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Issue Details

Issue #169
Published May 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger*

Cover Details - "The Bizarro Invasion of Earth!"

Characters Superman; Bizarro #1; Atlas (statue)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn

8 page Superman story "The Infernal Imp!"

Characters Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Cary Grant (poster); Jimmy Olsen; Superman Museum; red kryptonite (fake); white kryptonite (fake); green kryptonite (fake); blue kryptonite (fake); gold kryptonite (fake)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #168 (December 1974-January 1975)

14 page Superman story "The Man Who Stole Superman's Secret Life!"

Characters Superman; Sally Selwyn (second appearance); Digby Selwyn; Superboy (flashback); Ned Barnes (intro, villain, death); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane (dream); Lana Lang (dream)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes This story is a (rare) sequel to "The Sweetheart Superman Forgot!" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #165.

5 page Superman story "The Bizarro Invasion of Earth!"

Characters Superman; Bizarro #1; Bizarros; Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis The Bizarro Supermen come to Earth and perform "good deeds."
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Also known as "The Great DC Contest!" The contest of this story is that the letters D and C only appeared once, at the bottom of page 3 as "CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE FOLLOWING". But the irony is in the Superman in the Sixties reprint, DC eliminated that caption, while still challenging the reader to find the hidden letters! However, although letters D and C were not intended to appear, one Bizarro says the word "Goodbye", whilst another says "and", on page 2, panel 5.
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] [see notes]