Superman #140

(October 1960)

The Son of Bizarro! [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro-Jr. #1 (born); Bizarro World; Lex Luthor (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback)

Synopsis:

Bizarro-Lois gives birth to Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 who, while he thinks like a Bizarro looks like Superman when he was Super-Tot. When B-Jr. No. 1 becomes publicly known, Bizarro takes him out into space and stores him in an abandoned space capsule. The capsule crashes on Earth and Bizarro-Jr. No 1 is taken to the same Midvale Orphanage where Linda Lee (Supergirl) lives.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March 1967)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G33 (March-April 1967)
• in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #8/1968 ([august] 1968)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
• in Giant Supergirl Album (K. G. Murray, 1970 series) #4 ([March 1973])
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([May] 2008)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([May] 2009)

Indexer Notes

3-part novel Synopsis by Kevin Roward 2/23/09

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dexter / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

??

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The "Orphan" Bizarro! [part 2] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Supergirl; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude

Synopsis:

Linda Lee is assigned to watch the newly named baby Buster which lasts until B-Jr. No. 1 remembers the existence of his parents and flies off. Supergirl and Superman take Bizarro Jr. to the Fortress where they have him adopted by two of Superman's robots. During Jr.'s sleep period Supergirl's tries to do her chemistry homework and when her Heat Vision blows up her assignment she thinks she's turned "baby buster" into a Bizarro!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March 1967)
• in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #8/1968 ([august] 1968)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
• in Giant Supergirl Album (K. G. Murray, 1970 series) #4 ([March 1973])
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([May] 2008)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([May] 2009)

Indexer Notes

synopsis by Kevin Rowand 9/23/09

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Wayner Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Bizarro Supergirl! [part 3] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Bizarro-Supergirl (intro); Supergirl; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; blue kryptonite; Bizarro-Lois #1

Synopsis:

Bizarro-Jr. finds Lex's original Imperfect Duplicator while playing in the Fortress of Solitude and creates a Bizarro-Supergirl. Superman and Supergirl decide to return "Buster" to Bizarro world but Bizarro-Supergirl wants to keep him for her own. Bizarro spots his now-acceptable-looking child and and leads all the Bizarros into War against Earth.

Superman uses the Duplicator Ray to turn a pile of Green K into Blue Kryptonite and then paints it green. The Bizarros attempt to seize the disguised blue K, are weakened retreat back to their homeworld. Superman then uses the Blue K to free Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 from the Bizarro-Supergirl and returns him to his adoring parents. Bizarro Supergirl is later found dead next to the Green/blue kryptonite pile.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March 1967)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G33 (March-April 1967)
• in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #8/1968 ([august] 1968)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
• in Giant Supergirl Album (K. G. Murray, 1970 series) #4 ([March 1973])
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([May] 2008)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([May] 2009)

Indexer Notes

synopsis by Kevin Rowand 2/23/09