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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published Summer 1963
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes On Sale Date - June 13th 1963

Cover Details - "Silver Anniversary Issue!"

Characters Superman; Batman; Polly Smith
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan

1 page Superman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Letters typeset

12 page Superman story "The Story of Superman, Junior"

Characters Superman; Superman Junior [Johnny Kirk]; Professor Morton Kirk (flashback); Superboy (flashback)
Synopsis Johnny Kirk is mistakenly shot into space, when he returns years later he is found to have superpowers, however exposure to meteor dust on Johnny's rocket is gradually robbing Superman of his super abilities. Selflessly, Johnny finds a way to transfer his own powers to Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #232

8 page Superman story "The Super-Sword"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White (also as The Black Knight); "Bull" Mathews (villain)
Synopsis After Superman releases the Black Knight from a block of ice after nearly 1,000 years, the villain goes on a crime spree. When the knight wounds Superman with his magical sword, criminal "Bull" Mathews offers to buy it, but finds it was all a set-up to trap him.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #124 (September 1958)

8 page Superman story "Superman's Mystery Power!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Super-Imp; Eiffel Tower; green kryptonite
Synopsis When Superman is exposed to the radiation from the explosion of an alien space ship, he loses his powers but gains the ability to create a miniature version of himself with his powers to carry out his super-duties.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman?
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Re-coloured to give Superman rainbow beams emanating from his fingers, (originally b & w). Page 5, panel 6 re-captioned and slightly redrawn to fix minor story error.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125 (November 1958) [originally titled "Superman's New Power"]

8 page Superman story "Superman in the White House!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; green kryptonite; Krypton (flashback)
Synopsis When Jimmy is knocked out, he dreams of what it would be like if Superman were president of the United States.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122 (July 1958)

12 page Superman story "The Super-Gorilla from Krypton"

Characters Superman; King Krypton; Krypton (flashback); green kryptonite
Synopsis Superman battles King Krypton the super gorilla, when their struggle unearths a kryptonite meteor, King Krypton shields Superman from the deadly rays with his own body. As death approaches, he reverts to his true human form and reveals that he is really a Kryptonian scientist and had been the victim of a flawed experiment which reversed his evolution.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #238 (March 1958)

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page) "Famous Old Foes of Superman"

Characters Superman; Lex Luthor; Toyman; Prankster
Genre Superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #88 (March 1954).

8 page Superboy story "The Punishment of Superboy!"

Characters Superboy; Superboy Robot; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Synopsis Jonathan Kent struggles in vain to discipline his invulnerable son, but when Jonathan and Martha argue over Clark and seemingly split up, heartbroken Superboy finally gets the message.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #75 (September 1959)

Half page Superman cover reprint (on interior page) Famous First Issues! of the "Superman Family"!

Characters Superman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Leo O'Mealia
Inks Leo O'Mealia
Notes This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)

Half page Superboy cover reprint (on interior page) Famous First Issues! of the "Superman Family"!

Characters Superman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1939)

Half page Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen cover reprint (on interior page) Famous First Issues! of the "Superman Family"!

Characters Superman; Jimmy Olsen
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1
Reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #1 (September-October 1954)

Half page Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane cover reprint (on interior page) Famous First Issues! of the "Superman Family"!

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes This page reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.
Reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #1 (March-April 1958)

13 page Superboy story "The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team!"

Characters Superboy; Lana Lang; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (also as the Flying Fox); Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); green kryptonite
Synopsis A youthful Bruce Wayne visits Smallville, he adopts the identity of the Flying Fox and discovers Superboy's secret identity. He then realises that he is too young to have such responsibility and willingly undergoes hypnotism to remove the memory.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Superboy meets a teen-aged Bruce Wayne.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #275 (August 1960)

1 page Superman filler "Surprise Feature!"

Characters Superman; Steve Allen; Gene Skitch
Genre superhero
Notes Three black and white Superman daily newspaper strips (strips #5265-5267).
Reprinted from Superman daily (McClure Newspaper Syndicate) 1955.??.?? - 1955.??.??

8 page Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane story "Superman's Secret Sweetheart"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Polly Smith
Synopsis Superman agrees to masquerade as kindly but plain Polly Smith's suitor to boost her self esteem and social standing.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger?
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #2 (May-June 1958)