Superman Supacomic #114

(Circa February 1969)

Superman... Guilty of Homicide (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #358 (January 1968)

Mysteries of the Superman Awards! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #367 (September 1968)

The Name of the Game is Superman! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White; Homer Ferret (villain)

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #211 (November 1968)

Batman's Gangland Guardians! (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Chic Stone; Joe Certa

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Jim Gordon; Joker; The Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin; Cluemaster; Getaway Genius; Johnny Witts; Mr. ESPer

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #201 (May 1968)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Bob Hughes and Gene Reed. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but Bob Hughes, Gene Reed and other scholars agree that pencils were actually by Stone and Certa.

[If you lived on Jupiter, how many moons would you see?] (Table of Contents: 5)

Planet Quiz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

? (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Quiz on Jupiter; Face on the Moon; Quickest Sunburn; Start closest to Earth; and Jupiter trip.

Black Day for the Legion (Table of Contents: 6)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter; Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Jim Shooter (layouts only); Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

Shelly Leferman

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor); ? (reprint editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Karate Kid; Bouncing Boy; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Princess Projectra; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Dream Girl; Matter-Eater Lad]; Dr. Mantis Morlo (villain); Chemoids (villains); Time Trapper (image only, villain); Dr. Regulus (image only, villain); The Hunter (image only, villain)

Synopsis

Morlo escapes the Legion team on Orando, while at the same time a second Morlo encounters and escapes the team on Daxam. The Legionnaires on Naltor encounter a third Morlo, but all three were decoys meant to distract the Legion from Morlo's real plot to blow up Earth.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #363 (December 1967), #363 (December 1967)

Keywords

green kryptonite