Superman #146

(July 1961)

The Story of Superman's Life! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman (origin retold in detail); Jor-El; Zor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Lex Luthor (villain); Krypton; Superboy; green kryptonite; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White

Synopsis:

Recap of Superman's life beginning with his escape from the destruction of Krypton, through his adoption and raising by the Kents, his training and career as Superboy, up to his leaving Smallville for Metropolis and joining the Daily Planet after the deaths of his adoptive parents.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #8 (March 1965)
• in Superman [Golden Story Teller Record Comic] (DC, 1966 series) #[nn] (1966) [minus four pages; minus 4 pages]
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #1/1966 (September 1966)
• in Superman (Tempo Books, 1978 series) #14532 (1978)
• in Supermann (Atlantic Forlag, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
• in More Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #1 (1999)
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([September] 1999)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 (April 2007) [black and white]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger; Sandy Alexander; Bruce Davis; Jack Kirkness; Gordon Price; Francis Baker; Elizabeth Lunn; Alva Galbraith

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Gifts From Your Elders! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Superman's Greatest Feats! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lori Lemaris (guest star); Superboy (flashback); Lex Luthor (flashback); red kryptonite (flashback); Nathan Hale; Abraham Lincoln; John Wilkes Booth; Jor-El; Lara; Zor-El; Lyla Lerrol; Alura; Chief Sitting Bull

Synopsis:

Lori Lemaris asks Superman to go into the past and stop Atlantis from sinking. Superman, who has never before successfully changed the past tries and is amazed that it succeeds. Superman continues to change other past events, including the assassination of Lincoln, Custer's Last Stand and the explosion of Krypton.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972)
• in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-13 (June 1972)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #177 (Circa May 1974)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 (April 2007) [black and white]

"I keep worrying about you" (Table of Contents)

Tricksy / 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