(August 1960)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series
Hercules in the 20th Century!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]; Hercules [Roger Tate]; Superman; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Perry White; Frank Hall
- Synopsis:
- Lex Luthor builds a time-machine to bring Hercules to the present to use him to stop Superman. Hercules gets wise to Luthor's plan and helps Superman stop Luthor, and then decides to stay in the present and falls in love with Lois Lane.
- Reprints:
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971)
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G84 (June-July 1971)
- in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Story continues next issue.
The Three Super-Heroes!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Jim Mooney
- Inks:
- Jim Mooney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Letterese
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid]; Superman
- Synopsis:
- The Legion comes to the 20th century to meet Supergirl and invites her to come to the 30th Century to apply to join the Legion.
- Reprints:
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966) [edited, see notes]
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G20 (March 1966)
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
Indexer Notes
Third appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes; first appearance of Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, and Invisible Kid.
[no title indexed]
Ollie / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Hercules in the 20th Century!
Superman -
2.
The Three Super-Heroes!
Supergirl -
3.
[no title indexed]
Ollie
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