Superman #142 Values

Publisher: DC, 1961

About Superman #142

Batman, Supergirl, and Krypto appearances. Curt Swan and Stan Kaye cover. Kurt Schaffenberger and Wayne Boring art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Flame Dragon from Krypton!

Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Kryptonian Flame Dragon

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Stan Kaye

Colors: Jack Adler ?

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Lois Lane's Secret Helper!

Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Krypto (guest star); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); Lucy Lane; Super-Brat (cameo; imaginary); Perry White

Synopsis: Krypto decides to try to make Superman fall in love with Lois Lane.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Reprints: Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-31 (October-November 1974)

Title: Get a Grip on Your Gripes!

Synopsis: Fred loses his temper all the time until he is confronted by Joe.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Bernard Baily

Inks: Bernard Baily

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Title: Superman Meets Al Capone!

Characters: Superman; Al Capone (villain); Perry White; Titano (cameo); Cyrus Martin; "Silky" Hale (gangster)

Synopsis: While returning from the past, Superman is affected by Titano's kryptonite eye-blasts and it causes him to land in Chicago in the 1920's. Here he meets a young Perry White and helps him get his first scoop, and also stops Al Capone.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Wayne Boring

Inks: Stan Kaye

Reprints: Superman (DC, 1939 series) #197 (June-July 1967)

Notes: Time-travel story

Pages: 1.000

Script: Mort Weisinger

Pencils: Wayne Boring (logo illustration)

Inks: Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Letters submitted by William Cassity; Carman Tisdel; Anne Zeek; Don Farb; Terry Fielden; Linda Rocawich. Mort incorrectly explains that Mxyzptlk is pronounced "Mix-Yez-Pitel-Ick". This misinformation is corrected in a later letters page where it is stated that Mxyzptlk only has three syllables.

Title: Flame-Dragon from Krypton!

Characters: Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo; as statue); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto (cameo); a Kryptonian Flame-Dragon (introduction, villain); Superman robots; Lois Lane; Perry White; "Plates" Finnegan (villain); Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis: A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes it way to Earth. When it swallows a Red Kryptonite meteor Superman must stay away from the Flame-Dragon for fear the Red Kryptonite will affect him also. When the effect of the red kryptonite fades, Superman freezes the dragon and places him in a block of ice in outer space. Batman, Supergirl and Krypto then assist him in protecting his secret identity from the inquiries of Lois Lane.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Jerry Siegel

Pencils: Wayne Boring

Inks: Stan Kaye

Reprints: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #142 (June 1964)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	4	6	6	6	5	12	4	4	3	8	8	6	4	2	0	0	0	86
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	5	6	6	6	5	12	4	5	3	8	8	6	5	2	0	0	0	89

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