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Issue Details

Issue #283
Published December 1961
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Note 1: Arrival date: 31 October 1961 (Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005)

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Red Kryptonite
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

13 page Superman story "The Red Kryptonite Menace!"

Characters Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Red Kryptonite; Green Kryptonite; Jan Dex [Durlan]; Zo-Gar [Durlan]; Sherlock Holmes; Jor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Khrushchev (Disguised Durlan); John F. Kennedy (Disguised Durlan)
Synopsis Two shape-changing Durlans arrive on earth from the 30th century. They collect red and green kryptonite in an attempt to kill Superman. Three different Red Kryptonite meteors give Superman the ability to make his wishes come true, shoot fire from his mouth when he talks and read minds.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Note 1: Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

13 page Supergirl story The Six Red "K" Perils of Supergirl!

Characters Supergirl; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Fred Danvers; Mrs. Danvers; Superman; Dick Malverne; Red Kryptonite; Rolf Von Holtz; Conway Tremaine
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Story continues in Action Comics #284
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March 1968); in Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #165 [one panel only reprinted]; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2