Superman
#125
(November 1958)
DC,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1958-09-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Superman's New Power!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958) -
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #3/1963 (1963) -
in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004), #1 ([November] 2004) [illustration] - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #32 - Superman - Secret Origin - in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])
-
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Lois Lane's Super-Dream
Superman / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know that Clark Kent is secretly the mighty Superman, but the rest of the world looks at him as a shy weakling...and so does Lois!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; doctor; nurse; pedestrians (in dream sequence)
- Synopsis
- Lois falls off a ledge while trying to get a scoop as a reporter. She is knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital by Superman, where Lois dreams she and Clark gain superpowers and become Power-Girl and Power-Man. Clark still possesses a timid personality and is inferior to the leadership of Lois/Power-Girl.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
-
in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1961-1962 (1961) - in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962)
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
-
Indexer Notes
In dream sequence: Clark and Superman are separate individuals, and the doctor & nurse recur.
Do You Know the Legend of Superman?
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #5.
Look to the Stars!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; math & science
- Reprints
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Pop! I hit a home run and broke up the ball game!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
-
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Genre
- adventure
Clark Kent's College Days
Superman; Untold Tales of Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; high school principal (flashback); Professor Thaddeus V. Maxwell; college students; plane pilot; cheerleaders; bus driver
- Synopsis
- Superman recalls his college days, particularly the professor who tried to scientifically prove that Clark Kent was Superboy. Professor Maxwell had Clark take a polygraph and answer if he was Superboy; Clark passed the test when he replied "No" because he now regarded himself as Superman.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 (January 1966)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1966 (Oktober 1966) which is reprinted - in Superman Klassik (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1990 series) #2 - Rückkehr nach Krypton
- in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #1 (1973)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #178 ([August 1974] ?) -
in Supermann (Atlantic Forlag, 1981 series) (1981) - in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988])
- in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [May 1989])
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #32 - Superman - Secret Origin
-
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Letters from James V. Barton, Tony Glickman, H.G.W., John D. Pearson, Lora Bentley.
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Al - Quick - Lend me a fountain pen...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #55 (December 1951-January 1952)
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
-
Superman's New Power!
Superman / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; the "Super-Imp"
- Synopsis
- When Superman is exposed to the "strange power" from the explosion of an alien space ship, he loses his powers but gains the ability to create a miniature version of himself to carry out his super-duties. Eventually the "super-imp" becomes more popular than Superman, who begins to harbor resentment and sends the midget duplicate on a potentially fatal mission involving kryptonite. Destroyed by the kryptonite, the midget seems to sacrifice itself so that Supes can return to normal.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Chronicle Publications, 1959 series) #6 (November 1958)
- in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963) [retitled] which is reprinted
- in Superman [Golden Story Teller Record Comic] (DC, 1966 series) (1966) [under this title, minus 2/3 of a page]
- in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966])
- in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #11 (novembre 1969) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005) [black and white]
- in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])
-
- Keywords
- Eiffel Tower; green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Splash panel (not part of story continuity) also features Police Commissioner
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superman's New Power!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products Corp. -
2.
Lois Lane's Super-Dream
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Do You Know the Legend of Superman?
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane -
5.
Look to the Stars!
-
6.
["Hey, Pop! I hit a home run and broke up the ball game!"]
Little Pete -
7.
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates -
8.
Clark Kent's College Days
Superman; Untold Tales of Superman -
9.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
10.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
11.
["Oh, Al - Quick - Lend me a fountain pen..."]
Varsity Vic -
12.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
13.
Superman's New Power!
Superman -
14.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
16.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
17.
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- David Bromley
- Nick Caputo
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Stephen Mitchell
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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