Superman #156

(October 1962)

Nature's Prize Pupil! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Last Days of Superman! Part I: Superman's Death Sentence! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]]; Jor-El (flashback); Krypto; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White; Superman Emergency Squad; Tharb-El (flashback); Superman robots

Synopsis

A Kryptonian artifact containing samples of Virus X crashes on Earth, and though Superman drives it deep underground with a huge boulder, he appears to have been exposed to the virus, which kills Kryptonians in 30 days.

Reprints

• in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #4/1964
• in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #6/1970 (14. März 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #3 (1975)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-52 ([October] 1977)
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) ([November] 1999)
• in Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 - Superman (2005)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([June] 2007) [black and white]

Keywords

flying newsroom; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; Kandor

Indexer Notes

First part of a 3-part novel. Story reworked from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #66.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen to this article, Dad!

Genre

humor

Characters

Jerry the Jitterbug; Jerry's father

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #12 (January-February 1951)

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bomb Sight / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Last Days of Superman!] Part II: The Super-Comrades of All Time! (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo]]; Krypto; Lois Lane; Lori Lemaris; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Superman Emergency Squad; Superman robots

Synopsis

As Superman lies near death, Supergirl recruits Superman's allies to help perform all the great tasks Superman planned to do before he died to secure the safe future of Earth.

Reprints

• in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #6/1970 (14. März 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #3 (1975)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-52 ([October] 1977)
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) ([November] 1999)
• in Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 - Superman (2005)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([June] 2007) [black and white]

Keywords

flying newsroom; Kandor

Indexer Notes

Part two of a 3-part novel. Cosmic Boy is mistakenly referred to as Cosmic King in one panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Fudge / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd like to see a suit - a very expensive one!

Genre

humor

Characters

Shorty

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Grit Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jay Lerrow, Galen Gilbert, Milton Ponce, Tom Tallman, Cera Kasson, Marty Craig Flinn, Harold M. Smith.

[The Last Days of Superman!] Part III: Superman's Last Day of Life! (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo]]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Krypto; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Lori Lemaris; Lyla Lerrol (flashback); Mon-El; Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Superman Emergency Squad; Tharb-El; Superman robots

Synopsis

After Superman says his final good-byes, Supergirl discovers that Superman was not exposed to Virus X, and Mon-El is finally able to make contact from the Phantom Zone to reveal the real cause of Superman's distress.

Reprints

• in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #6/1970 (14. März 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #3 (1975)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-52 ([October] 1977)
• in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) ([November] 1999)
• in Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 - Superman (2005)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([June] 2007) [black and white]

Keywords

flying newsroom; Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

Part three of a 3-part novel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)