Issue | #4 |
Published | 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Notes | On Sale Date - November 9th or 10th 1961. (Both dates given) |
Characters | Superman; Superboy; Mala; Yeast Man |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Reprinted | in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Superman; Perry White; The Yeast Men |
Synopsis | Superman fashions a kryptonite collar in an attempt to gain some immunity but is captured by aliens and kept as a pet until he can free himself of the collar. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | William Woolfolk |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #84 (September-October 1953) |
Synopsis | Key to the Legion of Super-Heroes page (sequence 9 in this issue) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superboy [Clark Kent] |
Synopsis | Superboy accidentally flies through time to the future where he meets his grown-up self. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | John Giunta ? |
Notes | inker id by Bob Hughes 3/09 |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Krag the Mercurian; Crime Czar |
Synopsis | Krag arrives from Mercury, challenges and defeats Superman, but it is a ruse to smoke out the Crime Czar. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | original title: The Man Who Conquered Superman |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #165 (February 1952) |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Futureman [Jack Wilton] |
Synopsis | Futureman arrives in the 20th century to woo Lois, as she is about to depart to marry him in the future she discovers a secret message from Superman. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #121 (May 1958) |
Characters | Superman; Jor-El; Lois Lane; Mala; Kizo; U-Ban. |
Synopsis | Mala, the super Kryptonian returns and decoys Superman in order to destroy the Earth. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | Mala's brothers are not referred to by name in this story but were named in their 1st appearance in Superman (D.C. 1939 Series) #65 |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954) |
Characters | Superman; Jimmy Olsen |
Synopsis | Jimmy gets transported to the 60th century but finds himself a wanted man as the legendary killer of Superman. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Ray Burnley |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #28 (April 1958) |
Characters | Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Drago. |
Synopsis | Kryptonite exposure weakens Superman to such an extent that he sleeps for 1,000 years, when he revives he overcomes the villain Drago and galvanizes the future Earthmen into action. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #107 (August 1956) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Reprinted | in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2 [as modified in Adventure Comics (1938 series) #316]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 |
Characters | Superman [Klarkash Kenton]; Lura Lajos; Jamar; Olav; |
Synopsis | Superman is abducted to another world and adopts the identity of Klarkash Kenton whilst solving the problem of giant alien beasts that are rampaging out of control. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #168 (May 1952) |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #121 (May 1959) |
Pencils | Win Mortimer |
Inks | Win Mortimer |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #165 (February 1952) |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956) |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954) |