| Issue | #144 |
| Published | April 1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain); Bert Talbot (intro, villain); Jimmy Olsen; Kryptonite |
| Synopsis | Lex Luthor designs Weapon-X, a device that can drain Superman's powers and use them to power a weapon powerful enough to destroy Superman. Bert Talbot is supposed to use the weapon to help spring Luthor from prison but instead decides to try to use the weapon to destroy Superman himself. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #9 (November 1976) [renamed "The Super-Gun"]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (flashback); Smallville Mayor Courtney (flashback); Gregg Peterson (flashback); Dirk; Mugsy |
| Synopsis | The story of Superboy's debut and first meeting with President Roosevelt. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Notes | An Untold Tale of Superman |
| Reprinted | in Superman From the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; green earthite; red kryptonite; Interstellar Council of United Planets |
| Synopsis | In his Fortress of Solitude, Superman disassembles a strange machine he found in space. When the machine explodes and destroys the Earth, Superman, Supergirl and Krypto are the only survivors. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Notes | Most of this story is a Red Kryptonite dream. |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969); in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #8/1969; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 |