Superman Annual #4

(1961)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

A Doghouse for Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Woolfolk

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Perry White; The Yeast Men

Synopsis:

Superman fashions a kryptonite collar in an attempt to gain some immunity but is captured by aliens and kept as a pet until he can free himself of the collar.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #84 (September-October 1953)

Key to the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Key to the Legion of Super-Heroes page (sequence 9 in this issue)

Superboy Meets Superman (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Giunta ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superboy [Clark Kent]

Synopsis:

Superboy accidentally flies through time to the future where he meets his grown-up self.

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956)

Indexer Notes

inker id by Bob Hughes 3/09

The Alien Who Conquered Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Krag the Mercurian; Crime Czar

Synopsis:

Krag arrives from Mercury, challenges and defeats Superman, but it is a ruse to smoke out the Crime Czar.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #165 (February 1952)

Indexer Notes

original title: The Man Who Conquered Superman

The Bride of Futureman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Coleman

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Futureman [Jack Wilton]

Synopsis:

Futureman arrives in the 20th century to woo Lois, as she is about to depart to marry him in the future she discovers a secret message from Superman.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #121 (May 1958)

The Outlaws from Krypton! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Jor-El; Lois Lane; Mala; Kizo; U-Ban.

Synopsis:

Mala, the super Kryptonian returns and decoys Superman in order to destroy the Earth.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954)

Indexer Notes

Mala's brothers are not referred to by name in this story but were named in their 1st appearance in Superman (D.C. 1939 Series) #65

The Boy Who Killed Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Ray Burnley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis:

Jimmy gets transported to the 60th century but finds himself a wanted man as the legendary killer of Superman.

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• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #28 (April 1958)

Rip Van Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Drago.

Synopsis:

Kryptonite exposure weakens Superman to such an extent that he sleeps for 1,000 years, when he revives he overcomes the villain Drago and galvanizes the future Earthmen into action.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #107 (August 1956)

The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964) [pages 1 and 2 with alterations]
which is reprinted
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #365 (February 1968) [pp. 3-4, with alterations]
which is reprinted
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #5 (1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 (2008)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #57 (February 1985)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #365 (February 1968) [pp. 1-2, with alterations]
which is reprinted
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #5 (1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 (2008)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992) [as modified in Adventure Comics (1938 series) #316]
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 (April 2007)

The Menace of Planet Z! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Klarkash Kenton]; Lura Lajos; Jamar; Olav;

Synopsis:

Superman is abducted to another world and adopts the identity of Klarkash Kenton whilst solving the problem of giant alien beasts that are rampaging out of control.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #168 (May 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #121 (May 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #165 (February 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954)