Superman #137

([December 1958])

The Lady and the Lion (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual original editor)

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Circe gives Superman a potion that causes him to have the head of a lion until he discovers the antidote.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #243 (August 1958)

The Son of Superman (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Ray Burnley

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #30 (August 1958)

Indexer Notes

The splash panel on page one of this story, a tier of art from the bottom of page five and a tier from the top of page six have been removed from this reprint, with other artwork recombined to reduce this story from eight to seven pages. The Fortress of Solitude key, which breaks the panel boundary on page three of the original, is still partly visible at the bottom of page two in the reprint.

Mrs. Superman (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual original editor)

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

When Clark and Lois are trapped on a remote island, Clark reveals his double identity to Lois and proposes marriage. But when he discovers that he can leave the island, Clark must convince Lois he faked the super-feats he performed on the island in order to get out of the engagement.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #124 (September 1958)

Indexer Notes

The middle tier of art on page four and the middle tier of art on page five have been removed from this 7 2/3 page story to reduce it to seven pages.