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SUPERMAN #65

Cover Date: July-August 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1950-05-01

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino


Story: "The Testing of Superman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAl Schwartz (?)
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #146)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #146)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #146; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

The Professor (Dr. Bertram Smiggs; first appearance)
Whitey and other gang members (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Ephraim Potts (first appearance; an eccentric scientist)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
an unidentified volcanic area
Planetoid X


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Second Story: "Superman's Sweetheart" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsAl Plastino
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Whitey Nelson Mob (first appearance for all)
Mr. Martin (first appearance; also known as Freddy the Fence)

Other Character(s):

Peggy Wilkins (first appearance; Lois' roommate)

Location(s):

Metropolis


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Third Story: "Three Supermen from Krypton!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #147)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #147)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue,next in Action Comics #147)
Jor-L (in flashback)

Villain(s):

Mala (first appearance; also in flashback; next in Action Comics #194)
Kizo (first appearance; also in flashback; next in Action Comics #194)
U-Ban (first appearance; also in flashback; next in Action Comics #194)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
Kryptonians (in flashback)

Location(s):

Krypton (in flashback)
Earth
Archipelago Islands
Arctic Circle
Malaya
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman in the Fifties ([November] 2002)
Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #1 ([October] 2004)
Superman in the Fifties (2020 [April 2021])


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