Superman #142

(January 1961)

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Lois Lane's Secret Helper! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Krypto; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White; Super-Brat (cameo, imaginary)

Synopsis

Krypto decides to try to make Superman fall in love with Lois Lane.

Reprints

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-31 (October-November 1974)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006) [black and white]

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

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

Get a Grip on Your Gripes! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Fred loses his temper all the time until he is confronted by Joe.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Superman Meets Al Capone! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Titano (cameo); Perry White; Al Capone (villain); Cyrus Martin; "Silky" Hale (gangster)

Synopsis

While returning from the past, Superman is affected by Titano's kryptonite eye-blasts and it causes him to land in Chicago in the 1920's. Here he meets a young Perry White and helps him get his first scoop, and also stops Al Capone.

Reprints

• in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1967 (1967)
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #197 (June-July 1967)
• in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #17/1969 ([desember] 1969) [2. translation]
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971) [black and white]
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006) [black and white]

Keywords

green kryptonite

Indexer Notes

Time-travel story

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

Peg / comic story / 0.67 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

Guess who I have a date with tonight?

Genre

humor; teen

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Wayne Boring (logo illustration)

Inks

Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by William Cassity; Carman Tisdel; Anne Zeek; Don Farb; Terry Fielden; Linda Rocawich. Mort incorrectly explains that Mxyzptlk is pronounced "Mix-Yez-Pitel-Ick". This misinformation is corrected in a later letters page where it is stated that Mxyzptlk only has three syllables.

Flame-Dragon from Krypton! (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo; as statue); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto (cameo); a Kryptonian Flame-Dragon (introduction, villain); Superman robots; Lois Lane; Perry White; "Plates" Finnegan (villain); Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis

A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes it way to Earth. When it swallows a Red Kryptonite meteor Superman must stay away from the Flame-Dragon for fear the Red Kryptonite will affect him also. When the effect of the red kryptonite fades, Superman freezes the dragon and places him in a block of ice in outer space. Batman, Supergirl and Krypto then assist him in protecting his secret identity from the inquiries of Lois Lane.

Reprints

• in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1965
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #142 (June 1964) [1 page cut]
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006) [black and white]

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude; red kryptonite

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)