| Issue | #136 |
| Published | April 1960 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; X-Plam |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |
| Characters | X-Plam (Intro; Death; marries Lois Lane); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Power-Man (Flashback Cameo); Mr. Mxyzptlk (Flashback Cameo); Bizarro (Flashback Cameo) |
| Synopsis | X-Plam comes from the future to marry Lois Lane. When he provides proof that they do get married then next day, Lois decides she will marry him and return to the future with him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | X-Plam marries Lois Lane and then dies. This is not an imaginary story, so that makes Lois a widow in continuity, not that it's ever mentioned again. |
| Reprinted | in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #2 (Summer 1963); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Silk Smith (Villain); Professor Stanley Halley (Intro); Smallville Mayor Perkins; Lois Lane (Cameo); Jimmy Olsen (Cameo); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Mel Evans (Flashback); Lana Lang (Flashback); Kryptonite |
| Synopsis | The story of how the world discovered the effect that Kryptonite has on Superman. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Coleman |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Notes | An Untold Tale of Superman When He Was Superboy! |
| Reprinted | in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #171 (November 1967); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |
| Characters | Sad Sam Smith (Intro); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude |
| Synopsis | Sad Sam will give a billion dollars to charity to the person who can make him laugh. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 |