| Unofficial Superman Index |
SUPERMAN #151
Cover Date: February 1962
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1961-12-19
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #284; next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #58/3; next in the third story in this issue)
- Perry White (last in Action Comics #284; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31)
Villain(s):
- Maxie Kargan (first appearance; an unruly student at P.S. 84)
- Louie Mapes (first appearance; an unruly student at P.S. 84)
- Artie (first appearance; an unruly student at P.S. 84)
Other Character(s):
- Principal Carruthers of P.S. 84 (first appearance)
- other students at P.S. 84 (first appearance of all)
- alien lifeforms on Venus (first appearance of all; see Comments)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Florida
- Hollywood, CA
- Metropolis
- Venus (see Comments)
- Earth
Comment(s):
- Venus is depicted as Earth-like, and inhabited by Pumpkin-Men, Cucumber-Men and Tomato-Girls. Even in 1962, this was pretty far-fetched from the actual conditions on Venus and therefore Superman may have traveled to a different world or it was an elaborate simulation..
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]
Credits:
| Story | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #58/3; next in the third story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- "Soapy" Kryle (aka Conrad Krugg; a con-artist; first appearance)
- Daisy Kryle (aka Daisy Krugg; first appearance; "Soapy's" wife and accomplice)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Schmitz (first appearance; creator of an "super powers granting elixir," unaware of the actions of "Soapy" Kryle)
- various victims of "Conrad Krugg" (first appearance of all; Simpson and Jones named)
- police officers of a state bordering Metropolis
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31)
- Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31)
Villain(s):
- a baby Kryptonian Flame Dragon (first appearance; deposited in Earth's prehistoric era by Superman)
Other Character(s):
- Reg-En last/next in ???)
- Nim-Zee last/next in ???)
- a Kryptonian Flame Dragon (last in issue #142/3)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman #1453 (Tempo Books, 1978)
- Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]