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SUPERMAN #144

Cover Date: April 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-02-07

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Weapon!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksSheldon Moldoff
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #116; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #274; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #23/2; next in World's Finest Comics #117)
Bert Talbot (first appearance; a former cellmate of Lex Luthor's; poses as Amos Dexter)
Talbot's gang (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story takes place over the course of a few days.


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Second Story: "Superboy's First Public Appearance!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue; also in flashback as Superboy, last in Superboy Vol. 1 #196; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #70/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #23; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3; also in flashback between the flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #75 and #70/3)
Jonathan Kent (in flashback; last in Superman Family #216/3; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #70/3)
Martha Kent (in flashback; in between flashbacks in Superboy Vol. 1 #7/3 and #70/3)

Villain(s):

a trio of robbers (first appearance of all; in flashback)
two convicts attempting a prison breakout (first appearance of both, Dirk and Mugsy; in flashback)
a would-be Presidential assassin (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (in flashback)
Mayor Courtney of Smallville (first appearance; in flashback)
the Governor (first appearance; in flashback)
Gregg Peterson (first appearance; in flashback; wrongly convicted for a crime, execution stayed by the Governor)
Smallville police officers (in flashback)
various U.S. military officials (first appearance of all; in flashback)

Location(s):

London, England
Paris, France
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Smallville (in flashback)
Washington, DC
the White House (in flashback)

Comment(s):

"An Untold Tale of Superman."
The non-flashback portion of the story occurs during the centennial celebration of the Daily Planet.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers) (1971) [black and white]
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Third Story: "The Orphans of Space!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #24)

Guest Star(s):

Krypto (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51; next in Action Comics #276/2)
Supergirl (last in Action Comics #370/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #117)

Other Character(s):

Kandorians (two; unnamed)

Cameo Appearance(s):

The Interstellar Council of United Planets (characters in a dream; Zog named)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Roka-Ti (first appearance; in a dream)

Comment(s):

The bulk of this story is a shared dream between Superman, Supergirl and Krypto caused by exposure to red kryptonite dust.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #213/2 (January 1969)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)


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