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Issue Details

Issue #130
Published July 1959
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Town That Hated Superman!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

6 page Superman story "The Curse of Kryptonite"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; also as Superboy]; Superman robots; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); Krypto
Synopsis When Superman accidentally exposes himself to kryptonite, he recalls his lifetime of experience with the mineral from his home planet.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes First appearance of Krypto in Superman.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #36; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

6 page Superman story "The Super-Servant of Crime"

Characters Superman; Mark Mulloy; Baldy; Perry White
Synopsis When Mark Mulloy, the owner of property from which Superman has been mining gold, returns to claim his rights, Superman agrees to perform six tasks for him as compensation. But Superman interprets Mulloy's requests so literally that Mulloy can't benefit from the deal.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Giunta ?
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 3/09
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #209 (August 1968); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

10 page Superman story "The Town That Hated Superman!"

Characters Superman; Bruce Cyrus
Synopsis When Superman is shocked to find a town that prohibits his entrance, he investigates as Kent Clark and discovers that Mayor Bruce Cyrus blames Superman for his not being adopted as a child.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #208 (July 1968); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1