| Issue | #164 |
| Published | October 1963 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Characters | Superman; Lex Luthor |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Reprinted | in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Superman; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback) |
| Synopsis | When Luthor escapes from jail, he challenges Superman to meet him in a fair fight without his super powers. The two head to a desert-like world where they brawl until Superman knocks out the villain. Luthor retaliates by using secret weapons hidden in his shirt pocket. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971); in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Superman; Lex Luthor; Jor-El (hallucination); Lara (hallucination) |
| Synopsis | While Superman struggles to survive, Luthor meets the few remaining inhabitants of the planet and becomes their hero when he reactivates their scientific machines and temporarily solves their water shortage problem. But Superman finds Luthor, defeats him in combat, and returns him to prison on Earth, after providing the people of the planet with sufficient water on which to survive. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | The planet is unnamed here, but its inhabitants will rename it Lexor in honor of their hero sometime after this story. |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971); in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Superman; Ras-Krom (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (cameo); Professor Vakox (cameo); Bor-Ak (intro, death, flashback); Bor-Ak's bride (intro, death, flashback); Lon-Ra (intro, death, flashback); Phantom Zone; Jimmy Olsen; Krypton (flashback) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #232 (December 1970-January 1971) |