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SUPERMAN #162
Cover Date: July 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
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Cover Credits:
Art: Kurt Schaffenberger
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Part II: "The Anti-Evil Ray!"
Part III: "The End of Superman's Career!"
Credits:
Story | Leo Dorfman |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (splits into two):
- Superman-Red (Kal-El; marries Lois Lane)
- Superman-Blue (Clark Kent; marries Lana Lang)
Guest Star(s):
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Bouncing Boy
- Cosmic Boy
- Saturn Girl
- Sun Boy
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (marries Lucy Lane)
- Lana Lang (marries Superman-Blue)
- Lois Lane (marries Superman-Red)
- Lucy Lane (marries Jimmy Olsen)
- Perry White
- Supergirl
- Lori Lemaris
- Krypto
Villain(s):
- (all are reformed by an anti-evil ray)
- Superman Revenge Squad
- Brainiac
- "Larceny" Lena (a shoplifter)
- Lex Luthor
- Mr. Mxyzptlk
- Phantom Zone Prisoners
- Doctor Xadu
- General Zod
- Jax-Ur
- Professor Vakox
- other unidentified prisoners
- escaped prisoners
- bank robbers
Other Character(s):
- the twin son and daughter of Superman-Red and Lois Lane
- the twin son and daughter of Superman-Blue and Lana Lang
- Lena Thorul
- Comet the Super-Horse
- Kandorians
- Fidel Castro
- Nikita Khruschev
Location(s):
- Earth-162 (first appearance)
- the Amazon
- Cuba
- Fortress of Solitude
- Kandor
- the Himalayas
- Metropolis
- USSR
- Hydra (first appearance)
- New Krypton (first appearance)
- Phantom Zone
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over four years.
- This is an "Imaginary" Story. "Earth-162" was named in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005)
Story Reprinted in:
- 100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-18/8 (July 1973)
- Best of DC #19 (December 1981)
- The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told #1 (1987)
- The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told ([November] 1987)
- DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories #[1] ([August] 2005)
- Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008) [black and white]