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Issue Details

Issue #128
Published April 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superman Duels the Futuremen!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

8 page Superman story "Superman Versus the Futuremen, Chapter 1"

Characters O: Superman (retold; swipe from 1st pg. of ACTION COMICS #1); GA: Jonathan & Martha Kent (fb); V: The Futuremen (I; Vard & Boka)
Synopsis Earth Bureau of Investigation agents from the year 2000 arrive in the present and claim that Superman is an escaped criminal from their time. In order to arrest him, they expose Superman to red kryptonite, which takes aware his powers for two hours.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

Notes Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #23 ad"

Notes Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

1 page Little Pete filler "Pete, sweep out the store and I will give you an ice cream cone"

Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

8 page Superman story "The Secret of the Futuremen, Chaper 2"

Synopsis After they capture Superman and take him to the future, the EBI agents reveal that they are not agents at all, but criminals who want Superman to help them blackmail Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

Notes Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Mentions Supergirl's debut and plugs other Superman Family titles. Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

8 page Superman story "The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lara (in picture); Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis Lois poses as Rama, a survivor from Krypton, in order to find out Superman's secret identity. But after he reveals his identity, Superman realizes that Rama is really Lois and has to rely on the help of a friend to restore his double identity.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5 (Summer 1962); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"

Notes Sequence added by Ed Boner, February 2009.