- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- advocacy
- Keywords:
- Picnic
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- George Klein (part 1); Sheldon Moldoff (part 2)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Composite Superman [Joe Meach] (intro) (origin); Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Saturn Girl]; Commissioner James Gordon; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis:
- A freak accident gives Joe Meach the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes and he becomes the Composite Superman. With power exceeding Superman's he seems about to conquer the two heroes, but his powers begin to fade. Unable to reproduce the original lightning strike he loses power and memory both. Batman and Superman are bewildered as to why the Composite Superman fled... where he went... or who he is.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; Kandor; Superman Museum
Klein/Reed say Moldoff inks, Delich/ Lang say Klein. Bob Hughes splits the difference. 2/05.
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:
- "My new assistant is always eating!"
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Tricksy; assistant
- Synopsis:
- Tricksy's new assistant is so hungry, he leaves the trapeze for lunch without catching Tricksy.
- Keywords:
- Circus; trapeze
Appears between chapters of the first story.
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo, as statue); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto (cameo); a Kryptonian Flame-Dragon (intro, villain); Superman robots; Lois Lane; Perry White; "Plates" Finnegan (villain); Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis:
- A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes its way to Earth. When it swallows a Red Kryptonite meteor Superman must stay away from the Flame-Dragon for fear the Red Kryptonite will affect him also. Superman tricks it into exhausting its flame, then freezes it and tosses it into space. He tricks Lois Lane by relying on Krypto, Batman, and Supergirl to protect his secret identity.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- Dragon; Fortress of Solitude; red kryptonite
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