Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #58

Cover Date: May-June 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1949-02-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino

Story: "Tiny Trix, the Bantam Bandit" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #132; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #131; next in the second story in this issue)

Perry White (last in Action Comics #132; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Tiny Trix (first appearance; an infamous underworld figure; due to his size is often mistaken for a child)

two art store burglars (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Tiny Trix's attorney (first appearance)

participants at the Annual Firemen's Outing (first appearance for all)

a truant officer (first appearance)

unidentified teacher and students (first appearance for all)

warden of the State Penitentiary

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

State Penitentiary

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.

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Second Story: "Lois Lane Loves Clark Kent" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and the third story in this issue)

Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #133)

Villain(s):

a purse-snatcher (first appearance)

Slim Eddie (first appearance)

Pockets Gilford (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Lois' therapist (first appearance)

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman in the Forties ([December] 2005)

Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years (2013 [January 2014])

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Third Story: "The Case of the Second Superman" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #40)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #40)

Jor-El (in flashback)

Lara (in flashback)

Villain(s):

Bantor (first appearance; a criminal scientist on Uuz)

Bantor's gang (first appearance for all; Vanch named)

two unidentified criminals on Uuz (first appearance for both; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Regor (Winki Lamm; first appearance; next in The Green Lantern #9)

James Flint (first appearance; in flashback; a rocket scientist; dies)

Mrs. Flint (first appearance; in flashback; his wife; dies)

Uuzians (first appearance; an alien race)

Regor/Winki Lamm's foster father and mother (first appearance for both; in flashback)

Loria Rode (first appearance; Winki Lamm's coworker)

Location(s):

Earth

Arctic Circle

Fortress of Solitude (first appearance)

Barrios (first appearance; a volcanic island; destroyed)

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Krypton (in flashback)

Uuz (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.

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