Superman Annual #3

(Summer 1961)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

Superman / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

typeset

The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Super Sorority [Dr. Edna Blaine; Julia Johns; Sonya Sophia; Betty Dunn]; Superman; green kryptonite; Amazons; Queen Elsha (villain)

Synopsis:

The Super Sorority are marooned on an uncharted island inhabited by a race of Amazons, Superman arrives but realises that there is an antidote for Kryptonite somewhere nearby. He goes along with Queen Elsha's schemes until he can find the source of his Kryptonite immunity.

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #235 (December 1957)[edited]
• in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 series) #22 ([c. 1971])[edited version]

Superman's New Face (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Norton; green kryptonite

Synopsis:

Superman's face is scarred during a mission, he must cover up using initially, bandages and then an iron mask until he can remedy the situation.

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (April 1958)[edited]
• in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 series) #22 ([c. 1971])[edited version]

The Ugly Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Hairy Sam; Injun Ike; Sinbad the Sailor; The Gladiator; The Dutch Devil; The Ugly Superman (later the Gorgeous Superman)

Synopsis:

Lois Lane shows kindness to the wrestler known as the Ugly Superman but he then becomes besotted with her, after giving Clark Kent a sound beating he undergoes plastic surgery and becomes the Gorgeous Superman.

Reprinted:

• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #8 (April 1959)

Famous Old Superman Stories (Table of Contents)

Superman / text article / 0.3 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz? (as Editor)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

The Lady and the Lion (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Wayne Boring

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Circe (villain); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; Kandor

Synopsis:

Circe gives Superman a potion that causes him to have the head of a lion until he discovers the antidote.

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #243 (August 1958)[edited]
• in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 series) #22 ([c. 1971])[edited version]

The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude (Table of Contents)

Superman / filler / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Fortress of Solitude; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Jonathan Kent (statue); Martha Kent (statue); Superboy (statue); Superman (statue); Batman (statue); Robin [Dick Grayson] (statue); Supergirl (statue); Lois Lane (statue); Jimmy Olsen (statue); Perry White (statue); Kandor

Reprinted:

• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

The Superman of the Future! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Professor Wright; Lois Lane; Dirk Folgar; green kryptonite; Atlantis

Synopsis:

Superman poses as the Future Superman, who has the power to predict the future, to smoke out Agent X-3 and prevent an attempt on the life of the President.

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (September 1959)[edited]
• in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 series) #22 ([c. 1971])[edited version]

The Oldest Man in Metropolis! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Prof. Vance; Fortress of Solitude; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Superman robot; The Clock (villain); green kryptonite

Synopsis:

When Clark Kent drinks Prof. Vance's life-extending vitamin serum, which contains particles of Kryptonite, it ages him to about 70 years old. Since his robots won't respond to his aged voice, Superman must fulfill his duties as the Old Man of the Sea, Santa Claus, and Father Time so that no one realizes that Clark Kent is Superman.

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #251 (April 1959)

The Two Faces of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Coleman

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Chet Hartley

Synopsis:

When Superman sees Lois get out of a date by making herself look ridiculous, he changes his appearance to teach her a lesson.

Reprinted:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #126 (January 1959)[edited]
• in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 series) #22 ([c. 1971])[edited version]

Indexer Notes

Superman makes himself look like Alfred E. Neuman.

["Best wishes from your friend Superman"] (Table of Contents)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman

Synopsis:

A Superman pin up.

Reprinted:

• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Backcover.