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SUPERMAN #145

Cover Date: May 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-03-16

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Secret Identity of Superman!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #275/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3)
Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #275)
Lucy Lane (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3 and #53)
Perry White (last in last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3)

Villain(s):

Anti-Superman Gang (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

Rock Stirling (first appearance; a science fiction author; next in Action Comics #474)
Biff Cardigan (first appearance; in photograph only)
a dentist (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006) [black and white]


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Second Story: "The Interplanetary Circus!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/2)

Villain(s):

The Interplanetary Circus
the Ringmaster (first appearance)
the Abominable Iceman (first appearance)
the Fire-Man (first appearance)
the Human Cactus Plant (first appearance)
the Siamese Twins from Venus (first appearance)
the Wild Man of Zaga (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #42 (November 1983)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006) [black and white]


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Third Story: "The Night of March 31st!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksSheldon Moldoff
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen
Lois Lane
Perry White
Lana Lang
Lori Lemaris
Martha Kent

Villain(s):

Bizarro
Lex Luthor
Brainiac
Mister Mxyzptlk

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story is out of continuity as it was part of "The Great Boo-Boo Contest."

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #339/2 (December 1965)
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told #1 (1987)
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told ([November] 1987)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006) [black and white]


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