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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published July 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 100
Editing Nicola Cuti
Notes Cover with just 1.50 CAD price seen as well.

Cover Details - "Superman vs The Supernatural"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Ed Hannigan
Inks Bob Smith
Notes Job number is difficult to read. "C-3" is definite, rest is best guess.

14 page Superman story "The Eliminator!"

Characters Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Dr. Phantas; Mark Sharpe; Joe Letterman; Chris Swan
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Jack Abel
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379 (August 1969)

12 page Superman story "The Truth Mirror!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Flash" Dugan (villain); Fortress of Solitude; Superman Robot; Lois Lane Robot
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes credits say G. Klein
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #269 (October 1960)

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Demons from Pandora's Box!"

Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #81 (December 1964)

11 page Superman story "The Enchanted Mountain!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Ira Yarbrough
Inks Ira Yarbrough
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #86 (July 1945)

14 page Lois Lane story "The Spectre Suitor!"

Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks Vince Colletta
Reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #108 (February 1971)

8 page Superman story "The Spell of the Shandu Clock"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Shandu; Perry White; The Fallon Gang (Intro)
Synopsis Superman pretends to be under the influence of a mystical clock in order to make the Fallon Gang think he is helpless against their new weapon.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #126 (January 1959)

9 page Superman story "The Ghost of Lois Lane"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Professor Grail
Synopsis After Superman accidentally causes Professor Grail's experimental teleporter chair to explode while Lois is sitting in it with his x-ray vision, he sees visions of a ghostly Lois. But Lois communicates through Jimmy's new typewriter to let Superman know that she is trapped in the fourth dimension and can be returned by the pull of a lever in Professor Grail's lab.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959)

13 page Supergirl story "The Black Magic of Supergirl!"

Characters Supergirl; Green Kryptonite; Superman; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Fortress of Solitude
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #324 (May 1965)

7 page Superman story "The Ghost that Haunted Clark Kent"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Troy Magnus
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #406 (November 1971)

1 page illustration

Synopsis Graveyard full of tombstones with the titles of the stories from inside the digest.
Pencils Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks Bob Smith (signed)
Notes On back cover of comic.