Comic Title: Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: April 4, 1989 Shipping Date April 4, 1989
Source: Previews, #1

Direct Market Date April 6, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #93, #94, #95

Cover Price: $15.95
Page Count: 336
Editor: Mike Gold

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Girl of Steel"
Pages: 26

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #123 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #30; next appearance in Action Comics #243)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #242; next appearance in Action Comics #243)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #30; next appearance in Action Comics #243)

Villain(s)

• Two unnamed crooks (no further appearances)
• Kil-Lor (a Kryptonian criminal; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jor-El (as a young adult; last appearance in Superman #233; next appearance in Superman #234)
• Lara (as a young adult; last appearance in Superman #233; next appearance in Superman #234)
• Super-Girl (a magically created being; no further appearances)
• An archaeologist and several Kryptonians (no further appearances)

Comments:
Chap. 2: "The Lost Super-Powers"
Chap. 3: "Superman’s Return to Krypton"

The Super-Girl in this story is a magically created being which is later removed from existance. She is completely unrelated to the later Supergirl who debuts in the third story of Action Comics #252.

Synopsis:
Jimmy receives a magically totem which grants three wishes to him. The first wish brings into existance a Super-Girl, who Jimmy wishes to be the perfect mate for Superman. Unfortunately, the female heroine gets in Superman’s way and becomes a nuisance. She realizes her existance is becoming a problem, so she sacrifices her life to make the Man of Steel happy.

Crooks steal the totem and use the second wish to remove Superman’s powers. Jimmy and Superman then spend the day faking his powers to convince the crooks that the spell failed. After being tricked, the crooks allow the spell to be removed, restoring Superman’s powers.

For the final wish, Jimmy wishes for Superman to meet his parents. However, he has decided to type the wish and a typo causes Superman to "Mate" his parents. As a result, Superman travels back to Krypton and meets young Jor-El and Lara. They are working as undercover agents with Kryptonian Intelligence. With Superman’s aid, they stop a criminal, Kil-Lor, and the Man of Steel plays cupid, setting up his own parents, before returning to Earth.