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Action Comics #242 published July 1958 Notes:
The cover art is a detail from the cover of Action Comics #242.
Superman #125 published November 1958 Notes:
Title page. The illustration is a detail from the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #125.
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Some story credits in the Table of Contents are erroneous. The illustration is from p. 8, panel 6 of "Superman in the White House!" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122.
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The illustration is from pg. 8, panel 4 of "Superman in the White House!" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122.
Action Comics #241 published June 1958 Notes:
The key and doorway to the Fortress of Solitude are depicted differently on the cover of Action Comics #241, pencilled by Curt Swan, from how they appear in the story, pencilled by Wayne Boring. On the cover the key is a giant skeleton key and below the doorway "FORT SUPERMAN" is written on the face of the mountain, while in the story the key is arrow-shaped, disguised as a marker to guide planes, and there is nothing written below the doorway. It is the arrow-shaped key and unlabeled doorway in the story drawn by Boring that will become the canonical versions.
Action Comics #241 published June 1958 Notes:
1st appearance of the Fortress of Solitude. The depictions of the Fortress key and doorway in this story differ from their cover appearances (see note to previous sequence). The versions in this story will become the canonical versions.
Superman #122 published July 1958
Superman #122 published July 1958
Superman #122 published July 1958
Superman #122 published July 1958
Action Comics #242 published July 1958 Notes:
Brainiac's appearance on the cover of Action Comics #242, pencilled by Curt Swan, is different from that in the story, drawn by Al Plastino. Along with differences in the costume, on the cover Brainiac has electrodes on his head while in the story he doesn't have electrodes. It is Curt Swan's Brainiac with the electrode-studded head that will become the canonical version.
Action Comics #242 published July 1958 Notes:
Brainiac's depiction in this story differs from that on the cover (see note to previous sequence). The cover version of Brainiac would become the canonical version.
Superman #123 published August 1958 Notes:
This cover is a recreation. It is not a reprint of the original drawing.
Superman #123 published August 1958 Notes:
Part 1 of 3. The Super-Girl in this story appears 11 months before Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, the Supergirl who debuts in Action Comics #252 (May '59). In the Table of Contents the pencils are incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring. The pencils are credited to Dick Sprang Superman (1939 series) #123 and in previous reprints of this story, including The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told and Supergirl Archives Vol. 1.
Superman #123 published August 1958 Notes:
Part 2 of 3. In the Table of Contents the pencils are incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring.
Superman #123 published August 1958 Notes:
Part 3 of 3. In the Table of Contents the pencils are incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring.
Action Comics #243 published August 1958
Action Comics #243 published August 1958 Notes:
2nd appearances of Fortress of Solitude and Bottled City of Kandor. The Fortress is depicted the same as in the story from Action Comics #241, also pencilled by Boring.
Superman #124 published September 1958
Superman #124 published September 1958
Superman #124 published September 1958 Notes:
With its Schaffenberger art and focus on Lois Lane's relationship with Superman, this story is similar to those that appear in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
Superman #124 published September 1958
Action Comics #244 published September 1958
Action Comics #244 published September 1958
Action Comics #245 published October 1958
Action Comics #245 published October 1958 Notes:
Early appearances of Kandor and the Fortress of Solitude. The Fortress is depicted the same as in the story from Action Comics #241, also pencilled by Boring.
Superman #125 published November 1958
Superman #125 published November 1958 Notes:
With its Schaffenberger art and focus on Lois Lane's relationship with Superman, this story is similar to those that appear in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
Superman #125 published November 1958 Notes:
1st of a series of "Untold Tales of Superman". Reveals the circumstances which led to Superboy choosing to call himself Superman.
Superman #125 published November 1958
Action Comics #246 published November 1958 Notes:
The scene on the cover of Action Comics #246, of an Earth couple sending their infant son to another planet in a rocket resembling the one that sent baby Kal-El to Earth, does not appear in the story, which is about a crook who builds a Krypton-themed amusement park.
Action Comics #246 published November 1958
Action Comics #247 published December 1958
Action Comics #247 published December 1958 Notes:
Early appearance of Fortress of Solitude. The Fortress key is a giant skeleton key, as shown on Curt Swan's cover of Action Comics #241 (the NON-canonical version).
Superman #126 published January 1959
Superman #126 published January 1959 Notes:
Early Fortress of Solitude appearance -- Wayne Boring's canonical version, as shown in the story from Action Comics #241.
Superman #126 published January 1959
Superman #126 published January 1959 Notes:
Superman wears a mask that resembles Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. With its Schaffenberger art and focus on Lois Lane's relationship with Superman, this story is similar to those that appear in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
Notes:
Brief biographies of Otto Binder, Wayne Boring, Jerry Coleman, Stan Kaye, Al Plastino, Kurt Schaffenberger, Dick Sprang, and Curt Swan.
Action Comics #241 published June 1958Action Comics #243 published August 1958Superman #125 published November 1958Action Comics #247 published December 1958 Notes:
Cover thumbnails of Action Comics #241 and 243, Superman (1939 series) #125 and Action Comics #247.
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