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Issue Details

Issue #145
Published May 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Interplanetary Circus!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

9 page Superman story "The Secret Identity of Superman!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; The Anti-Superman Gang (villains); Rock Stirling; Superman robot; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Biff Cardigan (Cameo in photo); green kryptonite; Rock Sterling
Synopsis Lois thinks that Superman won't marry her because she can't keep his secret identity a secret. Jimmy tells her that he knows Superman's secret identity and reveals to her that Superman is really Rock Sterling. But can Lois keep it a secret for 48 hours?
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

8 page Superman story "The Interplanetary Circus!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Interplanetary Circus
Synopsis An Interplanetary Circus shows up in Metropolis and tries to force Superman to join their travelling circus.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Credits from GCD listing for the reprint.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #42 (November 1983); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

8 page Superman story "The Night of March 31st!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Bizarro-Perry White; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Streaky; Mr. Mxyzptlk; red kryptonite; Lana Lang; Kandor; green kryptonite; Brainiac; Lex Luthor; Bizarro #1; Curt Swan (cameo); Harry Donenfeld (cameo)
Synopsis Everything in Superman's life suddenly changes. Lori Lemaris is no longer a mermaid. Supergirl reveals herself to the world. Perry White has become a Bizarro, and many more.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes The Great Boo-Boo Contest; tons of intentional errors, April Fool's Joke
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2