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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published 1961
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes On Sale Date - November 9th or 10th 1961. (Both dates given)

Cover Details - "Adventures in Time, Space and on Alien Worlds"

Characters Superman; Superboy; Mala; Yeast Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

1 page Superman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Letters typeset

10 page Superman story "A Doghouse for Superman!"

Characters Superman; Perry White; The Yeast Men
Synopsis Superman fashions a kryptonite collar in an attempt to gain some immunity but is captured by aliens and kept as a pet until he can free himself of the collar.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #84 (September-October 1953)

Half page Legion of Super-Heroes text article "Key to the Legion of Super-Heroes"

Synopsis Key to the Legion of Super-Heroes page (sequence 9 in this issue)
Letters typeset

8 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Superman"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superboy [Clark Kent]
Synopsis Superboy accidentally flies through time to the future where he meets his grown-up self.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Giunta ?
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 3/09
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956)

12 page Superman story "The Alien Who Conquered Superman!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Krag the Mercurian; Crime Czar
Synopsis Krag arrives from Mercury, challenges and defeats Superman, but it is a ruse to smoke out the Crime Czar.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes original title: The Man Who Conquered Superman
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #165 (February 1952)

8 page Superman story "The Bride of Futureman"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Futureman [Jack Wilton]
Synopsis Futureman arrives in the 20th century to woo Lois, as she is about to depart to marry him in the future she discovers a secret message from Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #121 (May 1958)

12 page Superman story "The Outlaws from Krypton!"

Characters Superman; Jor-El; Lois Lane; Mala; Kizo; U-Ban.
Synopsis Mala, the super Kryptonian returns and decoys Superman in order to destroy the Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Mala's brothers are not referred to by name in this story but were named in their 1st appearance in Superman (D.C. 1939 Series) #65
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954)

8 page Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy Who Killed Superman"

Characters Superman; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis Jimmy gets transported to the 60th century but finds himself a wanted man as the legendary killer of Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #28 (April 1958)

8 page Superman story "Rip Van Superman"

Characters Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Drago.
Synopsis Kryptonite exposure weakens Superman to such an extent that he sleeps for 1,000 years, when he revives he overcomes the villain Drago and galvanizes the future Earthmen into action.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #107 (August 1956)

2 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2 [as modified in Adventure Comics (1938 series) #316]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

12 page Superman story "The Menace of Planet Z!"

Characters Superman [Klarkash Kenton]; Lura Lajos; Jamar; Olav;
Synopsis Superman is abducted to another world and adopts the identity of Klarkash Kenton whilst solving the problem of giant alien beasts that are rampaging out of control.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #168 (May 1952)

Half page cover reprint (on interior page)

Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #121 (May 1959)

Half page cover reprint (on interior page)

Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #165 (February 1952)

Half page cover reprint (on interior page)

Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956)

Half page cover reprint (on interior page)

Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954)