| Issue | #183 |
| Published | January 1966 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 80 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Notes | 80 pg. Giant G-18 |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | 80 pg. Giant G-18 |
| Reprinted | in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn |
| Characters | Funnyface (intro, villain); Detective Crane (intro); Prince Peril (intro); Solitary Rider (intro); Streak Duga (intro); Happy Daze (intro) (comic strip heroes); Superman; Lois Lane; Perry white |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Sikela |
| Inks | Ed Dobrotka |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 |
| Characters | Superboy; Professor Thaddeus V. Maxwell (intro); green kryptonite |
| Synopsis | Superman recalls his college days, particularly the professor who tried to scientifically prove that Clark Kent was Superboy. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Coleman |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125 |
| Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262 |
| Characters | Mr. Mxyzptlk/Mr. Mxyztplk (intro, villain); Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen |
| Synopsis | An imp from another dimension plagues Superman with practical jokes until he can make him say his name backwards. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Ira Yarbrough |
| Notes | The original's Mr. Mxyztplk's name changed to Mr. Mxyzptlk throughout this story. Mxyztplk is pronounced "Mix-yizt-pulk" according to Alvin Schwartz. Name was changed to Mxyzptlk in 1958. Writer credit claimed by Jerry Siegel in a letter to Richard Morrissey that states this story was written prior to earlier printed newspaper sequence by Whitney Ellsworth and Wayne Boring. First line: "I--I thought I was the only one who could fly!!" |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #30 (September-October 1944) [original title: "The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!", note the spelling] |
| Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; animated Superman; animated Lois |
| Synopsis | Clark and Lois go to the movies to watch a Superman cartoon |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (pencil layouts); Ed Dobrotka |
| Inks | Shuster Shop?; John Sikela? (see notes) |
| Notes | Clark Kent and Lois Lane see the 1st Fleisher Superman cartoon ("The Mad Scientist"), Archives does not credit Shuster's pencil layouts. Original index credits inks to John Sikela. |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 [original title: "Superman, Matinee Idol"] |
| Characters | Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; John Bates (intro, villain); green kryptonite |
| Synopsis | John Bates has Clark Kent appear on his TV show "The Eye of Metropolis" in order to expose his double life as Superman. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #250 |