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Issue Details

Issue #268
Published September 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superman's Battle with Hercules!"

Characters Superman; Hercules; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

13 page Superman story "Superman's Battle With Hercules!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Hercules [Roger Tate](villain); Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]
Synopsis Hercules wants to marry Lois, but Lois won't marry him while Superman is around, so Hercules tries to get rid of Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971); In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Letters typeset

13 page Supergirl story "The Mystery Supergirl!"

Characters Suprgirl; Perry White; Superman (flashback and a cameo as Clark Kent); five fake Supergirls
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder; Jerry Siegel (also claims credit)
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1