Superman #102
(January 1956)

DC, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1955-10-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from stamped arrival date from a known copy of this issue. On-sale date of November 1 in copyright registration.

The Midget Menace from Outer Space (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; The Thurans
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman for Sale (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Henry Drebbin (villain, introduction); Edward Jorgens (villain, introduction); Paul Quillan (villain, introduction)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys and Girls Make This A... Super Christmas! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Midget Menace (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Thurans (villain, introduction)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Best Present of All! (Table of Contents: 7)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy; teen

Rocket to the Sky (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Raymond Perry ? (illustration)
Inks
Raymond Perry ? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

CinemAntics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Harry Lampert
Pencils
Harry Lampert
Inks
Harry Lampert
Colors
?
Letters
Harry Lampert

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Throwing or eating?
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Winchester Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Million-Dollar Mistake (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Soapy Martin (villain, introduction)
Keywords
Daily Planet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have the deed and you have my money...
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Zenith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Midget Menace from Outer Space
    Superman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  3. 2. Superman for Sale
    Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. Boys and Girls Make This A... Super Christmas!
    Superman
  6. 5. The Midget Menace
    Superman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  8. 7. The Best Present of All!
    Binky
  9. 8. Rocket to the Sky
  10. 9. ["Throwing or eating?"]
    CinemAntics
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Winchester Roller Skates
  12. 11. The Million-Dollar Mistake
    Superman
  13. 12. ["I have the deed and you have my money..."]
    Chief Hot Foot
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Co.
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Matthew Head
  • James Ludwig
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Marton Vajda
  • Jim Van Dore