Issue | #193 |
Published | January-February 1967 |
Frequency | monthly with the exception of March, September and December, (semi-monthly January) |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Notes | 80 Page Giant #G-31 |
Characters | Justice League of America [JLA; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-1); Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-1); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (Earth-1); Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Krypton; Bizarros; Superman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Reprinted | in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #8/1967 |
Characters | Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Duke Garner (villain); Al Mantz (villain); Sykes (Prison Guard); Bizarro (cameo, flashback) |
Synopsis | Lex Luthor discovers a cure for Cancer and with the help of Superman he is paroled from prison. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Notes | 3-part Imaginary story |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #149 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A list of several other sensational Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue. |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | "Thanks to - Willaim Sproat, Waynesboro, PA" |
Characters | Superman (Earth-1) (death); Lex Luthor (villain); Supergirl (guest star); green kryptonite; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Duke Garner (villain); Al Mantz (villain) |
Synopsis | Lex Luthor reveals that he was only pretending to be good and kills Superman. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Notes | Imaginary story. |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #149 (November 1961) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A list of several other unusual Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue. |
Characters | Mickey Mantle; Wilma Rudolph; Ben Hogan |
Pencils | Jack Schiff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Characters | Superman (Earth-1); Justice League of America [JLA; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-1); Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Earth-1); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]] (cameo, first appearance in SUPERMAN); Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl] (cameo); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Lucy Lane; Robin [Dick Grayson] (Earth-1) (cameo); Lori Lemaris (cameo); Krypto (cameo); Supergirl (guest star); Superman robots; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Van-Zee (cameo); Sylvia (cameo); Phantom Zone; Lana Lang (cameo) |
Synopsis | Superman is buried and Supergirl brings Lex Luthor to justice. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Notes | Imaginary story |
Reprinted | From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #149 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A list of several other perplexing Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue. |
Characters | Superman; Cedric Carson [as Jonathan Kent] (villain); Millicent Carson [as Martha Kent] (villain); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Fortress of Solitude; Superboy (statue, image); Lois Lane; Superman robots; Lana Lang (image); Professor Lang (image); kryptonite |
Synopsis | Ma and Pa Kent seemingly arrive in the present in a time bubble, and Superman is so happy to see them that he shows them all the secrets of his adult life. But Ma and Pa turn out to be con artists who blackmail Superman with the knowledge of his double identity secret. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (December 1958) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A list of several other extra exciting Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #197 (October 1954) [3 pages edited] |
Characters | Superman (origin); Jor-El (flashback); Lora [aka Lara] (flashback); Val Arn (villain, flashback); Khai Zor (villain, flashback) |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | Is script by Edmond Hamilton or Jerry Coleman? (see 80 Page Giant Magazine #G31 for the conflicting Coleman credit.) |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #223 (December 1956) |
Genre | superhero; humor |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Notes | 1 page cut (second half of page 11 and first half of page 12); original title "Bizarro, Private Detective!" |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #286 (July 1961) [see notes] |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A list of several other rip-roaring, hilarious, and wildly funny Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue. |