Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #137

Cover Date: May 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-03-17

Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: Chapter I: "The Super-Brat from Krypton" (25 Pages) Chapter 2: "The Young Super-Bully"
Chapter III: "Superman vs. Super-Menace!"

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Brave and the Bold #29; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17; in flashback as Superboy, last in Superboy Vol. 1 #80/3; next in Adventure Comics #272; also in flashback as a baby, following the flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #97 and preceding Superboy Vol. 1 #102)

Guest Star(s):

Krypto (in flashback; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #80/2; next in Adventure Comics #272)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (in flashback, in between Superboy Vol. 1 #80/2 and #81)

Jonathan Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Martha Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Jor-El (in flashback to Krypton's destruction)

Lara Jor-El (in flashback to Krypton's destruction)

Villain(s):

Super-Menace (first appearance; a duplicate of Kal-El created from energy from another universe; also appears as Super-Brat and Super-Bully; dies)

"Wolf" Derek (first appearance; a criminal who finds the duplicate of baby Kal-El; dies)

Bonnie Derek (first appearance; wife of "Wolf" Derek; dies)

escaped convicts

the Crime Lords

a group of criminals (first appearance; enemies of "Wolf" Derek)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Brentstock (first appearance of all)

an unidentified alien race (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

France

Paris

Italy

Pisa

United Kingdom

London, England

United States of America

Brentstock (first appearance; a town in or near the Rocky Mountains)

Metropolis

Superman Museum

Rocky Mountains

Smallville

Unidentified Space Sector

an unidentified planet (first appearance)

Comment(s):

The cover promotes this issue as "an untold story of Superman." The story starts with the destruction of Krypton and is told over the course of many years, following the lives of Superman and Super-Menace.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #1 (August 1964)

Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)

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