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Issue Details

Issue #272
Published January 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superman's Rival, Mental Man!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mental Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #68 (September 1966); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

13 page Superman story "Superman's Rival, Mental Man!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Lucy Lane; Aquaman (as Mental Man); Aqualad (flashback); "Ace" Ruggles (villain); Green Kryptonite; Krypto (flashback)
Synopsis Lois creates a comic strip about a superhero called Mental Man. When Mental Man suddenly appears he falls in love with Lois.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #68; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

13 page Supergirl story "The Second Supergirl!"

Characters Supergirl; Marvel Maid (origin); Marvel Man (origin); Fortress of Solitude; Superman; Fortress of Marvels
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Story continues in Action Comics #273
Reprinted in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1