| Unofficial Superman Index |
SUPERMAN #161
Cover Date: May 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1963-03-21
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #299/2; next in second story in this issue; also in flashback as Superboy in between issues #125/2 and #97/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (in flashback; dies; last in Action Comics #508)
- Martha Kent (in flashback; dies; last in issue #327)
- Lana Lang (in flashback; last in New Adventures of Superboy #54; next in issue #359/2)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (in flashback; last in New Adventures of Superboy #50; next in Superman: The Secret Years #1)
- Blackbeard (in flashback)
- Peg-Leg Morgan (in flashback)
- other pirates (all in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- two Smallville doctors (in flashback)
- a prison guard (in flashback)
Cameo Appearance(s):
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- an island in the Caribbean (in flashback; also on July 16, 1717)
- Metropolis
- Smallville (also in flashback)
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- a distant corner of the universe (in flashback; site of a memorial for Jor-El and Lara; Superboy creates a memorial for Jonathan and Martha Kent)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superboy Vol. 1 #165/5 (May-June 1970) [retitled]
- Superman in the Sixties ([September] 1999)
- Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008) [black and white]
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41)
Villain(s):
- aliens from the planet Zhor (first appearance of all; also in flashback)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Supergirl (last in Action Comics #299/2; next in Adventure Comics #308/2)
Other Character(s):
- Harold Haller (first appearance; a Hollywood producer)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Zhor (first appearance; in flashback)
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008) [black and white]