Superman Annual #2

(1960 [January 1961])

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

Superman / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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The Invulnerable Enemy (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; The Invulnerable Enemy; Barnum Bolton; Lex Luthor (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White

Synopsis:

A petrified spaceman is brought back to life by Lex Luthor and rampages through Metropolis collecting pieces of broken glass along the way.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #226 (March 1957)

The Menace of Metallo! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis:

Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959) [page 8, panel 6 through page 9, panel 2 cut]

Titano the Super-Ape! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Titano (intro, villain, origin, formerly Toto); Lois Lane; green kryptonite

Synopsis:

Lois befriends the intelligent chimp Toto just before he is sent into orbit inside a satellite. While in orbit, the satellite passes by a collision of a uranium metorite with a kryptonite one, which causes the chimp to grow to enormous size and shoot kryptonite beams from his eyes. Because of this change, Lois re-names him Titano. Though not meaning any harm, Titano poses a threat to humanity and Superman, so the army traps the giant chimp, planning to execute him. But Lois devises a way to block Titano's kryptonite vision so Superman can send him into the past where he cannot harm anyone.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #127 (February 1959)

The Thing from 40,000 A.D.! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; The Thing from 40,000 A.D. (intro, villain, death); Lois Lane; Perry White

Synopsis:

A protoplasmic being appears in Metropolis with the power to assume any form - including Superman's, complete with super powers, this inevitably results in a super-showdown with the Man of Steel.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #87 (February 1954)

The Amazing Bizarro (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Bizarro #1 (intro, origin); Professor Dalton; Martha Kent; Superboy Robots; Melissa

Synopsis:

Professor Dalton's duplicator ray produces flawed results including an imperfect Superboy - Bizarro, who is befriended by sightless girl Melissa.

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

Indexer Notes

"The Thing of Steel" Chapter I. 1st appearance of Bizarro.

Superman's Super Vision (Table of Contents)

Superman / text article / 0.3 page (report information)

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typeset

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Genre:

Superhero

The Runaway Super-Creature (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Bizarro #1; Martha Kent; Melissa; green kryptonite

Synopsis:

Superboy attempts to subdue Bizarro with green kryptonite, but discovers that he is immune to it, he then uses a dummy of Melissa to lure dim witted Bizarro into a military trap.

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

Indexer Notes

"The Thing of Steel" Chapter II.

Glossary of Kryptonian Names (Table of Contents)

Superman / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Wayne Boring?

Inks:

Wayne Boring?

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Jor-El; Lara

The Battle with Bizarro (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Bizarro #1; Melissa; Krypton (flashback); green kryptonite (flashback)

Synopsis:

The army cannot stop Bizarro but his will is sapped when he realises that blind Melissa only likes him because she cannot see his face. Superboy finds his imperfect duplicate's one weakness but the desperately unhappy Bizarro goes meekly to meet his fate, the resulting explosion restoring Melissa's sight. Superboy wonders if Bizarro knew that his demise would cure Melissa's blindness.

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

Indexer Notes

"The Thing of Steel" Chapter III.

How the Super-Family Came to Earth from Krypton (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

Superhero

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• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #100 (October 1962) [in black and white]
which is reprinted
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1966 (Oktober 1966)
• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #157 (June 1969)
• in The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) #[nn] (1973)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #119 (Circa July 1969)
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([September] 1999)

The Super-Duel in Space (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Brainiac (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Koko; Kandor (intro); Professor Kimda (intro); Krypton (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superbaby (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Fortress of Solitude

Synopsis:

While on an experimental rocket, Clark and Lois encounter the alien Brainiac, who plans to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth and then use them to repopulate his planet. Superman gets inside Brainiac’s ship when the villain snatches Metropolis and there finds a bottle with the Kryptonian city of Kandor. He enters the bottle and with the help of a scientist there restores the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for his trip home. Because there is not enough power to restore Kandor, Superman places the city in his Fortress, as Brainiac rockets away empty-handed.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of Brainiac and Kandor

[page 2 of two-page origin] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)

Indexer Notes

not from Action #1 as stated

Bizarro--The Super-Creature of Steel! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Bizarro #1

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)

The Thing from 40,000 A.D. (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; The Thing from 40,000 A.D.; Lois Lane

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #87 (February 1954)

The Invulnerable Enemy! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; The Invulnerable Enemy

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #226 (March 1957)

The Super-Duel in Space (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Brainiac

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)