Comic Title: Action Comics #256
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1959
On Sale Date: July 30, 1959 Copyright Date July 30, 1959
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Superman of the Future"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman Annual #3 (1961)
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Superman:The Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 3 HC (2014)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #104; next appearance in Superman #132)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #12)

Villain(s)

• Dirk Folgar and an international spy ring (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The President (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman uses an experimental device to travel into the future. When he is scheduled to return, another Superman appears in his place. The new Superman is different in appearance and farther along the evolutionary ladder. He has come to prevent four disasters from happening. The Future Superman is unable to prevent the first three disasters and realizes he can’t change history. The final disaster is the assassination of the President.

The spy ring which is planning the operation is happy to learn they will succeed. The plan goes off as scheduled, but instead of blowing up the President with a bomb, Superman is hit with it. The Future Superman was a hoax desgined to smoke out the assassins. The attempt to kill the President fails, and Superman resumes his normal appearance.