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SUPERMAN #148

Cover Date: October 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-08-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The 20th Century Achilles!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #120; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #280; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #28)

Villain(s):

"Achilles" (Cyrus, last name unknown; claims to have the same origin and powers of the mythical Achilles)
a gang of criminals (first appearance of all; Joe and Mike named)

Other Character(s):

Superman Robot S-3 (first appearance)
Metropolis police officers (first appearance of all; Tom named)

Location(s):

Greece (in flashback / made up story)
Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: "Mr. Mxyzptlk's Super-Mischief!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCurt Swan
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Action Comics #280; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #28/3)
Supermen Emergency Squad (last in Action Comics #276; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60)
Van-Zee (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #27/2; next in issue #158)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (last in Adventure Comics #288/2; temporarily changes his legal name to "John Trix;" next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #29)
convicts at Metropolis Prison (first appearance of all; temporarily given super powers by Mxyzptlk)

Other Character(s):

a judge in Zrfff (first appearance)
a court officer in Zrfff (first appearance)
the Mayor of Metropolis
other citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Earth
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Metropolis Art Museum
Metropolis Prison
Zrfff

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]


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Third Story: "Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #28)

Supporting Character(s):

Lori Lemaris (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #55; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31/2)
Phineas Potter (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31/2)

Guest Appearance(s):

Aquaman (in between Detective Comics #295/3 and #296/3)
Bizarro (in between Adventure Comics #288/2 and #289/2)

Other Character(s):

Rupert Brand (first appearance; a new IRS agent who believes Superman owes one billion dollars in back income taxes)
his boss (first appearance)
Tritonians
citizens of Metropolis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (statue)
Lara Jor-El (statue)

Location(s):

Atlantis (Tritonis)
Fortress of Solitude (behind the scenes)
the Republic of the Congo
Metropolis
Daily Planet
various locations around the world

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #284/5 (February 1975)
Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007) [black and white]


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