Superman Supacomic #118
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
Issue contents
Cover
Superman's Funeral
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
""In split-seconds my space-coffin will speed into the hottest sun in the universe! Good-bye Lois… Lana… Lori… Supergirl!" The saddest story ever told… Superman's Funeral""
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl
Credits
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Assistant Editor
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl
Credits
- Writing
- Leo Dorfman, scripter
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Assistant Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
As the rocket carrying the dying Superman speeds toward Flammbron, the hottest sun in the universe, Superman reflects on his life and his friends and enemies. Supergirl brings Lois, Lana, and Lori, his three loves, into space for one last farewell.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Siegel, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144 (April 1961) — The Orphans of Space!
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #26 ([September 1961]) — The Orphans of Space!
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969) — The Orphans of Space!
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. Two (July 2006) — The Orphans of Space!
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Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007) — The Orphans of Space!
Synopsis
In his Fortress of Solitude, Superman disassembles a strange machine he found in space. When the machine explodes and destroys the Earth, Superman, Supergirl and Krypto are the only survivors.
Notes
This printing of the story is sourced from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969). Most of this story is a Red Kryptonite dream.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Cary Bates, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Jack Abel, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Assistant Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #370 (December 1968) — 100 Years... Lost, Strayed or Stolen
Synopsis
En route to Earth after the destruction of Krypton, Kal-El's rocket was thrown into another dimension, where he lived for a whole century, maturing, marrying, and raising a son before s terrible discovery forced him to be devolved into an infant and sent back to his home dimension, where his rocket landed near Smallville.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Frank Robbins, scripter
- Art
- Irv Novick, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
An unscrupulous criminal named the Schemer kills an innocent blind man and plants evidence on him to lead Commissioner Gordon to believe that he is the Batman! When the real Batman shows up on the scene, the Police arrest him, believing that he is a phony.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jim Shooter, scripter
- Art
- Jim Shooter, layouts
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Text
- Ray Holloway , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #367 (April 1968) — No Escape from the Circle of Death!
- Also printed
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DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 (April 1981) — No Escape from the Circle of Death
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The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([September] 1997) — [Part I]: No Escape from the Circle of Death!
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The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([September] 1997) — [Part II]: Victims of the Sinister Circle
Synopsis
While the new Legion Headquarters is being built, Karate Kid heads to Japan, while The Dark Circle watches from afar. The Dark Circle invades Japan, and everything seems hopeless until Brainiac 5 uses the Miracle Machine, a gift from a Controller, to repel the invasion.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jim Shooter, scripter
- Art
- Jim Shooter, layouts
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Sheldon Moldoff, inker
- Text
- Ray Holloway , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #367 (April 1968) — No Escape from the Circle of Death!
- Also printed
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 (April 1981) — No Escape from the Circle of Death
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([September] 1997) — [Part I]: No Escape from the Circle of Death!
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The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([September] 1997) — [Part II]: Victims of the Sinister Circle
Notes
Last 84 page issue.
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