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SUPERMAN #127

Cover Date: February 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-12-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "When There Was No Clark Kent!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #248; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in flashback)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #34/3; next in the third story in this issue; also in flashback)
Perry White (in flashback)

Villain(s):

a gang of criminals (first appearance of all; in flashback; Trigger named)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis and sightseers (in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #197/7 (June-July 1967)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "The Make-Believe Superman!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Villain(s):

two criminals (first appearance of both; hold Clark Kent as a hostage)

Other Character(s):

Harry Winters (first appearance; a father; poses as Superman to help save Clark Kent's life)
Mrs. Winters (first appearance; wife of Harry and mother of Tommy)
Tommy Winters (first appearance; their son)
Jed Crane (first appearance; one of Tommy's school mates)
Mr. Crane (first appearance; Jed's father)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (as a statue)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Third Story: "Titano the Super-Ape!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #7)

Villain(s):

Titano (formerly Toto the chimp; first appearance; exposed to uranium and green kryptonite radiation and grows immensely, also gains kryptonite vision; renamed by Lois Lane; next in issue #138)

Other Character(s):

Toto's trainer (first appearance)
U.S. Army forces

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Timestream

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual Vol. 1 #2/3 ([Winter] 1960)
Superman (New American Library, 1966 series) #D2966 (May 1966)
Superman Vol. 1 #239/3 (June-July 1971)
Superman in the Fifties ([September] 2002)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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