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Issue Details

Issue #289
Published June 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superman's Super-Courtship"

Characters Superman; Supergirl; Luma Lynai of Staryl
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2

13 page Superman story "The Super Practical Joker"

Characters Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Dexter Willis (Intro); Avenue Ten Mob (Intro)
Synopsis A new employee at the Daily Planet is a practical joker. Superman convinces him that practical jokes are not fun.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman (?)
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

Half page Ollie filler "Now for our morning exercises"

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Little Pete filler "I'll catch it!"

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

12 page Supergirl story "Superman's Super-Courtship!"

Characters Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Superman; Luma Lynai; Helen of Troy; Rhondous; adult Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Man; Phantom Woman; Chameleon Man; Triplicate Woman; Sun Man; Saturn Woman; Brainiac 5; Lightning Man]; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers
Synopsis Supergirl tries to play matchmaker for her cousin Superman with Helen of Troy, Saturn Woman, and Luma Lynai of Staryl, but realizes she needs to leave Superman's love life up to fate.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #390 (March 1970)[retitled there as "When Supergirl Played Cupid"]; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #496 (February 1983); in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2

1 page public service announcement "Your Pass to New Worlds"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff