| Issue | #146 |
| Published | July 1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Characters | Superman (as a baby); Jor-El; Lara; Krypton |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Reprinted | in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Superman (origin retold in detail); Jor-El; Zor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Lex Luthor (villain); Krypton; Superboy; green kryptonite; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White |
| Synopsis | Recap of Superman's life beginning with his escape from the destruction of Krypton, through his adoption and raising by the Kents, his training and career as Superboy, up to his leaving Smallville for Metropolis and joining the Daily Planet after the deaths of his adoptive parents. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #8 (March 1965); in Superman [Golden Story Teller Record Comic] (DC, 1966 series) #nn [minus four pages]; in More Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Superman; Lori Lemaris (guest star); Superboy (flashback); Lex Luthor (flashback); red kryptonite (flashback); Nathan Hale; Abraham Lincoln; John Wilkes Booth; Jor-El; Lara; Zor-El; Lyla Lerrol; Alura; Chief Sitting Bull |
| Synopsis | Lori Lemaris asks Superman to go into the past and stop Atlantis from sinking. Superman, who has never before successfully changed the past tries and is amazed that it succeeds. Superman continues to change other past events, including the assassination of Lincoln, Custer's Last Stand and the explosion of Krypton. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white] |