Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies [Original Edition]

(1971)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

A listing of the sections of the book for various decades and what pages they start on.

In the Bonanza Books Edition, this page is extended to include a "Color Sections" contents below the main table of contents; it lists the sections of the book that are printed in color.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 9 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters

typeset

Superman's First Appearance (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster ? (see notes)

Inks

Joe Shuster ? (see notes)

Colors

Jack Adler ? (see notes)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938) [black and white]

Keywords

automobiles

Indexer Notes

In the Original Edition of this book, this sequence is text-only; just saying that Superman's first appearance was in Action Comics #1. But in the Bonanza Books edition, it not only says that, but reprints the cover of Action Comics #1 (in black and white).

In Alter Ego #56 (Feb. 2006), in an interview with Adler, he reports that he painted the colors on the engraving plates for this story.

Error Report #2990 by Mike DeLisa states the following: "Cover was not by Shuster, actually by unknown member of DC staff based on one interior panel. Coloring was not by Jack Adler; Adler states that the work was done by DC staff. My source is the Court record and decision, which includes affidavits from Siegel, Shuster, and Adler."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

?; Joe Shuster (logo design)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Indexer Notes

color

Superman in the 1930s & 1940s (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #12 (September-October 1941), #14 (January-February 1942), #17 (July-August 1942), #18 (September-October 1942), #23 (July-August 1943), #26 (January-February 1944), #29 (July-August 1944), #32 (January-February 1945), #38 (January-February 1946), #41 (July-August 1946), #45 (March-April 1947), #50 (January-February 1948)

Indexer Notes

Small color reproductions of various covers from these decades

[Two page origin of Superman] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Ma (Mary) Kent (introduction, death); Pa Kent (introduction, death)

Synopsis

A rocketship, carrying an infant, rockets from the planet Krypton as it blows up, and lands on the Earth where a couple named the Kents find the baby inside the rocket and eventually adopt him. This infant boy grows up to be Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Keywords

Krypton

Indexer Notes

First version that mentions Krypton and foster parents. First line: "Just before the doomed planet, Krypton, exploded to fragments, a scientist placed his infant son within an experimental rocket-ship, launching it toward Earth!"

[Clark Kent Gets a Job] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (introduction, un-named); Sims; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain)

Synopsis

Clark Kent applies for a job at the Daily Star, but is turned down until Superman stops a lynching and Clark phones in the story. Then Superman gets singer Bea Carroll to confess to the murder of Jack Kennedy.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Keywords

Daily Star

Indexer Notes

Story has no masthead or by-line. Story continues in next sequence. First line: "Outer waiting-room of the Daily Star..."

[The Coming of Superman] (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Daily Star; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)

Synopsis

Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938) [Recolored (Superman's boots changed from blue to red)]

Indexer Notes

The first three pages are in color; the rest are black and white.

Story continues in the next sequence.

The last 1/3 of page 12 is an illustrated promotional ad for the Superman strip appearing in Action Comics.

[Revolution in San Monte] (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo); Alex Greer (villain); Emil Norvell (villain)

Synopsis

Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 (July 1938) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Clark works for the [Cleveland] Evening News.

[Luthor's Earthquake Machine] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Professor Martinson (death); Luthor (villain, with hair, second appearance)

Synopsis

Clark Kent investigates a new weapon being tested by the Army that artificially causes earthquakes. Little does he know that Lex Luthor is hot on the trail of securing the plans for that invention, one way or the other.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #4 (Spring 1940) [black and white]

Keywords

Daily Planet

Indexer Notes

This story is also known by the title Superman versus Luthor.

[The Dukalia Spy Ring] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lt. Ferguson; ex-Captain Lang; Karl Wolff (villain, introduction, death); Hall (villain)

Synopsis

A former Naval officer, discharged for conduct unbecoming to an officer, draws the attention of Karl Wolff, consul for Dukalia, a nation which believes it is superior to America, and desires to take the U.S. over. Superman investigates and discovers that this Naval officer has invented a submarine that can operate in the air, as well as on or below the surface of the ocean, and that he is a double agent being used to facilitate the capture of these spies.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941) [black and white]

[The Light] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (layouts)(signed); Leo Nowak (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Senator Tom Billingsley; The Light [Lex Luthor] (villain)

Synopsis

Superman must battle Lex Luthor who is disguised as The Light, a criminal who kidnaps prominent men from many different fields, hypnotizes them with colored lights, and makes them do his bidding.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13 (November-December 1941) [black and white]

[The Archer] (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]

Inks

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (name Jimmy revealed); Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Thomas Gayford (death); Amos Kendrick; The Archer [Quigley] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

A new villain hits the front pages of Metropolis' newspapers, a villain who prefers hunting human beings for profit rather than animals, and when Perry White cannot locate Lois or Clark to cover the story, a young office boy at the Daily Planet takes on the job himself --- and gets his first by-line!

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13 (November-December 1941) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

This is Jimmy's first definite appearance in a comic book. His first named appearance was on the Superman radio program.

[Saboteurs from Napkan] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Secretary of the Navy Hank Fox; Hokopoko (villain, introduction, death); Utsum (villain, introduction, death); the Black Circle (villains, introduction, deaths)

Synopsis

Superman discovers that Battleship Y-92 had been sabotaged by agents of the war-like nation of Napkan upon launching. He later discovers that pro-Napkan parties have been established in South America, and the enemy wishes to have more formed in Central American nations that will turn anti-American, thus allowing Napkan to openly invade the United States without opposition.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #15 (March-April 1942) [black and white]

Keywords

Napkan

Indexer Notes

Ink credit changed from Leo Novak based on information from the GCD index for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #15.

How Clark Kent Met Lois Lane! (Table of Contents: 15)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Al Wenzel

Inks

George Roussos

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Lois Lane; Editor Morton

Synopsis

Clark wins a contest to work as a cub reporter on the Daily Planet for one week. And so does Lois Lane.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #128 (May 1948) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

"John Sikela?" inker credit changed based on art id by Bob Hughes.

Man or Superman? (Table of Contents: 16)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; The Talon [Albert Caldwell] (introduction, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo; villain); Ultra (cameo; villain); Eustace Watson (cameo)

Synopsis

Lois first suspects that Clark Kent is Superman, but he quickly convinces her he is not with some razzle dazzle super speed.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #17 (July-August 1942) [page 7 cut]

Indexer Notes

Color section.

Credits updated based on information from Superman Archives #5.

Page 7 deleted. Original page numbering remains, 1-6 and 8-13.

Case of the Funny Paper Crimes (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Ed Dobrotka ?

Inks

John Sikela

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Funnyface (introduction; villain); Torgo (villain); Machine-Gun Mike (villain); the Black Raider (villain); Goola (villain); Viper (villain); Detective Craig (introduction); Prince Peril (introduction); Solitary Rider (introduction); Streak Dugan (introduction); Happy Daze (introduction) (comic strip villains/heroes)

Synopsis

Superman must battle a new villain who has invented a machine that can materialize two-dimensional figures out of the comics to rob for him.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 (November-December 1942) [black and white, and Siegel and Shuster credit removed]

Superman, Matinee Idol (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster (pencil layouts); Ed Dobrotka (finished pencils)

Inks

John Sikela

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; animated Superman; animated Lois Lane; animated Mad Scientist (villain)

Synopsis

Clark and Lois decide to go to the movies, but when Clark discovers that it's the latest Fleisher Superman cartoon, he has to think fast to keep Lois from discovering that he is Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 (November-December 1942) [black and white, and modified (see Notes)]

Indexer Notes

Splash page modified to remove the Siegel and Shuster credit, replacing it with a logo that says "OUR VERY FIRST IMAGINARY STORY".

Cut out: page 11 panel 3 through page 12 panel 1. The new page 11 panel 2 is actually a merging of the original (dialog, Lois figure) and page 12 panel 2 (Superman and Mad Scientist figures; flipped).

America's Secret Weapon! (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils

Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Sam Citron; John Siekla ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Colonel McNab; Lieutenant-General Bullitt; Brigadier General Armor; Brigadier General Starrett

Synopsis

When Superman arrives at Camp Towne to make an appearance, he volunteers to participate in the war games that will take place, and is made an honorary Corporal. But after watching America's fighting men in action, and his side losing, he decides that he is not needed to fight this war, and that our boys can handle the job alone.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943) [black and white]

Keywords

Camp Towne

The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk! (Table of Contents: 20)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster ?; Ira Yarbrough

Inks

Ira Yarbrough

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk (introduction); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis

An imp from another dimension plagues Superman with practical jokes until he can make him say his name backwards.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #30 (September-October 1944) [black and white, with the Siegel and Shuster credit removed]

Lois Lane, Superwoman! (Table of Contents: 21)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils

John Sikela

Inks

George Roussos

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

BBB Gang [Brute; Buzzard; Bear] (introduction; villain); Superman; Hocus; Pocus; Lois Lane (also as Superwoman); Perry White

Synopsis

Lois believes Hocus and Pocus have given her super powers.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #45 (March-April 1947) [black and white; and modified (see Notes)]

Indexer Notes

This reprint is taken from a British reprint that had some unusual changes, such as guineas instead of dollars.

The Origin of Superman! (Table of Contents: 22)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Luthor (cameo); John Kent (first time named, flashback); Mary Kent (flashback)

Synopsis

After a prologue which demonstrates Superman's amazing abilities, his origin is recounted. On the scientifically advanced planet of Krypton, Jor-El fails to convince the Council of Five that Krypton is doomed. As Krypton explodes, Jor-El and Lara send their son to Earth, where he is found and adopted by the elderly Kents. As Clark grows to maturity he manifests abilities far beyond that of mortal men. On his deathbed, his father urges Clark to become a powerful force for good as Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #53 (July-August 1948) [black and white]

Keywords

Krypton

Superman in the 1950s (Table of Contents: 23)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Plastino; Win Mortimer; Wayne Boring ?; Curt Swan

Inks

Al Plastino; Win Mortimer; Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lois Lane; The Thing (from 40,000 A.D.); Cosmo the Great; Super-Girl; Super-Twins; Robo; Futuro

Indexer Notes

Small black and white reproductions of various Superman covers from the 1950s.

This contains covers for the following issues (all from Superman (DC, 1939 series)): 60, 66, 71, 76, 86, 101, 103, 110, 123, 131, 132, and 133.

Black Magic on Mars! (Table of Contents: 24)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Orson Welles; Martler (introduction, villain); other Martians (introduction); Nancy Guild; Perry White; Lois Lane

Synopsis

Orson accidentally gets trapped in a rocket to Mars where he meets Martian Nazis. Because of his fictional 1938 broadcast about a Martian invasion, no one on Earth believes his broadcast pleas for help, except Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #62 (January-February 1950) [black and white]

Keywords

Martians

Indexer Notes

Black Magic was a 1949 film which starred Orson Welles as Cagliostro and Nancy Guild as Marie Antoinette. This story takes place just after filming has completed, and Welles is in his Cagliostro costume.

The Mightiest Team in the World! (Table of Contents: 25)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Fischetti (pages 1-8 see Notes); Stan Kaye (pages 9-12)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Smilter; Lois Lane; Gell; Commissioner James Gordon

Synopsis

Superman and Batman learn each other's secret identities when they meet on a cruise while trying to find a diamond thief.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #76 (May-June 1952) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

First Superman-Batman team (outside of radio and All Star Comics).

Kaye's inks actually begin on lower half of page 8.

The Girls in Superman's Life! (Table of Contents: 26)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lana Lang (first appearance as an adult); Perry White; Mrs. Lewis Lang; Superboy (flashback); Lens Lewis (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #78 (September-October 1952) [black and white]

The Terrible Trio! (Table of Contents: 27)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

William Woolfolk

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; The Terrible Trio (introduction) [Luthor (villain); The Prankster (villain); The Toyman (villain)]; Lois Lane (cameo)

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #88 (March 1954) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of the last page is blank (where an ad was in the original story).

The Girl in Superman's Past! (Table of Contents: 28)

Superman; An Untold Tale of Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris (introduction, flashback); Lois Lane

Synopsis

Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of the last page is blank (where an ad was in the original story).

Superman in the 1960s (Table of Contents: 29)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger; Curt Swan; Neal Adams; Ross Andru

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger; George Klein; Neal Adams; Mike Esposito

Letters

?; Ira Schnapp (Superman #174); Gaspar Saladino (Superman #198)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Rocks Haney; Bizarro #1; Atlas (statue); Brainiac; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superman [Klar Ken T-5477]; DEMON (an evil organization); Perry White

Indexer Notes

Small black and white reproductions of various Superman covers from the 1960s.

This contains covers for the following issues (all from Superman (DC, 1939 series)): 160, 161, 169. 171, 173, 174, 181, 191, 198, 204, and 209. It also includes the unused cover for Superman #175 that had been printed inside 80 Page Giant Magazine #11.

The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite! (Table of Contents: 30)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Forte

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

While rescuing a bathyscaph from the ocean bottom where it rests next to a Red Kryptonite meteor, Superman remembers the other times that Red Kryptonite has affected him in unpredictable ways. This time it causes his hair, beard and nails to grow uncontrollably, and it takes the combined efforts of Supergirl and Krypto to clean him up.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139 (August 1960) [black and white]

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; red kryptonite

Indexer Notes

Flashbacks to many Superboy / Superman green and red kryptonite stories.

The Son of Bizarro! [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 31)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro-Jr. #1 (birth); Lex Luthor (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback)

Synopsis

Bizarro-Lois gives birth to Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 who, while he thinks like a Bizarro looks like Superman when he was Super-Tot. When Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 becomes publicly known, Bizarro takes him out into space and stores him in an abandoned space capsule. The capsule crashes on Earth and Bizarro-Jr. No 1 is taken to the same Midvale Orphanage where Linda Lee (Supergirl) lives.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140 (October 1960) [black and white]

Keywords

Bizarro World; Bizarros

The "Orphan" Bizarro! [part 2] (Table of Contents: 32)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Supergirl; Krypto; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1

Synopsis

Linda Lee is assigned to watch the newly named Baby Buster which lasts until Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 remembers the existence of his parents. Superman has him adopted by two of his robots, and then Supergirl and Superman take Bizarro Jr. to the Fortress. During Jr.'s sleep period Supergirl tries to do her chemistry homework and when her x-ray vision blows up her assignment she thinks she's turned "Baby Buster" into a Bizarro!

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140 (October 1960) [black and white]

Keywords

Bizarros; Fortress of Solitude

The Bizarro Supergirl! [part 3] (Table of Contents: 33)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Bizarro-Supergirl (introduction); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Krypto; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro #1

Synopsis

Bizarro-Jr. finds Lex's original Imperfect Duplicator and creates a Bizarro-Supergirl. Superman and Supergirl decide to return "Buster" to Bizarro World but Bizarro-Supergirl wants to keep him for her own. Bizarro spots his now-acceptable-looking child and tries to get him back, but Bizarro-Supergirl won't relinquish him. Superman creates Blue Kryptonite and uses it to free Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 from Bizarro-Supergirl, returning him to his parents. Bizarro Supergirl is later found dead next to the blue kryptonite pile that Superman had created.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140 (October 1960) [black and white]

Keywords

Bizarro World; Bizarros; blue kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite

Superman Meets Al Capone! (Table of Contents: 34)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Al Capone (villain); Perry White; Titano (cameo); Cyrus Martin; "Silky" Hale (gangster)

Synopsis

While returning from the past, Superman is affected by Titano's kryptonite eye-blasts and it causes him to land in Chicago in the 1920's. Here he meets a young Perry White and helps him get his first scoop, and also stops Al Capone.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142 (January 1961) [black and white]

Keywords

green kryptonite; time travel

Bizarro Meets Frankenstein! (Table of Contents: 35)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Jr. #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois Jr. #1 (introduction); The Abominable Snowman (introduction, cameo); Bizarro World; Charlie Chaplin (cameo; image on TV); an actor (as Frankenstein's Monster)

Synopsis

After seeing an Earth program claiming that Frankenstein was the scariest monster, Bizarro #1 travels to Earth to prove that he is scarier than Frankenstein.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #143 (February 1961) [black and white]

Keywords

Frankenstein's monster

Superboy's First Public Appearance! (Table of Contents: 36)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (flashback); Smallville Mayor Courtney (flashback); Gregg Peterson (flashback); Dirk; Mugsy

Synopsis

The story of Superboy's debut and first meeting with President Roosevelt.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144 (April 1961) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

An Untold Tale of Superman

[Superman #233] (Table of Contents: 37)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Neal Adams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

S-614

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233 (January 1971)

Keywords

green kryptonite

Indexer Notes

In color, although there is a minor color change; the "DC SUPERMAN" rectangle background is now white instead of yellow.

In the Bonanza Books Edition, this page adds a caption at the top that says "SUPERMAN IN THE 1970s" which is not in the first printing.

Superman in the 1970s (Table of Contents: 38)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan; Neal Adams

Inks

Murphy Anderson; Jack Abel; Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; The Galactons; Lois Lane; Super-Genius Baby; Superman Double; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Krypto; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac; Ronnie; Dan Holahan; Gregor Nagy

Indexer Notes

Small color reproductions of various Superman covers from the 1970s.

This contains cover reprints for the following issues (these from Superman (DC, 1939 series)): 223, 224, 225, 226, 236, and 237; and (these from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)): 388, 389, 393, 394, 399, and 400.

The Pied Piper of Steel (Table of Contents: 39)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-869

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Morgan Edge; Cy Harkin

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #398 (March 1971) [partial black and white]

Keywords

Daily Planet Globe; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Rolling Newsroom (introduction)

Indexer Notes

The first 9 pages are in color, but the remaining 5 pages are in black and white.

Superman Breaks Loose (Table of Contents: 40)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

S-560

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Professor Bolden; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Sand creature (origin)

Synopsis

A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233 (January 1971) [black and white]

Keywords

green kryptonite

Superman, You're Dead...Dead...Dead! (Table of Contents: 41)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Letters

John Costanza

Job Number

B-920

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman (brief origin); George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; George Custer

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #399 (April 1971) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

time travel; parallel Earth

Duel of Doom! (Table of Contents: 42)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman [as Geoff Browne]

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Letters

?

Job Number

B-944

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Brainiac (flashback); Yllura; Arvor

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #400 (May 1971) [black and white]

Keywords

Kandor

Indexer Notes

An Untold Tale of Kandor; the story takes place entirely in Kandor.

Bibliography (Table of Contents: 43)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

An (incomplete even at the time) list of the comic-book appearances of Superman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

blank page(s) / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Four blank white pages, and 6 blank blue pages (the flyleaf).