(January-February 1953)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 44
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age; Later Standard Silver Age.; By end Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G66 (December-January 1970)
Superman's Big Brother
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman (origin retold); Halk Kar [Earth-2's Mon-El] (intro); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Wrecker Ross (intro, villain); Lois Lane
- Synopsis:
- When Halk Kar crashes on Earth, the note he carries in Jor-El's handwriting makes Superman suspect that Halk Kar is his older brother. But when Halk Kar joins Superman in his pursuit of "Wrecker" Ross, Halk Kar receives an electric shock and remembers that he is actually a space traveller from Thoron who met Jor-El on Krypton just before it exploded.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #222 (December 1969) [retitled there as "Superman's Lost Brother!"]
- in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #7/1970 ([april] 1970)
- in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
Indexer Notes
Many elements from this story re-used in "Superboy's Big Brother" in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89.
The Big Noise of Metropolis!
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Big-Noise Nelson (intro, villain); Lois Lane
The Last Days of Daniel Boone
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Historical
- Characters:
- Daniel Boone
Indexer Notes
Daniel Boone bio
The Men of Fire
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; the "flame men" (intro, villains, fire-beings); Lois Lane
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Superman's Big Brother
Superman -
2.
The Big Noise of Metropolis!
Superman -
3.
The Last Days of Daniel Boone
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4.
The Men of Fire
Superman
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Daniel Thingvold
- Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Lang
- Bob Rivard
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Ed Boner
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