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Superman 105

SUPERMAN #105

Cover Date: May 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-03-11

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino


Story: "Superman's 3 Mistakes!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #215; next in the second story in this issue; also in various flashbacks as a baby, Superboy and Superman; last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in flashbacks; last/next in ???)
Martha Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Lois Lane (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Jarvis (first appearance; also in flashback; an irrigation specialist)
George Verrel (first appearance; a map maker)
James Burns (first appearance; an astronomer)
the Kent Family's lawyer in Smallville (first appearance; releases two letters to Clark Kent, written by Jonathan Kent years ago)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Smallville

Comment(s):

Although Superman remembers meeting "It" in action Comics #162, that story is considered to have starred the Earth-2 / Golden Age Superman.


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Second Story: "Mr. Mxyztplk's Secret Identity" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlvin Schwartz
ArtAl Plastino
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #215; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #13)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #215; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #13)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (temporarily takes up a secret identity as a reporter for the Daily Planet; in between issues #103/2 and #131)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Amesby (first appearance; Perry's boss)
Waldemar Hunt (first appearance; an astronomer)
W. K. Brandon (first appearance; a wealthy eccentric)
children of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Third Story: "Superman, Slave!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtAl Plastino
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #216)

Villain(s):

Lord Eldric (first appearance; a greedy tyrant)
Eldric's soldiers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Lord Wilman (first appearance; Eldric's opposition)
Eldric's slaves (first appearance for all)
airplane passengers and crew (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

a lost kingdom in a hidden valley (first appearance; cut off from the rest of the world for centuries)


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