Issue | #5 |
Published | Summer 1962 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Notes | On Sale Date - June 14th 1962 |
Characters | Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Futuro; Krypto; Jor-El; Lara; Krypton; Jor-El's Robot; Invaders of Krypton; Super-Monkey; Klax-Ar |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Reprinted | in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Superman; Jor-El; Lara; Krypton; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Fortress of Solitude; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Zal-El; Futuro [Xan-Du] |
Synopsis | Superman programs his Super Univac computer to predict how his life would have been if Krypton had not exploded. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #132 (October 1959) |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Julius Schwartz? (as Editor) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Krypton; Futuro [Xan-Du]; Krypto; Jor-El; Lara; Zal-El |
Synopsis | Kal-El becomes super hero Futuro's pal and also graduates as a spaceman. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #132 (October 1959) |
Genre | Superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | more inclusive than that in Annual #2 |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Krypton; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jor-El; Lara; Futuro [Xan-Du]; Krypto; Zal-El |
Synopsis | Kal-El's family are wiped out in an accident whilst Futuro leaves Krypton to live on Earth and marry Lois Lane! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #132 (October 1959) |
Characters | Krypton |
Genre | Superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 [minus the caption] |
Characters | Superboy; Klax-Ar (villain); Jor-El (flashback); Krypton (flashback); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent |
Synopsis | Klax-Ar, a Kryptonian villain appears, claiming to have destroyed Krypton with a "sky mine", he threatens to inflict the same fate on Earth unless Superboy agrees to exile himself from his adopted planet. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #67 (September 1958) |
Characters | Superboy; Krypton (flashback); Jonathan Kent; Krypto (flashback); Lara (flashback); Martha Kent; Jor-El (flashback); Invaders of Krypton (villains) |
Synopsis | Superboy uses his Mind Prober Ray to uncover his submerged memories and discovers that he and Krypto had once foiled an alien invasion of Krypton. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (September 1960) |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Notes | Reprints of foreign comic covers featuring Superman. |
Reprinted | in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #113; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
Characters | Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Professor Crane; Jor-El; Lara; Baby Kal-El; Krypton; Krypto |
Synopsis | Jimmy tests a time machine and finds himself on old Krypton where he lands a job as baby Superman's babysitter. When he returns to his own time his memory of the trip is erased but the by now grown up Superman remembers all. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Ray Burnley |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #36 (April 1959) |
Characters | Superboy; Beppo the Super-Monkey (intro, origin); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superbaby |
Synopsis | Beppo the Kryptonian monkey comes to Earth as a stowaway in Kal-El's rocket, when he causes super mischief at the Kent's house, Superbaby Clark gets the blame. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 (October 1959) |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane (also as Rama); green kryptonite (flashback); Jor-El (flashback); Krypton (flashback); Batman (also as Clark Kent) |
Synopsis | Lois poses as Rama, a survivor from Krypton, in order to find out Superman's secret identity. But after he reveals his identity, Superman realizes that Rama is really Lois and has to rely on the help of a friend to restore his double identity. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #128 (April 1959) |
Characters | Superboy; Lana Lang; Krypton (flashback); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); a robot teacher from Krypton; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; |
Synopsis | Jor-El's robot teacher survives Krypton's explosion and arrives on Earth to teach Superboy how to use his super powers - but if he fails even one test, he must give up his career as a super hero. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Sikela |
Inks | John Sikela |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #240 (September 1957) |
Characters | Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El; Lara; Krypton |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #36 (April 1959) |
Characters | Superman; Krypton; Futuro [Xan-Du] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #132 (October 1959) |
Characters | Superboy; robot teacher from Krypton |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #240 (September 1957) |
Characters | Superboy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #67 (September 1958) |