Issue Details

Issue	#54
Published	November 1984
Cover Price	1.50
Pages	100
Editing	Nicola Cuti

Cover Details - "Superman Battles Weird Villains"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ed Hannigan
Inks	Klaus Janson

17 page Superman story "Mxyzptlk Spelled Backward Is T-R-O-U-B-L-E"

Characters	Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Miss Bgbznz (intro, weds Mr. Mxyzptlk); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
Genre	superhero
Script	Martin Pasko
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Frank Chiaramonte
Colors	Shelly Eiber
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #335 (May 1979)

17 page Superman & Swamp Thing story "The Sixty Deaths of Solomon Grundy!"

Characters	Superman; Swamp Thing; Solomon Grundy (villain); Lois Lane; Dr. Jenet Klyburn
Script	Steve Englehart
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Colors	Jeanine Casey
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #8 (April 1979)

15 page Superman story "Gorilla Grodd's Grandstand Play!"

Characters	Grodd; Superman; Lois Lane; Morgan Edge; Solovar; the Secretary General of the United Nations
Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot Maggin
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Colors	Helen Vesik
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #424 (June 1973)

13 page Superman story "Target of the Toymen!"

Characters	Superman; the original Toyman (villain); the new Toyman (intro, villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432 (Februry 1974)

17 page Superman story "The Man with the Kryptonite Heart"

Characters	Superman; S.T.A.R. Labs; Metallo [Roger Corben, the first Metallo's brother] (intro, villain); SKULL; Dr. Albert Michaels; Steve Lombard; Lois Lane; green kryptonite
Genre	superhero
Script	Martin Pasko
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #310 (April 1977)

17 page Superman story "Happy New Year...Rest in Peace!"

Characters	Superman; Bizarro #1 (guest star, brief origin); Bizarro World; Bizarro-Morgan Edge; Morgan Edge; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro-Lois Lane (flashback)
Genre	superhero
Script	Martin Pasko
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Frank Chiaramonte
Colors	Helen Vesik
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #333 (March 1979)