Superman #144
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1961
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/16193
Credits
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger
Issue contents
Cover
The Orphans of Space!
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain); Bert Talbot (intro, villain); Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff
Synopsis
Lex Luthor designs Weapon-X, a device that can drain Superman's powers and use them to power a weapon powerful enough to destroy Superman. Bert Talbot is supposed to use the weapon to help spring Luthor from prison but instead decides to try to use the weapon to destroy Superman himself.
Notes
Inker formerly listed as Stan Kaye.
2Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Bernard Baily
3Featuring
- Feature
- Little Pete
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (flashback); Smallville Mayor Courtney (flashback); Gregg Peterson (flashback); Dirk; Mugsy
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Synopsis
The story of Superboy's debut and first meeting with President Roosevelt.
Notes
An Untold Tale of Superman
5Featuring
- Feature
- Metropolis Mailbag
Credits
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
Mike Hughes
Ed Winters
Dennis Cain
Don Glut
Sam Weiner
Michael Lerner
Mark Rhodes
Susan and Robert Vegdoves - Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Letters
- typeset
6Featuring
- Feature
- Cora the Car Hop
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Interstellar Council of United Planets [Zog]
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Al Plastino
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #26 ([September 1961]) — The Orphans of Space!
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969) — The Orphans of Space!
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #118 ([June 1969]) — The Orphans of Space
-
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
Most of this story is a Red Kryptonite dream.
Indicia
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