(January 1964)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-11-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #74 and copyright registration.

Copyright 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.

Superman Meets the Goliath-Hercules! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Hercules
Reprints
Keywords
red kryptonite

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman Meets the Goliath-Hercules! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Hercules; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Ben-Hur; Jason (of Jason and the Argonauts fame)
Synopsis
A lightning bolt throws Superman into a parallel world, where he helps Hercules (who looks like Goliath) to perform a set of impossible tasks.
Reprints
Keywords
parallel worlds; Red Kryptonite

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

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

75 "Matchbox" Models Only 49¢ Each! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Fastest Cars in the World! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Super-Tot from Nowhere! (Table of Contents: 7)

Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks
Jim Mooney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Danvers]; Dick Malverne; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Candy
Synopsis
Supergirl finds a young girl with super-powers and takes her home until she can find where she came from and who her parents are.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Red Kryptonite

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

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Missile Attack / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Mort Weisinger
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eric Baizer, Darrell J. Turner, Tony Moehlig, Geri Doty, Glenn Nadelbach, and Robert C. Wilson.

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

Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Fly-Over Chicane (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Gilbert Auto-Rama / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman Meets the Goliath-Hercules!
    Superman
  2. 1. ["Boys! Men!"]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  3. 2. Superman Meets the Goliath-Hercules!
    Superman
  4. 3. ["The untold stories of Superman!"]
    Superman
  5. 4. 75 "Matchbox" Models Only 49¢ Each!
    Matchbox Models
  6. 5. The Fastest Cars in the World!
    Aurora Products
  7. 6. ["For holiday giving and holiday getting!"]
  8. 7. The Super-Tot from Nowhere!
    Supergirl
  9. 8. ["Batman and Robin's most thrilling mystery cases!"]
    Batman and Robin
  10. 9. ["Make all out war in your own home..."]
    Missile Attack
  11. 10. ["208 different world-wide stamps"]
    Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  13. 12. ["Coming... super-attractions!"]
    Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman
  14. 13. ["Let me show you how do develop spaceman strength and endurance"]
    American Body Building Club
  15. 14. Fly-Over Chicane
    Gilbert Auto-Rama
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • James Zee