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Issue: Superman in the Fifties #[nn]
Publication Date: November 2002
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/18/2002
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN: 1563898268
UPC/EAN: 76194123172300111
Price: $32.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 34 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nick J. Napolitano; Scott Nybakken (Associate Editor); Mort Weisinger (Original Editor)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Wayne Boring
Colorist(s): Jamison
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman in the Fifties

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (illustration)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page illustrated with a portion of the cover to Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring (Superman illustration); Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois illustration)
Inker(s): Wayne Boring ? (Superman illustration); Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial credits, publication data, and tributes to Wayne Boring and Kurt Schaffenberger. Lois illustration taken from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #8; Superman illustration's source unknown.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (border illustration)
Inker(s): ? (border illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (illustrations)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (illustrations)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Krypto; Jimmy Olsen; Romado; Lois Lane; Big Boy
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Mark Waid discusses the changes to the Superman legend during the 1950s.

Illustrated with details from the covers of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (Krypto illustration), Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #253 (first Jimmy Olsen illustration), and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #19 (second Jimmy Olsen illustration). Also includes two panels from the Superman comic strip featuring Romado (a Brainiac precursor) and Big Boy (essentially Titano).
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Classic Tales

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #118 published January 1958
was The Death of Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #236 published January 1958
was Superman's New Uniform! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #8 published April 1959
was The Ugly Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mark Waid discusses the tight connections between the TV series The Adventures of Superman and the Superman comics of the 1950s.
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Three Supermen from Krypton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Kizo; Mala; U-Ban; Jor-El (flashback); Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Superman meets three Kryptonian brothers who were convicted and sentenced by Krypton's Ruling Council to a sentence of suspended animation adrift in space due to their efforts to overthrow the Council and rule Krypton. Now that they have crashed on Earth they plan to rule it instead. Superman tricks them into turning on each other and they knock themselves out. Superman returns them to suspended animation and releases them back into space.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #65 published July 1950
was Three Supermen from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The first appearance of other survivors of Krypton. In this story, the natives of Krypton are called Kryptonites. Their abilities are still natural, and not caused by the different gravities or suns of Earth and Krypton.
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The Menace from the Stars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis: After attempting to destroy an asteroid with traces of Kryptonite, Superman loses his memory. He changes into the clothes in the cape pocket and heads to the Daily Planet. Lois and Perry tell him he is Clark Kent and that Superman has disappeared. When Clark puts on the Superman suit to fool some bank robbers and finds that bullets bounce off him, he credits the suit. He breaks up the asteroid and then decides to reveal to the Daily Planet that though he has been acting as him, he isn't Superman. As he walks to the office, however, he is hit by a truck and remembers that he really is Superman.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #68 published January 1954
was The Menace from the Stars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Girl Who Didn't Believe in Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Alice Norton; Lois Lane; Martha Norton; John Norton
Synopsis: Superman restores the sight of a blind girl and reunites her family.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #96 published March 1955
was The Girl Who Didn't Believe in Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Coleman
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; also as Superboy (in flashback)]; Lana Lang (flashback)
Synopsis: Superboy finds out that something he did on his last day in Smallville as Superboy is going to allow a criminal to make $1,000,000. Superman must think back to that day and discover what it was that he did. As he remembers his graduation and the cake that was presented to him by the town, he figures out the criminal's plan.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #97 published May 1955
was Superboy's Last Day in Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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The Ugly Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ugly Superman
Synopsis: A wrestler billed as the Ugly Superman falls for Lois. But when he won't stop forcing his attention on Lois, Superman teaches him who the better man is.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #8 published April 1959
was The Ugly Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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The Fortress of Solitude

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Jerry Coleman (illustration)
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring (illustration)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Describes some of the features of Superman's Fortress of Solitude. Illustration taken from "The Super-Key to Fort Superman" from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #241.
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The Superman Family

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring (Action 223 cover illustration only); Curt Swan (other cover illustrations)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [also as Superboy]; Jor-El; Krypto; Superman, Junior
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #223 published December 1956
was The First Superman of Krypton! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #239 published August 1957
was The Super-Tricks of the Dog of Steel! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #232 published September 1957
was Superman, Junior! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mark Waid discusses the expansion of the Superman family in the 1950s, including Krypto, Supergirl, and Titano.
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Superman's Big Brother!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Halk Kar; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); "Wrecker" Ross; Lois Lane
Synopsis: When Halk Kar crashes on Earth, the note he carries in Jor-El's handwriting makes Superman suspect that Halk Kar is his older brother. But when Halk Kar joins Superman in his pursuit of "Wrecker" Ross, Halk Kar receives an electric shock and remembers that he is actually a space traveller from Thoron who met Jor-El on Krypton just before it exploded.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #80 published January 1953
was Superman's Big Brother! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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The Super-Dog from Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Sy Barry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lana Lang
Synopsis: A super-powerful dog arrives in Smallville in a rocket complete with written records proving that he is baby Kal-El's puppy who Jor-El used as a test animal when developing his space rockets. Though happy to be reunited with his dog, Superboy needs to make sure that Krypto does not give away his secret identity several times before Krypto leaves for a romp in space.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #210 published March 1955
was The Super-Dog from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Inking credited to John Fischetti on item.
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Titano the Super-Ape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Titano [Toto]
Synopsis: Lois befriends the intelligent chimp Toto just before he is sent into orbit inside a satellite. While in orbit, the satellite passes by a collision of a uranium metorite with a kryptonite one, which causes the chimp to grow to enormous size and shoot kryptonite beams from his eyes. Because of this change, Lois re-names him Titano. Though not meaning any harm, Titano poses a threat to humanity and Superman, so the army traps the giant chimp, planning to execute him. But Lois devises a way to block Titano's kryptonite vision so Superman can send him into the past where he cannot harm anyone.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #127 published February 1959
was Titano the Super-Ape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Lori Lemaris

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Bill Finger (illustration)
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring (illustration)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Lori Lemaris
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Describes how Clark Kent met the mermaid Lori Lemaris. Incorrectly refers to "The Girl in Superman's Past" from Showcase #9, rather than the story by the same title from Superman #129.

Illustration taken from "The Girl in Superman's Past" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129.
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The Supergirl from Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Superman [also as Superboy (on poster)]; Supergirl; Zor-El; Miss Hart
Synopsis: Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #252 published May 1959
was The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Beppo the Super-Monkey

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Otto Binder (illustration)
Penciller(s): George Papp (illustration)
Inker(s): George Papp (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Beppo
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Short profile of Beppo. Illustration taken from "The Super-Monkey from Krypton!" from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76.
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The Villains

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Bizarro; Lois Lane; Bizarro-Lois
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #234 published November 1957
was The Creature of 1,000 Disguises! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #249 published February 1959
was The Kryptonite Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #255 published August 1959
was The Bride of Bizarro! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Describes the main villains that challenged Superman in the 1950s.
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Superman's Super-Magic Show!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Mr. Mxyztplk; Prankster; Lex Luthor
Synopsis: Mr. Mxyztplk teams with the Prankster and Lex Luthor to humiliate Superman by making "plastic proxies" (androids) which make it appear as if Lois has jilted Superman for Mxyztplk, make it seem that Superman has falsely accused Luthor, and makes Superman look like the victim of the pranks of the Prankster. But just as the public begins to wonder why they ever admired him, Superman turns the tables on the trio.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #151 published December 1950
was Superman's Super-Magic Show! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Super-Duel in Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Koko; Kimda; Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Synopsis: While on an experimental rocket, Clark and Lois encounter the alien Brainiac, who plans to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth and then use them to repopulate his planet. Superman gets inside Brainiac’s ship when the villain snatches Metropolis and there finds a bottle with the Kryptonian city of Kandor. He enters the bottle and with the help of a scientist there restores the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for his trip home. Because there is not enough power to restore Kandor, Superman places the city in his Fortress, as Brainiac rockets away empty-handed.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #242 published July 1958
was The Super-Duel in Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Battle with Bizarro!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Bizarro; Lex Luthor; Vekko; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Luthor steals Professor Dalton's duplicating machine and creates an adult Bizarro to menace Superman, but this Bizarro turns on its creator, hands him over to the authorities, and attempts to help Superman. When the people he has helped react in horror to him, Bizarro gets depressed. He misinterprets Lois' sympathy to his plight for true affection and takes her to a remote island. But when she rejects him, he turns the duplicator ray on himself and creates a handsome bizarro duplicate, whom Lois mistakes for the real Superman.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #254 published July 1959
was The Battle with Bizarro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Continues in the following story.
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Metallo

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Robert Bernstein (illustration)
Penciller(s): Al Plastino (illustration)
Inker(s): Al Plastino (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Metallo [John Corben]
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A short origin of Metallo. Illustration taken from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252.
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The Bride of Bizarro!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; New Bizarro
Synopsis: Bizarro keeps the real Superman from revealing to Lois that she has been proposed to by Bizarro's duplicate, whom he calls New Bizarro, with a kryptonite meteorite, but Lois realizes New Bizarro is not the true Man of Steel. But New Bizarro doesn't give up easily, and the duplicates fight each other. Bizarro seeks out Superman's help and destroys the kryptonite, turning it into a dust cloud which destroys New Bizarro. Bizarro resumes courting Lois, until Lois creates a duplicate of herself so that Bizarro can have his own Bizarro-Lois.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #255 published August 1959
was The Bride of Bizarro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Continues from previous story.
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Superboy Meets Robin

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Dave Wood
Penciller(s): Al Plastino (illustration)
Inker(s): Al Plastino (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A brief summary of the story in which Robin travels to the past to get Superboy's help. Illustration taken from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #253.
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Superman's Pals

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
Inker(s): Ray Burnley (WFC cover illustration); Stan Kaye (other cover illustrations)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #74 published January 1955
was The Contest of Heroes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #19 published March 1957
was Superman's Kid Brother! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #247 published December 1958
was The Return of Superman's Lost Parents! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Short article about Superman's supporting cast.
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The End of the Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; John Wilton; "Skip" Enders
Synopsis: When newspaper mogul John Wilton buys the Daily Planet and immediately shuts it down, the former employees start their own paper, gathering scoops in the new jobs they have taken to pay the bills. But Wilton tries to shut down this new competitor permanently.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #79 published November 1952
was The End of the Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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Elastic Lad

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Otto Binder (illustration)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (illustration)
Inker(s): Ray Burnley (illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: The origin of Jimmy Olsen's Elastic Lad powers. Illustration taken from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #31.
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Superman and Robin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Jim Gordon
Synopsis: When Batman is laid up with a broken leg, Superman comes to Gotham City to help Robin track down the Purple Mask Mob, but it's Batman who cracks the case.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #75 published March 1955
was Superman and Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Stolen Superman Signal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; "Labs" Logan; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: When trailing Jimmy Olsen as he collects charitable donations around the city, "Labs" Logan figures out that Jimmy summons Superman through his wristwatch. So when Jimmy isn't looking, Labs changes the signal's frequency so that Superman won't come to Jimmy's rescue. But when Labs changes the signal back the proper frequency to lure Superman into a kryptonite trap, Jimmy uses the signal to broadcast Morse code to warn Superman, who nabs the crook long-distance and helps Jimmy deliver the charity collection.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #13 published June 1956
was The Stolen Superman Signal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Girl in Superman's Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Coleman
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Lois meets Lana Lang for the first time, and the girls immediately compete to see whom Superman likes better. But Superman refuses to fall into their traps.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #9 published July 1957
was The Girl in Superman's Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencilling credited to Ruben Moreira on item.
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Short biographies of the writers and artists whose work appears in this volume.
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The Fifties...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (Superman illustration); George Papp (Beppo illustration)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (Superman illustration); George Papp (Beppo illustration)
Colorist(s): Jamison
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Beppo
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrations taken from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #232 (Superman illustration) and Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 (Beppo illustration).

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