KG Murray's Superman #136 was published c.November 1958:
The main features:
The Super-Sword, originally published in Superman #124, September 1958
The Mad Hatter of Metropolis, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31, September 1958
The Secret of the Space Souvenirs, originally published in Superman #122, July 1958
This issue also contains two full-page filler strips. The Moolah the Mystic strip on the inside front cover was originally published in Tales of the Unexpected #27, July 1958, and the Tricksy strip on the inner rear cover originally appeared in Action Comics #239, April 1958.
All three main features were subsequently reprinted by KG Murray in Colossal Comic #35, November 1965. Interestingly, there is conclusive evidence that Colossal Comic was comprised of recycled KG Murray material. Consider the photo below:
On the left hand side is the final page of The Mad Hatter of Metropolis as it appears in Colossal Comic #35, and on the right is the same page from Superman #136. They both include an inhouse advertisement for the Superboy series, which had ended in 1960 - and I don't think this advertisement was referencing the annual Giant Superboy Album. Clearly the material was recycled in Colossal Comic just as it appeared in Superman #136 some seven years earlier.
There is also a UK edition of this issue.
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