| Issue | #2 |
| Published | 1960 [January 1961] |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 84 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Notes | On Sale Date - November 10th 1960 |
| Characters | Superman; Titano; The Thing from 40,000 A.D.; Metallo; Brainiac; Bizarro #1; The Invulnerable Enemy; green kryptonite |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | Though DC credits the inking of at least the main figure to Al Plastino in the Superman in the Sixties reprint, when asked in February 2009 by Bryan Stroud, Plastino said he was "pretty sure" the entire cover was inked by Stan Kaye. |
| Reprinted | in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] [central figure only]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Superman; The Invulnerable Enemy; Barnum Bolton; Lex Luthor (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White |
| Synopsis | A petrified spaceman is brought back to life by Lex Luthor and rampages through Metropolis collecting pieces of broken glass along the way. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #226 (March 1957) |
| Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen |
| Synopsis | Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959) [page 8, panel 6 through page 9, panel 2 cut] |
| Characters | Superman; Titano (intro, villain, origin, formerly Toto); Lois Lane; green kryptonite |
| Synopsis | Lois befriends the intelligent chimp Toto just before he is sent into orbit inside a satellite. While in orbit, the satellite passes by a collision of a uranium metorite and a kryptonite meteorite, which cause the chimp to grow to enormous size and shoot kryptonite beams from his eyes. Because of his transformation, Lois re-names him Titano. Though not meaning any harm, Titano poses a threat to humanity, and Superman, Lois and the army trap the giant chimp, planning to execute him. But Lois devises a plan to block Titano's kryptonite vision so Superman can send him into the distant past where he can't harm anyone. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #127 (February 1959) |
| Characters | Superman; The Thing from 40,000 A.D. (intro, villain, death); Lois Lane; Perry White |
| Synopsis | A protoplasmic being appears in Metropolis with the power to assume any form - including Superman's, complete with super powers, this inevitably results in a super-showdown with the Man of Steel. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #87 (February 1954) |
| Characters | Superboy; Bizarro #1 (intro, origin); Professor Dalton; Martha Kent; Superboy Robots; Melissa |
| Synopsis | Professor Dalton's duplicator ray produces flawed results including an imperfect Superboy - Bizarro, who is befriended by sightless girl Melissa. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Notes | "The Thing of Steel" Chapter I. 1st appearance of Bizarro. |
| Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Superboy; Bizarro #1; Martha Kent; Melissa; green kryptonite |
| Synopsis | Superboy attempts to subdue Bizarro with green kryptonite, but discovers that he is immune to it, he then uses a dummy of Melissa to lure dim witted Bizarro into a military trap. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Notes | "The Thing of Steel" Chapter II. |
| Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958) |
| Characters | Jor-El; Lara |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring? |
| Inks | Wayne Boring? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Superboy; Bizarro #1; Melissa; Krypton (flashback); green kryptonite (flashback) |
| Synopsis | The army cannot stop Bizarro but his will is sapped when he realises that blind Melissa only likes him because she cannot see his face. Superboy finds his imperfect duplicate's one weakness but the desperately unhappy Bizarro goes meekly to meet his fate, the resulting explosion restoring Melissa's sight. Superboy wonders if Bizarro knew that his demise would cure Melissa's blindness. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Notes | "The Thing of Steel" Chapter III. |
| Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Reprinted | in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #100 (October 1962) [in black and white]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Superman; Brainiac (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Koko; Kandor (intro); Professor Kimda (intro); Krypton (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superbaby (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Fortress of Solitude |
| Synopsis | While Clark Kent and Lois Lane are passengers on an experimental rocket, the rocket is snagged by the alien Brainiac. Clark switches to Superman, but can't penetrate Brainiac's force shield, so moves the rocket out of the control of Brainiac's ship. Brainiac turns to his primary goal, which is to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth in order to restore them to normal size and repopulate his own planet, whose native people have all been wiped out by a plague. Superman returns to Metropolis, expecting Brainiac to also snatch that city, and through that gain entrance into Brainiac's ship. Once inside, he finds a bottle with a shrunken Kryptonian city. he enters the bottle, but loses his powers under it's artificial gravity. There he seeks the help of a scientist who helps him plan a way to restore the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for the trip back to his own planet. But unfortunately there isn't enough power to restore Kandor, so Superman places it in his Fortress until he can find a way, as Brainiac's ship rockets away, with Brainiac unaware that he is returning home empty-handed. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Notes | 1st appearance of Brainiac and Kandor |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958) |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Notes | not from Action #1 as stated |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939) |
| Characters | Superboy; Bizarro #1 |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958) |
| Characters | Superman; The Thing from 40,000 A.D.; Lois Lane |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #87 (February 1954) |
| Characters | Superman; The Invulnerable Enemy |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #226 (March 1957) |
| Characters | Superman; Brainiac |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958) |