Superman Vol 1 120
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The Day That Superman Married
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Summary
Volume: 1
Issue: 120
Month: March
Year: 1958
Credits
Cover Artists: Curt Swan and Stan Kaye
Pencilers: Al Plastino
Editors: Mort Weisinger
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
Locations:
Items:
- Joyce White robot
First Appearances: Coup Colby (a criminal)
Final Appearances: Coup Colby
Synopsis: Superman meets Joyce White, niece of Daily Planet editor, Perry White. The two soon fall in love and are married – much to the lament of Lois Lane.
Not long after, a criminal by the name of Coup Colby abducts Joyce White. Superman attempts to rescue her, but Coup's men shoot Joyce, killing her. It is soon revealed that the woman Superman married was actually a robot designed to look like the real Joyce White. Superman’s marriage to Joyce was a front in designed to bring Coup Colby out of hiding.
The Super-Feats Superman Forgot
Credits
Pencilers: Wayne Boring
Inkers: Stan Kaye
Editors: Mort Weisinger
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Superman (Silver Age)
- Al Jones (Al Singh)
- Bobby Forbes
- Jimmy Olsen (Silver Age)
- Lois Lane (Silver Age)
- Perry White (Silver Age)
Locations:
First Appearances: Al Jones (a stage magician); Bobby Forbes (a young, crippled boy)
Final Appearances: Al Jones; Bobby Forbes
Synopsis: Perry White holds a contest for anyone who can provide the Daily Planet with the best photographs of Superman in action. Clark Kent is selected to judge the contest, but he becomes concerned when he sees two Superman photographs that he cannot account for.
Investigating the strange photographs as Superman, Clark discovers that a stage magician named Al Jones submitted the pictures. Al's television set possesses the ability to produce images of the future, and Al used one for the contest. Superman uses his powers to reverse the television's properties, returning it to normal. A young crippled boy named Bobby Forbes witnesses the spectacle and snaps a picture. Bobby submits the picture to the Daily Planet and wins the contest.
The Human Missile
Credits
Pencilers: Al Plastino
Editors: Mort Weisinger
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Superman (Silver Age)
- Gadget Grim
Locations:
First Appearances: Gadget Grim (a criminal)
Final Appearances: Gadget Grim
Synopsis: A criminal known as Gadget Grim invents a super-magnet, which he uses to aid him in his various schemes. The magnet is specifically designed to home in on Superman's costume. Gadget and his cohorts use the magnet to turn Superman into a human missile, guiding his body into bank vaults and prisons. Superman eventually discovers the means through which the villains are controlling his body and disables the magnet.
Notes
- Superman appeared last in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #27. He appears next in World's Finest #93.
- Jimmy Olsen appeared last in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #27. He appears next in Action Comics #238.
- Lois Lane appeared last in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #27. She appears next in World's Finest #93.
- Perry White appeared last in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #27. He appears next in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #28.
- The character of Al Jones from the The Super-Feats Superman Forgot is actually his stage name. His real name is Al Singh.
- Lois Lane and Perry White make cameo appearances only in The Human Missile.
Trivia
- None
Recommended Readings
- Action Comics
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Related Articles
External Links
- Superman article at Wikipedia
- Superman article at Supermanica
- Superman series index at the Grand Comics Database
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