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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published January 1965
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes On Sale Date - November 19th 1964

Cover Details - "Fantastic Things and Creatures!"

Characters Superman; Bizarro Superman; Bizarro Lois Lane; Creature of 1000 Disguises; Monster X; Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster; The Thing That Stalked Smallville
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Letters typeset

12 page Superman story "The Creature of 1,000 Disguises"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Johnny Miles; Mrs Miles; Gollo
Synopsis Superman hunts for runaway Johnny Miles who has hooked up with a shape changing alien being.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #234 (November 1957)

11 page Superboy story "The Thing That Stalked Smallville"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Pa Kent; Ma Kent; 6-3KX
Synopsis Superboy inexplicably befriends an alien monster who roams around Smallville turning people into stone statues.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes orig "The Monster that ..." 2 pages cut
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #274 (July 1960)

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; TNT Gang; Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
Synopsis A monster appears whenever Jimmy uses his signal watch.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte
Reprinted From Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #43 (March 1960)

12 page Superman story "The Hyper-Menace from Krypton"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Johnny Broddigan; Cliff Tyler; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Jor-El's Robot
Synopsis When a series of Kryptonian weapons suddenly appear, the Man of Steel deduces that there must be an evil Superman on Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes original title The Super-Menace of Metropolis; a handful of panels edited to fix minor error in original story.
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #216 (May 1956)

20 page Superman story "The Battle with Bizarro"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lex Luthor; Vekko; Bizarro Superman [Bizarro Clark Kent]; Bizarro Lois Lane; New Bizarro
Synopsis Luthor creates Bizarro Superman who then falls in love with Lois. As Superman and his imperfect double battle it out for Lois's hand, she comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Combines "The Battle with Bizarro" and "The Bride of Bizarro" as one
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #254 (July 1959); from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255 (August 1959)

10 page Superboy story "The Mystery of Monster X"

Characters Superboy; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Superbug
Synopsis Superboy must solve the problem of an amazing creature that can transmute matter into any other element - including Kryptonite.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes 2 pages cut
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #245 (February 1958)