Century Comic #101
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
![Untitled [The Unknown Superman!]](/image/1222/page-1-century-comic-colour-comics-1961-series-101-untitled-the-unk.jpg "Untitled [The Unknown Superman!]")
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled [The Unknown Superman!]
(Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane)
Cover, 1 page
"With the super powers you will acquire on earth, you can easily win one of those girls away from Superman. Will you choose Lana Lang or Lois Lane?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
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1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Leo Dorfman , scripter
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
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- First print
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #49 (May 1964) — The Unknown Superman! Part I
- Also printed
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #113 (September-October 1971) — Part I: The Unknown Superman!
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Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #10 ([June 1973?]) — Part I: The Unknown Superman!
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Lois Lane Comic (KGM, 1975 series) #125 ([May 1978?]) — The Unknown Superman Part 2: The Secret of Strong Bear
Synopsis
Dr. Drolic has a machine that will find the greatest unknown person in a given category. Lois uses it to find the greatest unknown super-person which leads her to Strong Bear.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
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- First print
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #49 (May 1964) — Part II: The Secret of Strong Bear!
- Also printed
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #113 (September-October 1971) — Part II: The Secret of Strong Bear!
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Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #10 ([June 1973?]) — Part II: The Secret of Strong Bear!
Synopsis
Lois learns the truth about Strong Bear.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Sid Gerson, scripter
- Art
- Mort Drucker, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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4Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Nick Cardy, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- George Kashdan, original Editor
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Notes
There is no Aquaman logo on this story.
5"My, it's strange on this planet!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Eureka
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [as Henry Boltionoff]
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor [credited]
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6Featuring
- Feature
- Straight Arrow
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Fred Meagher, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Raymond C. Krank, original Editor
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7Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Sid Gerson, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #36 (September 1953) — Do Not Open Till Doomsday!
- Also printed
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From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #7 (October-November 1970) — Do Not Open Till Doomsday
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Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) (October 1980) — Do Not Open Till Doomsday
Synopsis
When magic globes begin to fall to Earth that grant the wishes of any Earthman who uses them, Dr. George Lynch suspects an ulterior motive.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
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- First print
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #77 (June 1964) — The Colossus of Metropolis!
Synopsis
When Titano returns and snatches Lucy Lane, Jimmy takes an enlarging compound and puts on a duplicate of Colossal Boy's costume to subdue the giant ape. Just at that moment, Allura -- Jimmy's former flame and ruler of a giant world -- arrives and proposes marriage. But the enlarging compound wears off and Jimmy reverts to normal size, so Allura returns to her giant world with Titano in tow.
Notes
A footnote reference in the story has been changed to "See story 'Jimmy Olsen's Super-Romance' in a previous issue". That story was reprinted in Super Adventure Comic 14.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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Notes
This story was not originally a Hopalong story.
10Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Sid Gerson, scripter
- Art
- Frank Giacoia, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker (part 1)
- Sheldon Moldoff, inker (part 2)
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, original Editor
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- First print
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #142 (June 1964) — The Composite Superman
- Also printed
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #223 (May-June 1974) — The Composite Superman!
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Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #126 ([October 1975?]) — Part 2: The Battle Between Titans
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Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #126 ([October 1975?]) — The Composite Superman
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Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008) — The Composite Superman!
Synopsis
A freak accident gives Joe Meach the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes and he becomes the Composite Superman. With power exceeding Superman's he seems about to conquer the two heroes, but his powers begin to fade. Unable to reproduce the original lightning strike he loses power and memory both. Batman and Superman are bewildered as to why the Composite Superman fled... where he went... or who he is.
12Featuring
- Feature
- The Golden Gladiator
- Genre
- Historical
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Robert Kanigher, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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13"Here comes that boaster, Sir Bragg! I'll tell him about 'The Smiling Knight'!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Knights of the Square Table
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Irwin Hasen, scripter
- Art
- Irwin Hasen, line art
- Text
- Irwin Hasen, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Robert Kanigher, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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