(February 1968)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly, with the exception of Mar., Sept. and Dec.; (Semi-monthly, Jan.)
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Why Do These Initials Mean Death for the Man of Steel?
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams
- Inks:
- Neal Adams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
- Synopsis:
- Burning LL's hover near a collapsed Superman.
- Reprints:
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #113 (Circa January 1969) -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) #[nn] (1983)
-
The Case of the Lethal Letters!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates
- Pencils:
- Ross Andru
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lorraine Lewis (villain, death); Superman; Lorraine Delon; Clark Kent; Lana Lang; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane; Bal-Gra (flashback, a Phantom Zone villain); gold kryptonite (flashback)
- Reprints:
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #113 (Circa January 1969)
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-31 (October-November 1974)
-
The Duplicate Superman!
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; green kryptonite
- Reprints:
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #222 (November 1956)
-
The Legendary Lore of the L. L.'s
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
List of LL's throughout the Superman mythos
The Fortress of Fear!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- unnamed alien (villain); Superman; Gnor-Ax; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude
- Reprints:
- in Superman and Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1968 ? series) #3 ([November 1968])
-
in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #2/1969 ([februar] 1969)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Why Do These Initials Mean Death for the Man of Steel?
Superman -
1.
The Case of the Lethal Letters!
Superman -
2.
The Duplicate Superman!
Superman -
3.
The Legendary Lore of the L. L.'s
-
4.
The Fortress of Fear!
Superman
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- Per Sandell
- Jerry Hillegas
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- Dwayne Best
- Pat Lang
- Bob Rivard
- R. J. Roper
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Ed Boner
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