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Issue Details

Issue #138
Published July 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Titano, The Super-Ape!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Titano
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in DC Special (DC, 1975 series) #16 [as cover vignette]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

10 page Superman story "Titano the Super-Ape!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Titano (villain; Origin retold); Lois Lane; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Kryptonite; Superman Robot (Cameo)
Synopsis While testing an alien artifact, Superman accidentally transports Titano from the prehistoric past to the current day. Titano goes on a rampage across Metropolis until Superman can stop him.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Titano's first appearance, in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #127, has the same story title.
Reprinted in DC Special (DC, 1975 series) #16 (Spring 1975); in DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

7 page Superman story "Superman's Black Magic"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Cameo); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; "Duke" Haskell; "Lefty" Montez; Coker (Counterfeiter)
Synopsis While attending a costume party dressed as the devil, Superman sees two crooks he has been looking for. He pretends to be the devil to trick the crooks into revealing all their past crimes.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Other members of the costume party are dressed as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Aquaman.
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #203 (January 1968); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

9 page Superman story "The Mermaid From Atlantis"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lori Lemaris; Ronal; Prince Gregory of Varonia; Prime Minister Basil; Aquaman (Cameo)
Synopsis Lori tries to get Superman to propose to Lois by using her telepathy.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #278 (August 1974); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2