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Issue Details

Issue	#177
Published	May 1965
Cover Price	0.12
Pages	8
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Menace Called 'It'!"

Characters	Superman; It
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein

1 page public service announcement "What's Wrong with These Pictures?"

8 page Superman story "Superman's Kryptonese Curse! [Tales of Kryptonite No. 3]"

Characters	Superman; green kryptonite (same chunk of rock as last time, now red kryptonite); Krypto (guest appearance); Vol-Don (guest appearance); Superman; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; gold kryptonite; Superboy (flashback); Super-Baby (flashback); Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Supergirl robot; Superman robot
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	Tales of Kryptonite No. 3

8 page Superman story The Menace Called "It"!

Characters	Superman; It [a spinning blob] (intro); Lana Lang; Perry White; Lois Lane
Genre	superhero
Script	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	story recycled from ACTION COMICS #162. Scripter confirmed from reprint.
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #56; in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #3/1966

Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Notes

Includes a letter from Mike Friedrich

8 page Superman story "When Jimmy Olsen Stole Krypto From Superman"

Characters	Krypto (guest star); Superman; Jimmy Olsen (as Super-Olsen); Lucy Lane; Fortress of Solitude
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel?
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Notes	adventure is Krypto's dream

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Editing	Henry Boltinoff