Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #96

Cover Date: March 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-01-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino

Story: "The Girl Who Didn't Believe in Superman" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #201; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between Action Comics #201 and #202)

Other Character(s):

Alice Norton (first appearance; a blind girl who doesn't believe in Superman; eyesight restored by Superman)

Martha Norton (first appearance; Alice's mother)

John Norton (first appearance; Alice's father)

doctors and medical staff (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Earth

Egypt

Great Sphinx of Giza

France

Paris

Eiffel Tower

India

Taj Mahal

Italy

Rome

Colosseum

United States of America

Grand Canyon

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Mount Rushmore

Niagara Falls

San Francisco, CA

Golden Gate Bridge

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #242/2 (September 1971)

Best of DC #25 (June 1982)

Superman in the Fifties ([November] 2002)

Superman in the Fifties (2020 [April 2021])

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Second Story: "Mr. Mxyztplk--Mayor of Metropolis" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (legally changes his name to Maxy Z. Toplik and is elected Mayor of Metropolis; last in issue #131 [Pages 3-4]; next in Action Comics #208)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Hugo Winston (first appearance; a mayoral candidate)

Will Smithers (first appearance; a mayoral candidate)

Location(s):

Metropolis

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Third Story: "The Collector of Celebrities" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #4)

Villain(s):

John Griswold (first appearance; a Collectors' Club member; attempts to trick celebrities into being part of his collections)

The River Mob (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Lefty Kelly (first appearance; a boxer)

Tom Alistair (first appearance; an explorer)

Dan Walton (first appearance; a Collectors' Club member)

Austin Carl (first appearance; a Collectors' Club member)

Edgar Wilton (first appearance; a Collectors' Club member)

Location(s):

Atlantic Ocean

United States of America

Arden (first appearance)

Metropolis

Collectors' Club (first appearance)

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