Giant Superman Album #16
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
"Here's a fantastic collection of famous firsts.. featuring two beauties.. and three baddies!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- W-141
- Characters
- Superman; Lori Lemaris; first Supergirl (not Kara); Brainiac; Mala; Metallo; green kryptonite
Credits
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Vince Colletta, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — Untitled
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954) — The Outlaws from Krypton
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #86 ([October 1954]) — The Outlaws from Krypton
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Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #59 ([February 1955]) — The Outlaws from Krypton
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 (Winter 1962) — The Outlaws from Krypton
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #24 ([January 1963?])
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #24 ([January 1963?]) — The Outlaws from Krypton
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #3 (September 1963)
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #3 (September 1963) — The Outlaws from Krypton
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Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #18 ([November 1965]) — The Outlaws from Krypton
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The Outlaws From Krypton!
Notes
First appearance of Mala and two other Kryptonian villains.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; An Untold Tale of Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959) — The Girl in Superman's Past
- Also printed
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([August] 1960) — The Girl in Superman's Past!
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #2 ([September 1962?]) — The Girl in Superman’s Past
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Superman From the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971 series) (1971) — The Girl in Superman's Past
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Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown, 1983 series) (1983) — The Girl in Superman's Past
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Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998) — The Girl in Superman's Past!
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Girl in Superman's Past!
Synopsis
Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.
Notes
"An Untold Tale of Superman" Origin and first appearance Lori the Mermaid
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman (brief origin); Lois Lane; Brainiac (villain, intro); Professor Kimda; Superboy (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Kandor (intro); Fortress of Solitude
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, Assistant Editor
- George Kashdan, Assistant Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958) — The Super-Duel in Space
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #134 ([September 1958?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #102 (October 1958) — The Super-Duel In Space
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #37 ([May 1966?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #23 ([May 1974?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Krypton Chronicles (Murray, 1982?) ([August 1982?]) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown, 1983 series) (1983) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([September] 2002) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #Volume 1 ([September] 2004) — The Super-Duel in Space
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Super-Duel in Space
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 its 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.
Notes
Reprints the first appearance of Brainiac and Kandor, but it is a later version with art altered to include Brainiac's head terminals.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- W-426
- Characters
- Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Toyman; the Parasite; the Puzzler; the Prankster; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Jax-Ur; Kru-El; General Zod; Professor Vakox
Credits
- Writing
- E. Nelson Bridwell , scripter
- Art
- Murphy Anderson, line art
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, original Assistant Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #389 (June 1970) — The Superman Legend: Rogues' Gallery!
- Also printed
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The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) (1973) — Rogues' Gallery!
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The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #1 (September-October 1979) — Rogues' Gallery!
Notes
A short feature on Superman's enemies.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Super-Girl; Jimmy Olsen; green kryptonite
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963) — The First Supergirl!
- Also printed
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?])
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?]) — The First Supergirl
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The First Supergirl!
Notes
This story is not Kara Zor-El. The artwork has been slightly changed in this reprint version. The end of the feature advertises Supergirl in Super Adventure Comics.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
- Characters
- Angus MacAskill; P.T. Barnum; Tom Thumb; Queen Victoria; Lars Smith
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Mort Weisinger, scripter
- George Kashdan, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Bernstein, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959) — The Menace of Metallo!
- Also printed
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) — The Menace of Metallo! (page 8, panel 6 through page 9, panel 2 cut)
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) — The Menace of Metallo!
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Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #23 ([May 1974?])
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Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #23 ([May 1974?]) — The Menace of Metallo!
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Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) (July 2000) — The Menace of Metallo!
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Menace of Metallo!
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DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The Menace of Metallo
- Original
- Action Comics 252, May 1959
- This version
- Superman 217, June-July 1969 (80 Page Giant G-60)
Notes
Origin and first appearance Metallo.
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