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Issue Details

Issue #156
Published October 1962
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Last Days of Superman!"

Characters Superman; Supergirl; Krypto; Superman Emergency Squad
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]

9 page Superman story "Superman's Death Sentence! [The Last Days of Superman! part 1]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman Emergency Squad; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback); Tharb-El (flashback); Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Perry White; Supergirl; Krypto; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]; Fortress of Solitude; Green Kryptonite; Kandor; Superman robots; Flying Newsroom
Synopsis A Kryptonian artifact containing samples of Virus X crashes on Earth, and though Superman drives it deep underground with a huge boulder, he appears to have been exposed to the virus, which kills Kryptonians in 30 days.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes First part of a 3-part novel. Story reworked from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #66.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

8 page Superman story "The Super-Comrades of All Time! [The Last Days of Superman! part 2]"

Characters Superman; Superman Emergency Squad; Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet]; Supergirl; Krypto; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lori Lemaris; Kandor; Superman robots; Flying Newsroom
Synopsis As Superman lies near death, Supergirl recruits Superman's allies to help perform all the great tasks Superman planned to do before he died to secure the safe future of Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes Part two of a 3-part novel. Cosmic Boy is mistakenly referred to as Cosmic King in one panel.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

7 page Superman story "Superman's Last Day of Life! [The Last Days of Superman! part 3]"

Characters Superman; Supergirl; Jimmy Olsen; Superman Emergency Squad; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Bouncing Boy; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Lyla Lerrol (flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lori Lemaris; Krypto; Mon-El; Tharb-El; Phantom Zone; Flying Newsroom; Superman robots
Synopsis After Superman says his final good-byes, Supergirl discovers that Superman was not exposed to Virus X, and Mon-El is finally able to make contact from the Phantom Zone to reveal the real cause of Superman's distress.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes Part three of a 3-part novel.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]