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Issue Details

Issue #141
Published November 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superman's Return to Krypton!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El; Lara
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

9 page Superman story "Superman Meets Jor-El and Lara Again [Superman's Return to Krypton! part 1]"

Characters Jor-El (guest star, death); Lara (guest star, death) (both marry in this story); Superman (origin retold in brief); Krypton; Professor Galsworthy; Krypto's parents; Lyla Lerrol
Synopsis Superman accidentally travels through time and across space to Krypton, where he meets actress Lyla Lerrol and his parents.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Part 1 of a three-part novel.
Reprinted In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #232 (December 1970-January 1971); in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Giant Superman Album #18 (1962 series) K. G. Murray (1971); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

9 page Superman story "Superman's Kryptonian Romance [Superman's Return to Krypton! part 2]"

Characters Superman; Lyla Lerrol; Jonathan Kent (guest appearance); Martha Clark (guest appearance, before their marriage); Snark McGill (intro, villain); Brainiac (cameo); Koko (cameo); Kandor (cameo); Jor-El; Lara; Gregg Halliday; Robo (robot); Ken-Dal
Synopsis Superman romances Lyla and witnesses Jonathan Kent's proposal to Martha, while Brainiac shrinks and steals Kandor.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #232 (December 1970-January 1971); in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Giant Superman Album #18 (1962 series) K. G. Murray (1971); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

8 page Superman story "The Surprise of Fate! [Superman's Return to Krypton! part 3]"

Characters Superman; Jor-El; Lara; Lyla Lerrol (death); green kryptonite; Krypton
Synopsis Superman accidentally escapes Krypton, leaving behind Lyla.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #232 (December 1970-January 1971); in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Giant Superman Album #18 (1962 series) K. G. Murray (1971); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2