Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #118

Cover Date: January 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-11-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Prehistoric Pet" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #235; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

a dragon creature (first appearance; follows Superman around, doing the opposite of his actions)

Other Character(s):

a ship's captain (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis

unidentified locations outside of Metropolis

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Second Story: "The Boy Napoleon" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #25/3; next in Action Comics #236; due to a computer testing error, is mistakenly determined to be a military genius and is drafted, becoming a six-star general)

Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #25/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

two foreign spies (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

U.S. military officials and servicemen (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Washington, DC

the Pentagon

unidentified locations (used for U.S. military war games)

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Third Story: "The Death of Superman" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #236)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #235; next in issue #119)

Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #119)

Villain(s):

Blacky Barton (first appearance; undergoes plastic surgery to look like Superman and lure the Man of Steel into a kryptonite deathtrap)

the Crime Syndicate (first appearance for all; no relation to the Justice League villains)

Other Character(s):

costume party guests

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

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