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SUPERMAN #128

Cover Date: April 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-02-05

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman Versus the Futuremen" Chapter 1 (18 Pages)
Chapter 2: "The Secret of the Futuremen"

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #100)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #250)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #250; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #8)

Villain(s):

The Futuremen (first appearance of both; unofficial name of two extortionists from the year 2000)
Boka
Vard

Other Character(s):

Chief of the FBI (first appearance)
The President of the United Worlds (first appearance)
police officers
citizens of the year 2000

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jonathan Kent (in flashback)
Martha Kent (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Smallville (in flashback)

Comment(s):

red kryptonite is shown to first cause Superman to lose control of his powers, before fully losing his powers for 2 hours.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "The Sleeping Beauty From Krypton" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #8)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #8)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (behind the scenes; last in World's Finest Comics #100; next in Action Comics #254)

Guest Appearance(s):

Bruce Wayne (last in Batman Vol. 1 #123/3; next in Detective Comics #266)

Other Character(s):

The Spectrum People (first appearance; on a video; a primitive tribe on Krypton)
Two contestants on the game show "Bid the Price" (first appearance of both)
game show host and camer acrew (first appearance of all)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (in Lois Lane's story)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual Vol. 1 #5/6 (Summer 1962)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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