Superman through the Ages

([August] 2007)

Superman Through the Ages (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Table of contents with credits. Illustrated with a figure of Superman taken from the last page of the 7th sequence.

Origin (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

Editing

Vin Sullivan (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman (1st appearance & origin); Krypton (unnamed)

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

Indexer Notes

Originally untitled, it's called "Origin" in the table of contents here.

[The Coming of Superman] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Editing

Vin Sullivan (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; George Taylor (intro, not named); Lois Lane (intro); Daily Star; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)

Synopsis

Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Action Comics (1938 series) #2.

The Origin of Superman! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Sol Harrison (original editor); Julius Schwartz (original editorial advisor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Perry White (cameo)

Reprints

• from The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) (1973)

Indexer Notes

The original story was in black and white (with shading). The art on all pages has been extended on the edges to widen them (not by the original artists); that's why many captions are not left-aligned.

[Cover - Superman #7] (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne

Colors

?

Editing

Andrew Helfer (original); Michael Carlin (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Rampage [Kitty Faulkner]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #7 [Direct] (July 1987)

Rampage! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Karl Kesel

Colors

Tom Ziuko

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Andrew Helfer (original); Michael Carlin (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Rampage [Kitty Faulkner; aka Karen Lou Faulkner] (first appearance; origin); Lois Lane; Dr. Tom Moyers (first appearance); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Allie

Synopsis

When an experiment explodes, Kitty Faulkner becomes Rampage.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #7 (July 1987) [[minus the first 5 pages and the next issue blurb]]

Indexer Notes

The original issue says this story was inked by Karl Kesel, but this reprint says Terry Austin. I believe the original, as Kesel was inking all of them at that time. When this story was reprinted in Superman: Rampage (2006), it contains the Kesel credit. Austin might have inked the cover.

The Origin of Superman (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

José Luis García-López

Colors

Ryan Kinnaird

Letters

?

Editing

Robert Greenberger ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen

Reprints

• in The DC Universe by John Byrne (DC, 2018 series) ([February] 2018)

Indexer Notes

This origin is apparently new for this edition.

Superman Pinup (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Lee (signed)

Inks

Scott Williams (signed)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (signed)

Editing

Eddie Berganza (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #205 [Jim Lee / Scott Williams Cover] (July 2004) [minus all text and the UPC]

Superman Pinup (Table of Contents: 9)

Justice League of America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ed McGuinness (signed)

Inks

Dexter Vines (signed)

Colors

?

Editing

Mike Carlin (original); Michael Siglain (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robot versions of the Justice League [Superman; Batman; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman]

Reprints

• from JLA: Classified (DC, 2005 series) #2 [Direct Sales] (February 2005)

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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