Issue | #7 |
Published | Summer 1963 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Notes | On Sale Date - June 13th 1963 |
Characters | Superman; Batman; Polly Smith |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Superman; Superman Junior [Johnny Kirk]; Professor Morton Kirk (flashback); Superboy (flashback) |
Synopsis | Johnny Kirk is mistakenly shot into space, when he returns years later he is found to have superpowers, however exposure to meteor dust on Johnny's rocket is gradually robbing Superman of his super abilities. Selflessly, Johnny finds a way to transfer his own powers to Superman. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #232 |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White (also as The Black Knight); "Bull" Mathews (villain) |
Synopsis | After Superman releases the Black Knight from a block of ice after nearly 1,000 years, the villain goes on a crime spree. When the knight wounds Superman with his magical sword, criminal "Bull" Mathews offers to buy it, but finds it was all a set-up to trap him. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman? |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #124 (September 1958) |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Super-Imp; Eiffel Tower; green kryptonite |
Synopsis | When Superman is exposed to the radiation from the explosion of an alien space ship, he loses his powers but gains the ability to create a miniature version of himself with his powers to carry out his super-duties. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman? |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | Re-coloured to give Superman rainbow beams emanating from his fingers, (originally b & w). Page 5, panel 6 re-captioned and slightly redrawn to fix minor story error. |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125 (November 1958) [originally titled "Superman's New Power"] |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; green kryptonite; Krypton (flashback) |
Synopsis | When Jimmy is knocked out, he dreams of what it would be like if Superman were president of the United States. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122 (July 1958) |
Characters | Superman; King Krypton; Krypton (flashback); green kryptonite |
Synopsis | Superman battles King Krypton the super gorilla, when their struggle unearths a kryptonite meteor, King Krypton shields Superman from the deadly rays with his own body. As death approaches, he reverts to his true human form and reveals that he is really a Kryptonian scientist and had been the victim of a flawed experiment which reversed his evolution. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #238 (March 1958) |
Characters | Superman; Lex Luthor; Toyman; Prankster |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Win Mortimer |
Inks | Win Mortimer |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #88 (March 1954). |
Characters | Superboy; Superboy Robot; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent |
Synopsis | Jonathan Kent struggles in vain to discipline his invulnerable son, but when Jonathan and Martha argue over Clark and seemingly split up, heartbroken Superboy finally gets the message. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | John Sikela |
Inks | John Sikela |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #75 (September 1959) |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Notes | This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1. |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939) |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1939) |
Characters | Superman; Jimmy Olsen |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #1 (September-October 1954) |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1. |
Reprinted | from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #1 (March-April 1958) |
Characters | Superboy; Lana Lang; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (also as the Flying Fox); Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); green kryptonite |
Synopsis | A youthful Bruce Wayne visits Smallville, he adopts the identity of the Flying Fox and discovers Superboy's secret identity. He then realises that he is too young to have such responsibility and willingly undergoes hypnotism to remove the memory. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Notes | Superboy meets a teen-aged Bruce Wayne. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #275 (August 1960) |
Characters | Superman; Steve Allen; Gene Skitch |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Three black and white Superman daily newspaper strips (strips #5265-5267). |
Reprinted | from Superman daily (McClure Newspaper Syndicate) 1955.??.?? - 1955.??.?? |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Polly Smith |
Synopsis | Superman agrees to masquerade as kindly but plain Polly Smith's suitor to boost her self esteem and social standing. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger? |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Reprinted | from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #2 (May-June 1958) |