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Issue Details

Issue #256
Published September 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Superman of the Future!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

11 page Superman story "The Superman of the Future!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Dirk Folgar [Agent X-3] (villain)
Synopsis Superman poses as the Future Superman, who has the power to predict the future, to smoke out Agent X-3 and prevent an attempt on the life of the President.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Bank Vault][First line: This new vault is ten inches thick"

Characters Professor Eureka
Genre Gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Title, first line and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Reprinted from Action Comics (1938 series) #183 (DC, 1953)

6 page Congorilla story "Janu, the Joker of the Jungle!"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu; Congorilla; Golden Gorilla; Percy Pierce (villain)
Genre superhero; jungle
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Janu becomes Congorilla.

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Letters typeset

7 page Supergirl story "The Great Supergirl Mirage!"

Characters Supergirl; Dick Wilson [later Dick Malverne]; Supergirl Robot
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Intro Dick Wilson, who is reintro'ed in 282 as Dick Malverne
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #390 (March 1970); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #17; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1