Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1962-11-08
Editing: Mort Weisinger (editor)
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The Invasion of the Super-People!
(Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Kandorians
Reprints (4)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Comicpac / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Superman in Kandor, Part 1: Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 8.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Kandorians
Synopsis:
Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to discover how normal sized Kandorians are on Earth and why they are attacking Superman.
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

3-part novel

[Giant Rudolph Annual]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Featuring the Mightiest Super-Heroes of All Time!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[Superman in Kandor] Part II: The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Than Ol (introduction, villain); Kandorians
Synopsis:
Superman and Jimmy Olsen take the secret identites of Nightwing and Flamebird so they can track down Than-Ol's raiders and stop his scheme to enlarge Kandor.
Reprints (7)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Peg / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Peg, may I carry your books home from school?
Characters:
Herbert

Coming... Super-Attractions!
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jean Linkiewicz, Michael E. Colby, Keith Westerman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Kevin Armbruster, Lorraine Naliborski, and Enoch Burke.

[Superman in Kandor] Part III: The City of Super-People!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Superman Emergency Squad
Than Ol (villain); Boz-Tol (introduction, villain); Kandorians; unnamed Phantom Zone prisoner
Synopsis:
Than Ol succeeds in enlarging Kandor, but Superman must re-shrink it before Than-Ol's process destroys it completely.
Reprints (7)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Homer / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A flat tire!
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Here Is Your Formula for a New Thrill in Comic Book Reading!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 1 page

104 Kings' Knights
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Invasion of the Super-People!
    Superman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Comicpac
  3. Superman in Kandor, Part 1: Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men!
    Superman
  4. [Giant Rudolph Annual]
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  5. Featuring the Mightiest Super-Heroes of All Time!
    Superman
  6. The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin!
    Batman and Robin
  7. [Superman in Kandor] Part II: The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!
    Superman
  8. ["Peg, may I carry your books home from school?"]
    Peg
  9. Coming... Super-Attractions!
    Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics; Action Comics
  10. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  11. [Superman in Kandor] Part III: The City of Super-People!
    Superman
  12. ["A flat tire!"]
    Homer
  13. Here Is Your Formula for a New Thrill in Comic Book Reading!
    The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories
  14. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  15. [no title indexed]
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  16. [no title indexed]
    Convoy Terror
  17. 104 Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
  18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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