscellaneous
1
The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Curt Swan
John Forte
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Kozz (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot
While rescuing a bathyscaph from the ocean bottom where it rests next to a Red Kryptonite meteor, Superman remembers all the other times that Red Kryptonite has affected him in unpredictable ways. This time it causes his hair, beard and nails to grow uncontrollably, and it takes the combined efforts of Supergirl and Krypto to clean him up.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Annual #8 published January 1963
as The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #15/1967 published July 1967
as Die Geschichte des roten Kryptonits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
FlagSupermann #[nn] published January 1981
as Historien om den røde kryptonitt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #36 [Direct] published May 1983
as The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #1/1965 published ?
as Den nyckfulla röda kryptoniten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Frontier Cabin
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
150 Civil War Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
American Youth Sales Club
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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