Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #153

Cover Date: May 1962
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1962-03-20

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The Day Superman Broke the Law!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #287; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Councilman Finch (first appearance)

Slick and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Sheriff of Littledale (first appearance)

Littledale court judge (first appearance)

citizens of Littledale (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Littledale

Comment(s):

The writer credit is unconfirmed.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]

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Second Story: "The Secret of the Superman Stamp!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #287/2; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Rangoon, Burma (including its mayor and his aide)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis

Superman Museum

Niagara Falls

Rangoon, Burma

The Moon

Comment(s):

The writer credit is unconfirmed.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]

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Third Story: "The Town of Supermen!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	John Forte
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #287; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33)

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33)

Perry White (last in Action Comics #287; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33/2)

Villain(s):

Phantom Zone Prisoners (ten unidentified; eight of whom temporarily escape the Zone)

Location(s):

Drywood Gulch (first appearance; a ghost town used as a cover by Kryptonian criminals)

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Phantom Zone

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #104/3 (September-October 1970)

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]

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