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SUPERMAN #138

Cover Date: July 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-05-05

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Titano the Super-Ape!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #110; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback to issue #127/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #45/3; next in the second story in this issue)
Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #265; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback to issue #127/3)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #45/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Titano (in between issues #127/3 and #142/2; also in flashback to issue #127/3)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Toto's trainer (in flashback to issue #127/3)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Timestream

Story Reprinted in:

DC Special #16 (Spring 1975)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)
DC Goes Ape #1 ([October] 2008)


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Second Story: "Superman's Black Magic" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Batman (last in World's Finest Comics #110; next in Detective Comics #281)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #18)
Lois Lane (in between the first and third stories in this issue)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #18)

Villain(s):

"Duke" Haskell (first appearance)
"Lefty" Montez (first appearance)
two counterfeiters (first appearance of both; Coker named)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Aquaman, Green Arrow, Superman, Wonder Woman (as costumes worn by partygoers)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #203/2 (January 1968)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Third Story: "The Mermaid from Atlantis" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
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 #18; also in flashback to issue #135/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #18)
Lori Lemaris (in between issues #135/2 and #139; also in flashback to issue #135/2)
Ronal (name given; in between issues #135/2 and #139; also in flashback to issue #135/2)

Guest Appearance(s):

Aquaman (last in Brave and the Bold #30; next in Adventure Comics #274/2)

Other Character(s):

the crew of a Daily Planet chartered ship (first appearance)
Prince Gregory of Varonia (first appearance)
Prime Minister Basil (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

a surgeon in Atlantis (in flashback to issue #135/2)

Location(s):

Atlantis (Tritonis)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Varonia (first mentioned; a foreign country)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #278/3 (August 1974)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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