Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone

([August] 2009)

Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman (illustration)

Pencils

Curt Swan (illustration)

Inks

George Klein (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen [Elastic Lad]; Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; Dr. Xadu

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. The illustration is a detail from the story from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #62.

Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (illustration)

Pencils

Gerorge Papp (illustration)

Inks

George Papp (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; Dr. Xadu

Indexer Notes

Title page. The illustration is a detail from the story from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #104.

Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (illustration)

Pencils

Curt Swan (illustration)

Inks

George Klein (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Superman; Jax-Ur; Ak-Var (arm only)

Indexer Notes

Publication data on right 2/3 of right-hand page, illustration on left 1/3 of right-hand page and right 1/3 of left-hand page, actual listing of contents on 2/3 of left-hand page. The illustration is a detail from the story from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336. The second story is mistakenly listed as being from Adventure Comics #289 in the publication data, but correctly listed as from Superboy #89 in the Contents.

The Phantom Superboy (Table of Contents: 4)

Superboy / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Prof. Lang; Dr. Xadu; General Zod; Krypto; Martha Kent; Clark Kent robot

Synopsis

After Professor Lang finds a box of Kryptonian weapons, Superboy is accidentally projected into the Phantom Zone, the place where Kryptonian criminals were exiled. But using mental telepathy he activates an electric typewriter and tells Pa Kent how to free him.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #283 (April 1961)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

Part I... Superboy's Big Brother (Table of Contents: 5)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Kal-El]; Mon-El [also as Bob Cobb]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypto (cameo); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)

Synopsis

When a space ship crashes outside Smallville, Superboy finds an amnesiac super-powered youth who might be his older brother. He christens him Mon-El and sets him up with a secret identity, but he soon finds evidence that Mon-El is not in fact Kryptonian.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89 (June 1961)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit from GCD index of original publication.

[Part II...] The Secret of Mon-El! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Mon-El [Bob Cobb; Lar Gand] (origin); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Miss Joyce; King Mycerinua; Rhodopis; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)

Synopsis

Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. He remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam named Lar Gand, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Lar Gand into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89 (June 1961)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

The Phantom Lois Lane! (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman; Lana Lang; Lori Lemaris; Jax-Ur (cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Linda Lee Danvers [Supergirl] (cameo)

Synopsis

After Superman gives Lois and Lana brooches made of space metals, Lana sends Lois and Lori Lemaris into the Phantom Zone. But Superman realizes Lana is acting out of character and figures that the brooch must be responsible, destroys it, and frees Lois and Lori.

Reprints

• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #33 (May 1962)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

Superman's Phantom Pal! (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen [Elastic Lad]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen Fan Club; Dagger Gang; Lucy Lane; Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; Dr. Xadu; Mon-El

Synopsis

When Jimmy becomes Elastic Lad again he uses his powers to enter the Phantom Zone where he has an opportunity to discover Superman's secret identity.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #62 (July 1962)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

The Face Behind the Lead Mask! (Table of Contents: 9)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

John Forte; Al Plastino (page 4 and some Superboy and Luthor heads only)

Inks

John Forte; Al Plastino

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

Milton Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy (statue); Bouncing Boy (statue); Shrinking Violet (statue); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (statue)]; Lex Luthor; Urthlo; Mon-El

Synopsis

At a regular meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Legionnaires lose control of their powers. Urthlo arrives and announces that he now controls the Legionnaires' powers and there is nothing they can do about it. But Saturn Girl comes up with a serum to temporarily cure Mon-El and immunize him against lead, and Superboy releases him from the Phantom Zone to knock out Urthlo, who turns out to be an automaton created by Lex Luthor sent into the future to destroy the Legion.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit from GCD index of original publication.

The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner! (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Quex-Ul; Supergirl; Mon-El; Jax-Ur (unidentified); Jor-El (flashback); Perry White; Rog-Ar

Synopsis

Superman releases Quex-Ul from the Phantom Zone since he has served his sentence, but Quex-Ul vows revenge on the son of the man who pronounced him guilty. However, when Quex-Ul displays heroic behavior, Superman wonders if he was truly guilty and travels back in time to Krypton to witness Quex-Ul being hypnotized into believing himself guilty. When Supergirl tells Quex-Ul he is innocent, he sacrifices himself to keep Superman from being exposed to a Gold Kryptonite trap he has set for him. In doing so, Quex-Ul loses his powers and memory, so Superman sets him up in a new life in Metropolis.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #157 (November 1962)

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude; gold kryptonite; Krypton; Phantom Zone

The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone! Part I: The Crimes of Krypton's Master Villains! (Table of Contents: 11)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Jor-El; Lara; Ha-Kor; Gra-Mo; Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; Dr. Xadu

Synopsis

Jor-El invents the Phantom Zone Projector as a more humane way to punish criminals than sending them into space and successfully submits it into a Science Council competition. The disgruntled loser of the competition, Gra-Mo, takes over Krypton's robots to take his revenge, and ironically becomes the last criminal to be punished in the old way. Months later, after many convicts have been sent into the Phantom Zone, the prisoners try to take over Jor-El's mind with mental telepathy, so he blasts the Zone Projector into space with other forbidden weapons.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #104 (April 1963)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

[The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone!] Part II: The Kid Who Knocked Out Superboy! (Table of Contents: 12)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Gra-Mo; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Jax-Ur; Lana Lang; Chief Parker; Superboy robots

Synopsis

Gra-Mo and his accomplices land on Earth and, with the help of Jax-Ur in the Phantom Zone, plot to destroy the son of Jor-El. Using a robot, they try to convince Superboy that he has broken his vow against taking a life, but Superboy sees through their ruse and banishes them to the Phantom Zone.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #104 (April 1963)

Keywords

kryptonite; Phantom Zone

The Man from the Phantom Zone! (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Ak-Var; Professor Vakox (unidentified); Jax-Ur; General Zod; Kru-El; Vas-Quor [also as Gan-lar]; Brenn-Bir; Kyl-Ibo; Sirma Sen; Van-Zee; Thara; Zim-Ra; Val-Kon; Dru-Mar; Hab-Dis

Synopsis

Superman releases Ak-Var from the Phantom Zone since he has served his sentence. Before returning him to Kandor, however, Superman allows Ak-Var to explore Earth. Once in Kandor, Ak-Var greets his three old friends Vas-Quor, Brenn-Bir, and Kyl-Ibo. When these three rob a Kandorian museum with super-powers, the authorities think Ak-Var must be to blame. But Superman, who has been monitoring the situation, intervenes and with Ak-Var's help exposes his friends. Ak-Var explains that he accidentally gave his friends super-powers due to his exposure on his tour of Earth to a piece of Red Kryptonite.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 (April 1966)

Keywords

red kryptonite

The Man Who Destroyed Krypton! (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Black Zero [also as Chief Inspector Watkins]; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox (unidentified); Taz-Ki; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (statue); Brainiac (statue)

Synopsis

Superman meets Black Zero, an agent of an interstellar pirate empire, who is sent out to destroy planets as they begin to achieve space travel. After learning that Black Zero was ultimately responsible for the destruction of Krypton, Superman releases Jax-Ur from the Phantom Zone to help him protect Earth and defeat Black Zero.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #205 (April 1968)

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Krypton; Phantom Zone

Phantom Zone (Table of Contents: 15)

character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rick Veitch

Inks

Rick Veitch

Colors

? (original); Drew Moore (color reconstruction)

Letters

type

Editing

Bob Greenberger

Characters

Aethyr; Ak-Var; Az-Rel; Dr. Xa-Du; Faora; Gaz-Or; General Zod; Gra-Mo; Jax-Ur; Jer-Em; Kru-El; Mon-El; Nadira; Nam-Ek; Quex-Ul; Va-Kox

Reprints

• from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #18 (August 1986)

Indexer Notes

Usually written as Dr. Xadu and Professor Vakox, these names are spelled Xa-Du and Va-Kox here.

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