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