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Inside front cover.
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- Jerry Siegel
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- Al Plastino
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- Al Plastino
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- superhero
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- Clark Kent [also as Superman]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lex Luthor
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- Clark recalls (in flashbacks) a handful of occasions when Lois had been close to discovering his secret identity but she'd refused to consider him worthy enough.
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- Otto Binder
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- George Papp
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- George Papp
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- Clark Kent; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
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- Clark's first day of school is punctuated by a number of minor super feats, in later years Lana can recall one of the incidents but cannot remember which boy it had been.
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- Jerry Coleman
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- Wayne Boring
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- Stan Kaye
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- superhero
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- Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman Jr
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- Lois's impulsive nature causes a rocket with her on board to be prematurely launched into space. To teach her a lesson, Superman contrives to make her think that she has arrived back on Earth 50 years in the future, however, it is Superman's turn to be taken aback when Superman Jr. comes along.
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- List of the Legion of Super-Heroes members.
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- Jerry Siegel
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- George Papp
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- George Papp
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- superhero
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- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Mxyzptlk; Jor-El (Phantom); Fuzastl; Tlndsa
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- Mxyzptlk arrives on Earth for the 1st time but is outsmarted by Superboy and sent back to his own dimension. He then vows to make the Boy of Steel's life a super misery.
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Original title: "The Ghost of Jor-El." Titled "Mr. Mxyzptlk's First Prank" in the table of contents.
1st Appearance of Mxyzptlk's parents, his father Fuzastl, and mother Tlndsa
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- Otto Binder
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- Curt Swan
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- John Forte
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- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Kozz (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot
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- While rescuing a bathyscaph from the ocean bottom where it rests next to a Red Kryptonite meteor, Superman remembers all the other times that Red Kryptonite has affected him.
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- Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite (flashback); red kryptonite
Flashbacks to many Superboy / Superman Red Kryptonite stories.
Panel 5, page 5 rewritten to fix minor error.
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- Jerry Siegel
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- George Papp
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- George Papp
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- Joe Letterese
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- superhero
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- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
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- The Legion returns to the 20th century to discredit Superboy, then exile him from Earth.
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Second appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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- Otto Binder
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- Kurt Schaffenberger
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- Kurt Schaffenberger
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- superhero
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- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
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- When Superman repairs Lois's make-up mirror, he becomes super-sensitized and develops a rainbow aura whenever she opens the case. He must then use his super-wits to prevent her from opening the locket.
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Original title: The Rainbow Superman
Original splash depicting Superman replaced by panel 2, page 8, featuring Clark Kent.
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- Otto Binder
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- John Sikela
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- John Sikela
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- Clark Kent [Superboy]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
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- Whilst toddler Clark is invulnerable, his clothes are not. By unravelling the blankets that he was wrapped in during his journey from Krypton to Earth, the Kents are able to create an indestructable suit.
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- Otto Binder
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- Dick Sprang
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- Stan Kaye
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- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El; Lara; Kil-Lor
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- Jimmy uses a magic totem to send Superman back to Krypton to see his parents once again. Fate intervenes and the Man of Steel helps to engineer his own parent's betrothal!
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Originally part 3 of the novel "The Three Magic Wishes".
Original title: "Superman's Return to Krypton."
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- Wayne Boring
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Back cover.