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Issue Details

Issue #163
Published August 1963
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Hero Who Was Greater Than Superman!"

Characters Superman; Wonder-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes Cover idea from reader Eric Baizer

12 page Superman story "Wonder Man, the New Hero of Metropolis!"

Characters Superman; Wonder-Man [Ajax, an android, formerly a Superman robot] (intro, death); The Superman Revenge Squad (villains); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress of Solitude; Phantom Zone (cameo); Kandor (cameo); Superman robots; green kryptonite
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein

13 page Superman story "The Goofy Superman!"

Characters Superman; The Mad Bomber [Ivan Klatch] (intro, villain); Crump (intro); Perry White; red kryptonite
Synopsis Superman goes temporarily crazy from Red K exposure and is committed to the funny farm
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino