Superman Annual #8

(Winter 1963-'64)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

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

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When Lois First Suspected Clark Was Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Clark Kent [also as Superman]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lex Luthor

Synopsis:

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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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135 (February 1960)

Superboy's First Day at School! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Clark Kent; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis:

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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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #75 (September 1959)

The Amazing Superman Junior (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Coleman

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman Jr

Synopsis:

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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• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #6 (January 1959)

Members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / text article / 0.3 page (report information)

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Genre:

Superhero

Synopsis:

List of the Legion of Super-Heroes members.

Mxyzptlk's First Prank! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Mxyzptlk; Jor-El(Phantom); Fuzastl; Tlndsa;

Synopsis:

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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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #78 (January 1960) [retitled as "Mxyzptlk's First Prank"]

Indexer Notes

Original title: The Ghost of Jor-El

1st Appearance of Mxyzptlk's parents, his father Fuzastl, and mother Tlndsa

The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Forte

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; red kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Kozz (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback; cameo); Martha Kent (flashback; cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot

Synopsis:

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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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139 (August 1960)

Indexer Notes

Flashbacks to many Superboy / Superman Red Kryptonite stories.

Panel 5, page 5 rewritten to fix minor error.

Prisoner of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

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Letters:

Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis:

The Legion returns to the 20th century to discredit Superboy, then exile him from Earth.

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• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (December 1959)

Indexer Notes

Second appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

The Rainbow Clark Kent! (Table of Contents)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White

Synopsis:

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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• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #3 (July-August 1958) [retitled there as "The Rainbow Clark Kent"]

Indexer Notes

Original title: The Rainbow Superman
Original splash depicting Superman replaced by panel 2, page 8, featuring Clark Kent.

The Origin of Superman's Super-Costume! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Clark Kent [Superboy]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis:

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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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #78 (January 1960) [original title: "The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume"]

Indexer Notes

Original title: The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume

Krypton's First Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El; Lara; Kil-Lor

Synopsis:

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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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #123 (August 1958)

Indexer Notes

Originally part 3 of the novel "The Three Magic Wishes".

Original title, "Superman's Return to Krypton"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #102 (January 1956)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #69 (December 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #10 (September-October 1957)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #15 (September 1956)