Superman #142

(January 1961)

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

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

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 (2006) [black and white]

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:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

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)

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; Al Capone (villain); Perry White; Titano (cameo); 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 (DC, 1939 series) #197 (June-July 1967)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G36 (June-July 1967)
• in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
• in Supermann (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #17/1969 ([desember] 1969) [2. translation]
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]

Keywords:

green kryptonite

Indexer Notes

Time-travel story

["Guess who I have a date with tonight?"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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

Keywords:

Fortress of Solitude; red kryptonite