Unofficial Superman Index |
Credits:
Story | Frank Robbins |
Pencils | Ross Andru |
Inks | Mike Esposito |
Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Justice League of America #66; next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #115/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #88)
- Lois Lane (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #87 and #88)
Villain(s):
- E.M.M. (Every Man a Michelangelo) Art School (first appearance; a phony art school, created to con would-be artists and create counterfeit artwork)
- Mr. Sleek (founder and administrator)
- Prof. Da Fony
- Fuzzy
- other unidentified accomplices
Other Character(s):
- Tony van Dyck (first appearance; a young boy applying to the Daily Planet as a comic strip artist; see Comments)
- Thomas Gainsborough (painting "The Blue Boy")
- Rembrandt van Rijn (painting "The Night Watch")
- police officers
- Tim Forbes (first mentioned; comics editor of the Daily Planet; not seen)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (in 1642)
- Bath, England (in 1759 or 1770; see Comments)
- Paris, France
Comment(s):
- The character Tony van Dyck may have been named for Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), who 150 years later would influence the work of painter Thomas Gainsborough.
- Travelling through time, the actual year Superman arrives in is debatable. Superman drops out of the timestream in 1759, but is caught in a "cosmic whirlpool" and flies through the tail of Halley's Comet. This strangely reduces his size and changes his skin color to blue. He meets Thomas Gainsborough and becomes the model for the artist's painting "The Blue Boy." As the portrait was created in 1770, it can be explained that the "whirlpool" released Superman 11 years later than he had planned.
Credits:
Story | Dave Wood |
Pencils | Ross Andru |
Inks | Mike Esposito |
Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #88; also in flashback as Superboy in between Adventure Comics #373 and #374 and flashback as Superbaby, in between Superboy Vol. 1 #130/2 and flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #167)
Supporting Character(s):
- Perry White (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #87 and #88)
Other Character(s):
- Homer Ferret (first appearance; an optometrist from Smallville who believes Clark Kent is Superman; also in flashbacks)
Location(s):