Superman Comics Index (1938-1986)


1976

  • Superman #295 (January)
    "Costume, Costume - Who's got the Costume?"
    Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Superman's costume is stolen, while battling a villain, Father Time. In recovering it, Superman inadvertently aids a Green Lantern from 1,000 years in the future to set the future right.

  • Action Comics #455 (January)
    "Junkman - The Recycled Superstar!"
    Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Junkman, a movie prop, comes alive, when Kryptonian energy escapes from the bottled City of Kandor.

  • Superman #296 (February)
    "Who took the Super out of Superman!" - Superman and the Powerless Clark - Part 1 of 4.
    Cary Bates & Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    An alien, who arrived on Earth at the same time as Superman, is - Part of a plot that strips Superman of his powers, when he is Clark Kent.

  • Action Comics #456 (February)
    "Jaws of the Killer Shark!" - Back up story: Green Arrow and Black Canary. "Bailout the Nutty Kid."
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Superman battles The Shark to restore a boy, who's been devolved to protoplasm. Green Arrow and Black Canary try to stop the kidnapping of a telethon host, the Nutty Kid, by criminal clowns. Canary becomes a hostage.

  • Superman #297 (March)
    "Clark Kent Forever - Superman Never!" - Superman and the Powerless Clark - Part 2 of 4.
    Elliot Maggin & Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Superman decides to give up being Superman for a week. Clark Kent becomes the hero who stops Inter-Gangs plot and romances Lois. Superman's power problems stem from an alien plot led by Xviar to destroy Superman and the Earth.

  • Action Comics #457 (March)
    "Superman, You're Not Clark Kent - and I Can Prove It!" - Back up story: Green Arrow and Black Canary. "Flight of the Nutty Kid."
    Gerry Conway; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Clark's friend Pete Ross's son is dying and only Superman revealing his secret identity can save him, but the boy doesn't believe Clark is Superman. Canary escapes and captures the kidnappers only to discover the Nutty Kid is really Lex Luthor.

  • Superman #298 (April)
    "Clark Kent, Get Out of My Life!" - Superman and the Powerless Clark - Part 3 of 4.
    Cary Bates & Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Superman decides to give up being Clark Kent for a week. Being Superman all the time begins to wear on him by denying him any down time. Superman defeats the villain Solarman and Xviar's plot comes closer to destroying Superman and the Earth.

  • Action Comics #458 (April)
    "Make Me A Super-Hero!" - Meet Blackrock - Part 1 of 2. Back up story: Green Arrow and Black Canary. "Masquerade of the Nutty Kid."
    Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Due to WGBS' leading coverage of Superman, UBC tries to compete by creating their own exclusive super-hero. However, the costume disappears and a new hero Blackrock appears. Canary overcomes Luther's plan to hypnotize her into killing Green Arrow.

  • Superman #299 (May)
    "The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!" - Superman and the Powerless Clark - Part 4 of 4.
    Cary Bates & Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Xviar's puts Superman against nine foes to make him expend enough energy to destroy himself and the Earth. His power change results from Xviar treating his Clark clothes to block his powers. Superman defeats his foes and turns the tables on Xviar.

  • Action Comics #459 (May)
    "Superman's Big Crack-Up!" - Meet Blackrock - Part 2 of 2. Back up story: The Private Life of Clark Kent
    Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Blackrock believes Superman is cutting in on him and turns on Superman. Superman defeats him with the help of Peter Silverstone, who reveals Blackrock is the unknowing Sam Tanner. Clark discovers the fight champs been kidnapped and rescues him.

  • Superman #300 (June)
    "Superman 2001" - Imaginary Story. What if Superman's rocket landed on Earth in present day and he became a man in 2001.
    Cary Bates & Elliot Maggin; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Superman's ship is tracked day by both the US and the USSR. The US recovers the ship and he becomes a US secret resulting in increased tensions. Superboy must stop a nuclear war and Superman reappears in 2001 to stop the party responsible for the war.

  • Action Comics #460 (June)
    Superman, You'll Be the Death of Me Yet! - Superman v. Karb-Brak - Part 1 of 4. Back up story: Mr. Mxyzptlk.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    An alien from Andromeda has come to Earth to escape a deadly fever caused by the presence of super powered beings. Now he wants to kill Superman to save his life, but thinks Superman is Steve Lombard. Jonathan Ross tricks Mxyzptlk and defeats him.

  • Superman #301 (July)
    "Solomon Grundy Wins on a Monday!"
    Gerry Conway; J. L. Garcia Lopez & Bob Oksner
    Earth 2's Solomon Grundy mysteriously transports himself to Earth 1 in search of his counterpart. Superman defeats him by posing an Earth 1 version of Grundy and exiles him on the moon.

  • Action Comics #461 (July)
    Kill Me or Leave Me! - Superman v. Karb-Brak - Part 2 of 4. Back up story: The Amazing Exploits of Perry White: "The Toughest Newsboy in Town!".
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    After Superman saves Steve, Karb-Brak deduces Superman is Clark. He turns the public into Clark groupies to distract Clark as they battle. Clark wins, but how can he save Karb-Brak. Perry White tells the story he got a job as a reporter.

  • Superman #302 (August)
    "Seven-Foot-Two . . . And Still Growing!"
    Elliot Maggin; Jose Luis Garcia Lopez & Bob Oksner
    Lex Luther uses a device to make Superman grow at an increasing rate, which at the same time reduces his mental abilities. The Atom helps Superman trick and defeat Luthor.

  • Action Comics #462 (August)
    "Super-War of Independence!" - Superman v. Karb-Brak - Part 3 of 4. Back up story: Krypto: The Superdog: This is a Job for Superdog!
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Superman tries to help Karb-Brak, but instead Karb-Brak blanks Superman's memory and strands him in 1776. Krypto saves a mob snitch and does a commercial to help homeless dogs.

  • Superman #303 (September)
    "When Lightning Strikes . . . Thunder Kills!"
    Gerry Conway; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Emilo Storn, Whirlicane is seeking revenge on Superman and STAR. The being, Lightning and Thunder attacks. Superman defeats them by revealing that Lightning and Thunder are an artificial being created by Storn. Appears all three are destroyed.

  • Action Comics #463 (September)
    "Die Now, Live Later!" - Superman v. Karb-Brak - Part 4 of 4.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Superman regains his memory in 1776 and manages to save the Declaration of Independence. He returns and saves Karb-Brak by letting him die and then curing him. He then blanks Karb-Brak's memory and leaves him in his alter ego, Andrew Meda.

  • Superman #304 (October)
    The Parasite's Prism of Peril!
    Gerry Conway; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    The Parasite uses a special prism to steal Superman's powers without destroying himself, however, the device also transfers powers from both of them to others. Superman removes the device and defeats the Parasite.

  • Action Comics #464 (October)
    "Superman, I'm Going to Re-Run Your Life!" - The Re-Run - Part 1 of 3. Back up story: The Private Life of Clark Kent: See Metropolis with Clark Kent
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Superman defeats the Purple Pile-Driver twice. Two boys experience the events that lead them to become boy versions of Batman and the Flash. A voice says Superman will have his life re-run next. Clark escorts an Australian TV man on a tour of the city.

  • Superman #305 (November)
    "The Man Who Toyed with Death!" - Toyman/Bizarro - Part 1 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    The original Toyman returns to crime, murdering the new Toyman and intent on killing Superman. Bizarro, who has inadvertently caused the Toyman's rage allies himself with him.

  • Action Comics #465 (November)
    "Think Young and Die!" - The Re-Run - Part 2 of 3. Back up story: The Sporting Life of Steve Lombard: "Paper Hero!"
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    The young Batman and Flash appear to be the actual heroes reduced in age. Luthor shoots Superman with a ray that makes him Superboy again. Luther plans to defeat the much less experienced Superman. Lombard tells the story of the coach who saved his life.

  • Superman #306 (December)
    Backward Battle for the Bizarro World! - Toyman/Bizarro - Part 2 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Bob Oksner
    Bizarro's rampage is caused when a cosmic cloud leads him to believe his planet has been destroyed. Superman shows him his error and the Toyman surrenders upon learning Superman didn't destroy his toys.

  • Action Comics #466 (December)
    "You can take the man out of the Super, but you can't take the Super out of the Boy!" - The Re-Run - Part 3 of 3.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Tex Blaisdell
    Superman defeats Luthor by discovering Luthor has hypnotised him into believing he and Batman and Flash have been made younger.


Superman Comics Index (1938-1986)

Introduction

Ultimately we would like to be able to list for you the entire run of Superman comics from 1938 through to 1986, an era of comics encompassing the Golden Age, through the Silver Age and up to the 1986 revamp. At this point in time we only have a list of the Superman and related comics from 1976 through to 1986. A listing of the regular Superman titles before the John Byrne 1986 mini-series The Man of Steel that revamped the storyline used in the comics. For accuracy almost every entry is based upon actually looking in the issue, and not memory or another source.

This listing is done in the order for when a comicbook issue was published. Remember, the month dates are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic was on sale.

Where possible, the Writer, Penciller and Inker for each issue is listed under the Comic's Title and Date.

We also suggest DarkMark's excellent Comic Index lists.

CONTENTS:

1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980
1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986

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