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Superman 140

SUPERMAN #140

Cover Date: October 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-08-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Son of Bizarro!" Part I (26 Pages)
Part II: "The "Orphan" Bizarro!"
Part III: "The Bizarro Supergirl!"

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #112; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #20)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in Action Comics #268/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #48/3)
Krypto (last in World's Finest Comics #112; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #20)

Villain(s):

Bizarro Supergirl (first appearance; dies)

Other Character(s):

Bizarro #1 (last in Action Comics #264; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50; also in flashback to Action Comics #254)
Bizarro-Lois (last in Action Comics #264; next in issue #143/3)
Bizarro-Junior No. 1 (first appearance; next in issue #143/3; see Comments)
other Bizarros and Bizarro-Lois Lanes
a Linda Lee robot
a nurse at Midvale Orphanage
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crandell (first appearance; revealed to have ben robots created by Superman)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Lex Luthor (in flashback to Action Comics #254)
Vekko (in flashback to Action Comics #254)
Jimmy Olsen (statue)
Lois Lane (statue)
Perry White (statue)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Fourtriss uv Bizarro (first appearance?)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Comment(s):

It is revealed that the offspring of Bizarros first look like normal humans. Only later do they change to Bizarro forms.
First appearance of blue kryptonite.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #347/3 (March-April 1967)
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers) (1971) [black and white]
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)
Showcase Presents Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Superman: Escape from Bizarro World ([May] 2008)
Superman: Escape from Bizarro World ([May] 2009)


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