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Issue Details

Issue #150
Published January 1962
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "When the World Forgot Superman!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]

9 page Superman story "The One Minute of Doom!"

Characters Superman (brief origin); Supergirl (guest star, brief origin); Krypto (guest star, brief origin); Krypton II (intro, with android duplicates of Kryptonians); Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Doghouse of Solitude (intro); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Krypton (flashback); Argo City (flashback); Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Phantom Zone; Brainiac (flashback); Bizarro World; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Dr. Xadu
Synopsis All the surviving beings of Krypton observe a moment of silence to remember the destruction of Krypton.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #59; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]

9 page Superman story "The Duel Over Superman!"

Characters Superman; Lana Lang (guest star); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis Lana and Lois try to force Superman to choose one of them by fighting a duel.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #14 (September 1965); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]; in Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #178 [one panel]

8 page Superman story "When the World Forgot Superman!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Superman Museum; Superboy (statue); Superbaby (statue); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue)
Synopsis The whole world has forgotten about Superman because of Mxyzptlk's magic.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Wayne Boring
Notes Reworked from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #59. Mark Waid confirms Boring ink credit over Stan Kaye as noted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC 2005 series) #3.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC 2005 series) #3 [black and white]