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SUPERMAN #126

Cover Date: January 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-11-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman's Hunt for Clark Kent!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #98; next in the second story in this issue; suffers from temporarily suffers from amnesia forgetting he is Clark Kent and creates the identity of Clarence Kelvin, a British reporter, taking a job at the Daily Planet)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #33/3; next in the second story in this issue)
Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #247; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #33/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Sir Sedgwick (first appearance; a British traveler)
Dr. Galton (first appearance; a scientist)
Professor Blake (first appearance; a scientist)
Professor Harkness (first appearance; a scientist)
Clark Kent's landlady
painters

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

After his memory is restored, Superman "accidentally" reveals his "identity" of Clarence Kelvin to Lois Lane.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([September] 2004)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "The Spell of the Shandu Clock" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #6)
Lois Lane (in between the first and third stories in this issue)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #6)

Villain(s):

Fallon and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Police Commissioner Warren (first appearance)
Shandu (first appearance; an illusionist)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #38 (July 1983)
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([September] 2004)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Third Story: "The Two Faces of Superman!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #6)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #6)

Villain(s):

an unidentified crook fleeing from the police (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Chet Hartley (first appearance; Lois Lane's blind date)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

Superman wears a mask making him look like Alfred .E. Neuman to teach Lois a lesson.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual Vol. 1 #3/7 (Summer 1961)
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([September] 2004)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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