Issue Details

Issue	#123
Published	August 1958
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "The Girl of Steel!"

Characters	Superman; Super-Girl
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #[nn]; in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Superman story "The Three Magic Wishes: The Girl of Steel (Part 1)"

Characters	I: Super-Girl (D; a magically-created female partner for Superman)
Synopsis	Superman briefly loses his powers
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Title given at end of part 1
Reprinted	in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963) [retitled there as "The First Supergirl!"]; in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) [retitled there as "The First Supergirl!" and edited]; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #[nn]; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #[nn]; in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

10 page Superman story "The Three Magic Wishes: The Lost Super-Powers (Part 2)"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #[nn]; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #[nn]; in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page text story "Gag Bag"

Letters

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10 page Superman story "The Three Magic Wishes: Superman's Return to Krypton (Part 3)"

Characters	Jor-El, Lara; Villain: Kil-Lor (Intro, Dies); Krypton
Synopsis	Superman time travels back to Krypton and meets his parents for the first time, and arranges their betrothal!
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Title given at end of part 1
Reprinted	in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #[nn]; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #[nn]; in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1963-1964) [retitled there as "Krypton's First Superman"]; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1