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SUPERMAN #133

Cover Date: November 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-09-17

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Luck of Badge 77" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Adventure Comics #265; next in the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #257; next in the third story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #257; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

"the Bomber" ("Tinker" Thomas; first appearance)
two crooks (first appearance of both; friends of "Tinker" Thomas)

Other Character(s):

Police chief Smith (first appearance)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story starts on Wednesday August 5th.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #194/2 (February 1967)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "How Perry White Hired Clark Kent!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman: The Secret Years #4; next in Action Comics #500, Page 41, panels 3-4)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/3; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #135)
Perry White (last in Superman: The Secret Years #4; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #135)

Other Character(s):

Mrs. Smith (Clark Kent’s landlady)
citizens of Metropolis
Ferocio (first appearance; a gorilla in the Metropolis Zoo)
Old Bongo (first appearance; a gorilla in the Metropolis Zoo)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This is an Untold Tale of Superman, set when Clark Kent first comes to Metropolis, elements of the story may or may not be in continuity

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #214/2 (February 1969)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Third Story: "Superman Joins the Army!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13; drafted into the U.S. Army, quickly promoted from Private to Corporal to 2nd Lieutenant and finally to General before receiving an Honorary Discharge)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13)

Other Character(s):

Captain James Grimes (first appearance; a Army officer who insists Superman be drafted; Grimes later promoted to Major)
Inspector General Tomkins (first appearance)
the recruits of Company H (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Fort Grant
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washington, DC
The Pentagon

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #195/2 (April 1967)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)]


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