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SUPERMAN #162

Cover Date: July 1963
Cover Price: $0.12

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kurt Schaffenberger


Story: "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue!" (24 Pages)
Part I: "The Titanic Twins!"
Part II: "The Anti-Evil Ray!"
Part III: "The End of Superman's Career!"

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort 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]


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