Superman
#158
(January 1963)
DC,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1962-11-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Invasion of the Super-People!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Than Ol (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains)
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #47 (Circa July 1963) -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983) - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Phantom Zone
[no title indexed]
Comicpac / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman in Kandor, Part I: Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men!
Superman / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brainiac (flashback); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White; Nor Kann (a Kandorian scientist, introduction); Than Ol (introduction, villain); Boz-Tol (introduction, villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to discover how normal sized Kandorians are on Earth and why they are attacking Superman.
- Reprints
-
in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1963 - in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #47 (Circa July 1963)
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #140 (August-September 1971)
-
in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #13/1972 (17. Juni 1972) -
in B.D. Super (Sage - Sagédition, 1986 series) #2 (juillet-août 1986) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor (DC, 2007 series) ([December] 2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Kandor
Indexer Notes
3-part novel
[Giant Rudolph Annual]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rudolph; Johnny DC
- Synopsis
- House ad for the 1963-64 Rudolph Annual.
Featuring the Mightiest Super-Heroes of All Time!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Hercules; Samson; Super Jimmy Olsen; The First Supergirl; Mighty Boy; Mighty Dog; Astounding Man
- Synopsis
- House ad for Superman Annual #6.
Indexer Notes
On Sale Date of November 15.
The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin!
Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer; Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks
- Win Mortimer; Stan Kaye; Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Synopsis
- House ad for Batman Annual #4.
Indexer Notes
On sale everywhere November 8th.
[Superman in Kandor] Part II: The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jor-El (flashback); Flamebird (origin) (introduction); Clark Kent / Kal-El (origin) (introduction); Lara (flashback); Lyla Lerrol (flashback); Nightwing (origin) (introduction); Jimmy Olsen (origin) (introduction); Van-Zee (guest star); Nor Kann (a Kandorian scientist, introduction); Than Ol (introduction, villain); Boz-Tol (introduction, villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman and Jimmy Olsen take the secret identites of Nightwing and Flamebird so they can track down Than-Ol's raiders and stop his scheme to enlarge Kandor.
- Reprints
- in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1963
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #47 (Circa July 1963)
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #140 (August-September 1971)
- in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #13/1972 (17. Juni 1972)
- in B.D. Super (Sage - Sagédition, 1986 series) #2 (juillet-août 1986) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor (DC, 2007 series) ([December] 2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Kandor
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Peg, may I carry your books home from school?
- Genre
- humor; teen
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger; Curt Swan
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger; George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Synopsis
- House ad for current issues of Lois Lane, Adventure Comics and Action Comics.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jean Linkiewicz, Michael E. Colby, Keith Westerman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Kevin Armbruster, Lorraine Naliborski, and Enoch Burke.
[Superman in Kandor] Part III: The City of Super-People!
Superman / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flamebird; Lori Lemaris (cameo); Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Nor-Kanh; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Nor Kann (a Kandorian scientist, introduction); Than Ol (introduction villain); Boz-Tol (introduction, villain); Superman Emergency Squad (guest stars); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; one unnamed prisoner]
- Synopsis
- Than Ol succeeds in enlarging Kandor, but Superman must re-shrink it before Than-Ol's process destroys it completely.
- Reprints
- in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1963
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #47 (Circa July 1963)
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #140 (August-September 1971)
- in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #13/1972 (17. Juni 1972)
- in B.D. Super (Sage - Sagédition, 1986 series) #2 (juillet-août 1986) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor (DC, 2007 series) ([December] 2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Fotress of Solitude; green kryptonite; Kandor; Phantom Zone
[no title indexed]
Homer / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A flat tire!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Homer
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #85 (December 1960)
-
Here Is Your Formula for a New Thrill in Comic Book Reading!
The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- science fiction; sports
- Synopsis
- House ad for The Brave and the Bold #45.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Invasion of the Super-People!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Comicpac -
2.
Superman in Kandor, Part I: Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men!
Superman -
3.
[Giant Rudolph Annual]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -
4.
Featuring the Mightiest Super-Heroes of All Time!
Superman -
5.
The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin!
Batman and Robin -
6.
[Superman in Kandor] Part II: The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!
Superman -
7.
["Peg, may I carry your books home from school?"]
Peg -
8.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics; Action Comics -
9.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
10.
[Superman in Kandor] Part III: The City of Super-People!
Superman -
11.
["A flat tire!"]
Homer -
12.
Here Is Your Formula for a New Thrill in Comic Book Reading!
The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories -
13.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
14.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
15.
[no title indexed]
Convoy Terror -
16.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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