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Issue: Superman Annual #1968
Publication Date: January 1968
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Issues: #1968 of 17 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAtlas Publishing
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1967
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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Price: 126.0 pence GBQ 0-10-6
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Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
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Binding: hardcover; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Superboy
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Pages: 1
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Colorist(s): ? (orange and black)
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Character(s): Robin; Joker; Riddler; Superman; Catwomwn; Penguin; Batman
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Pages: 2
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First page features:

Robin, Joker
Riddler, Superman

Second page features:

Bat Insignia, Catwoman
Penguin, Batman
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (orange and black)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin
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The Story of Superman's Life!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Who is Superman? What other planet and super-civilization did he come from?
Synopsis: Recap of Superman's life beginning with his escape from the destruction of Krypton, through his adoption and raising by the Kents, his training and career as Superboy, up to his leaving Smallville for Metropolis and joining the Daily Planet after the deaths of his adoptive parents.
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Superman's First Exploit

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (origin); Superbaby (Flashback); Superboy (Flashback); Jor-El (Flashback); Lara (Flashback); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Martha Kent (Flashback); Dr. Reese Kearns (Intro); Lois Lane; Perry White
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The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): An Untold Tale of Superboy; Superboy
Synopsis: Though it had long been known that Superman's costume was made from Kryptonian blankets, this is the first story that showed exactly how this was done.
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Pawns of the Jousting Master!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Knights of the Round Table [Sir Lancelot; Sir Gawain; Sir Bors; Sir Galahad; Sir Kay]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; King Arthur; Merlin; Bohart
Synopsis: Superman and Batman journey to King Arthur's time where all the members of the Round Table seem to have super powers.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit in #164. No Robin in this story. According to Jim Shooter, Jousting Master name came from Mort Weisinger, neither he nor E. Nelson Bridwell liked it.
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Part II: The Capture of Camelot!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Knights of the Round Table [Sir Lancelot; Sir Gawain; Sir Bors; Sir Galahad; Sir Kay]; King Arthur; Merlin; Bohart
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Pages: 9
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Jor-El's Visit to Earth!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Jor-El (as a youth); Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo); Lex Luthor; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Blak-Du (introduction); two unnamed prisoners]
First Line: Surprise number one --
Synopsis: A young Jor-El takes a time trip to Earth and meets Superboy.
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Superman in the White House!

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: When Jimmy is knocked out, he dreams of what it would be like if Superman were president of the United States.
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The Super-Sword

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Knight [Perry White]; "Bull" Mathews
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.
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The Invulnerable Super-Enemy! Part I: The Three Bottles of Danger!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Brainiac A (the first Brainiac, origin); Ron Farley
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen and Robin discover three Kryptonian cities shrunken by Brainiac A, inhabited entirely by criminals.
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Part II: Brainiac and the Bottled Brigands

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Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Brainiac A
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The "Untouchable" Clark Kent!

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Colorist(s): ? (orange and black)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mike Babson [Little Napoleon] (introduction, villain)
First Line: Luthor! Capone! Jesse James! Call the roll of the world's most notorious criminals...
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Colorist(s): ? (orange and black)
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Character(s): Robin; Joker; Riddler; Superman; Catwomwn; Penguin; Batman
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Pages: 2
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