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Issue: Superman Annual #1968
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Publisher: FlagAtlas Publishing
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On Sale Date: 1967
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Pages: 100
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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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Cover, Front
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Superman; Batman; Superboy
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Robin; Joker; Riddler; Superman; Catwomwn; Penguin; Batman
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Front endpapers divided into eight panels (four on each page)

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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Superman; Batman; Robin
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The Story of Superman's Life!

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Who is Superman? What other planet and super-civilization did he come from?
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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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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An Untold Tale of Superboy; Superboy
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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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
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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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.
Part II: The Capture of Camelot!

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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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Jor-El's Visit to Earth!

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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]
Surprise number one --
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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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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The Black Knight [Perry White]; "Bull" Mathews
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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Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Brainiac A (the first Brainiac, origin); Ron Farley
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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Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Brainiac A
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The "Untouchable" Clark Kent!

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Mike Babson [Little Napoleon] (introduction, villain)
Luthor! Capone! Jesse James! Call the roll of the world's most notorious criminals...
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Robin; Joker; Riddler; Superman; Catwomwn; Penguin; Batman
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Rear endpapers identical to front endpapers.
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Back cover, blank yellow page.

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