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SUPERMAN #87
Cover Date: February 1954
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1953-12-14
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring (?)
Inks: Stan Kaye
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Woolfolk |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in issue #78/4; next in World's Finest Comics #71)
- Perry White (in between issues #78/4 and #90/2)
Villain(s):
- The Thing from 40,000 A.D. (first appearance; poses as Private Mullins, Harry, Dr. Johnson, Clark Kent and sUperman; dies)
Other Character(s):
- an army captain (first appearance)
- Private Mullins (first appearance)
- Harry (first appearance; a truck driver)
- Dr. Johnson (first appearance)
- Bill (first appearance; owner of a junkyard)
Location(s):
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- various unidentified locations
Comment(s):
- This story features the Silver Age versions of characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Annual #2/4 ([Winter] 1960)
- Superman #196 (May 1967)
- Best of DC #42/4 (November 1983)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Coleman |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #189; next in the third story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #189; next in issue #88/2)
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #189; next in the third story in this issue)
- Perry White (in between Action Comics #189 and #190)
Villain(s):
- an unnamed criminal gang
Other Character(s):
- Cyrus Walters (first appearance; owner of an expensive jewelry collection)
- Professor Vandyke (first appearance; subjects Superman to a series of tests)
- the Mayor of Metropolis
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- various unidentified locations
Comment(s):
- This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.
Credits:
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (cast as Superman in the News Association's play Superman and the Prankster; last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #190)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #190)
Villain(s):
- Prankster (in between Superman Vol. 1 #75 and #88/3)
- various criminals and hoodlums (Rocky named)
Other Character(s):
- unnamed actor playing the Prankster (first appearance)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Tullville (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Vol. 1 #245/7 (December 1971-January 1972)