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SUPERMAN #61

Cover Date: November-December 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1949-08-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Prankster's Radio Program!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #138; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #138; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Prankster (in between issues #60 and #64/3)
the Prankster's gang (Beanie named)

Other Character(s):

owners and employees of various radio stations

Location(s):

China
Shanghai
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.


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Second Story: "The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and the third story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #138; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

a group of racketeers
two members of the Rocky Riordan Gang (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Peggy Wilkins (first appearance; Lois Lane's roommate)
Mr. Crump (first appearance; a butcher)
Chuck (first appearance; a Daily Planet photographer)
the cast of the play The Murdock Murder (first appearance for all)
the mayor of Metropolis

Location(s):

Hong Kong
United Kingdom
London, England
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Metropolis Stadium
San Francisco, CA

Comment(s):

Lois tries life as a blond and then a redhead.
This story features characters from Earth-Two.


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Third Story: "Superman Returns to Krypton!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #39; also in flashback as an infant to destruction of Krypton))

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #139)
Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #139)
Jor-El (in flashback to destruction of Krypton)
Lara (in flashback to destruction of Krypton)
Pa Kent (in flashback to finding baby Kal-El)
Ma Kent (in flashback to finding baby Kal-El)
Mooch Carlin (first appearance; a carnival swindler)

Villain(s):

Swami Riva (Dan Rivers; first appearance; next in Superman Family #202/2; believes he has the power to hex Superman, actually posses kryptonite)
Big Eddie's Mob (first appearance for all)
Hijack Hal's Mob (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Harry Peters (first appearance; a rock collector; found the meteor with the kryptonite)
a jeweler at the Acme Jewelry Shop (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Smallville (in flashback)
Krypton

Comment(s):

Superman first learns he is from Krypton.
This is the first appearance of kryptonite in comics, though it would be colored red.
This story takes place on Earth-Two.

Story Reprinted in:

The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told ([March] 1990)
Superman in the Forties ([December] 2005)


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