Saturday, May 25, 2024

Superman's Supacomic #5

Superman's Supacomic #5 was published c.September 1959:

The cover is modified from DC Comics' Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11

Apart from the speech balloon being omitted for the sake of the 100 Pages! blurb, the tree on the right hand side was replaced by scrub and ferns.

The main features:

The Leopard Girl of the Jungle!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11, August 1959

The MC of the Midnight Scare Theatre, originally published in Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #38, July 1959 

Superman's Mystery Song!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #9, May 1959

The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons, originally published in Detective Comics #263, January 1959

The Cry-Baby of Metropolis!,originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #10, July 1959

Superman's Super-Rival!, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37, June 1959

The Most Hated Girl in Metropolis!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #9, May 1959

The Town That Hated Superman!, originally published in Superman #130, July 1959

The Ugly Superman, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #8, April 1959

Super-Senor's Pal!, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #36, April 1959

Many of these stories were subsequently reprinted in other KG Murray issues, generally as a consequence of DC reprints in Annuals and 80-Page Giants. The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons and The MC of the Midnight Scare Theatre were selectively recycled in Colossal Comic #50.

This issue also contains a two-page Warden Willis filler strip from Detective Comics #269, July 1959.

After this issue the series was retitled Superman Supacomic. This coincided with the demise of the Superman series.

 

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