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SUPERMAN #125

Cover Date: November 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-09-09

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Lois Lane's Super-Dream" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #97; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (dreams she has been given Superman's blood in a transfusion and becomes Powergirl, later in the dream some of her blood goes to Clark Kent, changing him to Power-Man; last in World's Finest Comics #97; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

doctors and medical staff

Cameo Appearance(s):

citizens of Metropolis (in Lois' dream)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

It is revealed Lois has a rare blood type.

Story Reprinted in:

Lois Lane Annual #1/3 (Summer 1962)
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([November] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ([November] 2005)


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Second Story: "Clark Kent's College Days" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and the third story in this issue; also in flashbacks as Superboy; page 1 panel 3 occuring after Superman: The Secret Years #4 [Page 23]; next in Superman Vol. 1 #161; then Page 2, panel 1 through page 3, panel 2, occuring after Superman Vol. 1 #106 [Page 4, panels 5-6 and page 3, panels 4-7], then next in Superman Vol. 1 #365/2, and finally Page 3, Panel 3 occuring between Superman Vol. 1 #374/2 and Action Comics #393/2)

Other Character(s):

Professor Maxwell (first appearance; in flashback; Professor of Advanced Science, attempting to prove Clark Kent is Superboy)
Students at Metropolis University (in flashback; Fred Holland named)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Metropolis University
Smallville (in flashback)

Comment(s):

This story is listed as "Untold Tales of Superman" #1 and focuses on Clark's sophmore year at college

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #183/2 (January 1966)
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (1987 [March 1988])
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (1987 [May 1989])
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([November] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ([November] 2005)


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Third Story: "Superman's New Power!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (after exposure to an alien space craft, temporarily has his powers transferred into a doll-sized energy duplicate of himself. last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story this issue; nexgt in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #5)

Villain(s):

two escaping crooks
a trio of criminals

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

France
Paris
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #7/3 (Summer 1963) [retitled]
Superman [Golden Story Teller Record Comic] (1966) [under this title, minus 2/3 of a page]
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([November] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ([November] 2005)


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