 |
| Superman 124 & Action Comics 244! |
Download Episode 172!
Now that we've finished our time at MegaCon 2011, it's once again time to don our indestructible capes, fly by our own powers through the timestream and explore the silver age of Superman stories.
SUPERMAN 124, September 1958, was published around July 24, 1958. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 10 cents. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye. All three stories were eight pages long.
- THE SUPER SWORD was written by Jerry Coleman and drawn by Al Plastino.
- MRS. SUPERMAN was written by Otto Binder and drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger.
- THE STEEPLEJACK OF STEEL was written by Otto Binder, pencilled by Wayne Boring and inked by Stan Kaye.
ACTION COMICS 244, September 1958, was published around July 31, 1958. It also contained 32 pages for a dime. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye.
- The 12 page Superman story was THE SUPER MERMAN OF THE SEA, written by Otto Binder, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye.
The other two six page stories of the issue were:
- THE RIDDLE OF THE ROC, starring Congo Bill, written by Jack Miller and drawn by Howard Sherman.
- THE MYSTERY OF THE THREE SPACE ROOKIES, starring Tommy Tomorrow, written by Otto Binder and drawn by Jim Mooney.
Next Episode: SUPERMAN FAMILY OF COMICS COVER DATED JULY/AUGUST 1955: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 6 & WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 77.
In two weeks: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK COVER DATED OCTOBER 1958: ACTION COMICS 245. SUPERMAN 125 would not be published for another month, and would carry the November 1958 cover date.
You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and MY PULL LIST groups or pages on facebook, and follow both the podcast and blog on twitter @supermanpodcast.
SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of the following:
- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS at http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league ,
The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK! - http://www.comicspodcasts.com/,
- The SUPERMAN WEBRING of websites, and
- The SUPERMAN PODCAST NETWORK at http://www.supermanpodcastnetwork.com/ !
SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is at http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com/ . Send e-mail about this podcast to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.
The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com.
MY PULL LIST is my spoiler free comic book review blog of the titles I read every week. It can be found at http://mypulllist.blogspot.com/. Send e-mail about this blog to mypulllist@gmail.com.
Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit.
Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
No comments:
Post a Comment