(January 1961)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
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

Superman's Rival, Mental Man! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mental Man
Reprints:

Superman's Rival, Mental Man! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Lucy Lane; Aquaman (as Mental Man); Aqualad (flashback); "Ace" Ruggles (villain); Green Kryptonite; Krypto (flashback)
Synopsis:
Lois creates a comic strip about a superhero called Mental Man. When Mental Man suddenly appears he falls in love with Lois.
Reprints:

Coming Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lori Lemaris
Synopsis:
Ad for current issues of Adventure Comics, Superboy, Jimmy Olsen.

Indexer Notes

No actual covers are depicted. Featured stories are listed.


Watch for the second Superman Annual! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Bizarro; Metallo; Titano; Brainiac
Synopsis:
Ad for Superman Annual #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Mort Weisinger [as Editor]
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Superman; Supergirl

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Walter Noga, Wayne Paske, Danny Phelan, Anne Zeek, Dean Norman, Ronald Lehr, Greg Frownfelter, Elmer Woods.


Get a Grip on your Gripes! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

["When are you leaving for the king's castle, Sir Egbert?"] (Table of Contents)

Knights of the Square Table / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Reprints:

The Second Supergirl! (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Jim Mooney
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Supergirl; Marvel Maid (origin); Marvel Man (origin); Fortress of Solitude; Superman; Fortress of Marvels
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Action Comics #273


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Superman's Rival, Mental Man!
    Superman
  2. 2. Coming Super-Attractions!
    DC Comics
  3. 3. Watch for the second Superman Annual!
    Superman
  4. 4. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  5. 5. Get a Grip on your Gripes!
  6. 6. ["When are you leaving for the king's castle, Sir Egbert?"]
    Knights of the Square Table
  7. 7. The Second Supergirl!
    Supergirl
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  • Gene Reed
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