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SUPERMAN #169

Cover Date: May 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1964-03-19

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Infernal Imp!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #311/2; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #48; next in issue #171/2; also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
citizens of Zrfff (including the mayor, a doctor and a nurse)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Superman Museum
Unidentified Space Sector
Brrym (first mentioned)
Zrfff

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #168/5 (December 1974-January 1975)


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Second Story: "The Man Who Stole Superman's Secret Life!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue; also in flashback to issue #165/2 and flashback as Superboy, in between Adventure Comics #320 and Superboy Vol. 1 #113)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #311)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #311/2; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Ned Barnes (first appearance; also in flashbacks; as a boy, burned in a fire and had his face changed to look like Superboy, eventually coming to hate his former hero; becomes involved with the mob and impersonates Superman, later impersonates "Jim White," dies)
Big Tony (first appearance; a mobster; dies)
Gunner (first appearance; a mobster; dies)

Other Character(s):

Sally Selwyn (last in issue #165/2)
Digby Selwyn (last in issue #165/2)
Hawkins

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Orville City
The Selwyn Estate
Smallville (in flashback)


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Third Story: "The Bizarro Invasion of Earth!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #49)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #311/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #49)
Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #311)

Villain(s):

Bizarro #1 (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #111/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80)
Bizarros
Gus and Phil (first appearance of both; payroll robbers)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis and Philadelphia

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Paris, France
Philadelphia, PA
Pisa, Italy

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #202/5 (December 1967-January 1968)
Superman in the Sixties ([September] 1999)


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