Comic Title: Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: June 21, 2006 Direct Market Date June 14, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #3 (#207)

Direct Market Date June 21, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 576
Editor: Emily Ryan Lerner

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Secret Identity of Superman"
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #145 (1961)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #117; next appearance in Superman #145)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #275; next appearance in Superman #145)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #52; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #25)
• Lucy Lane (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #52; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #53)

Villain(s)

• Anti-Superman Gang (last appearance in Action Comics #261; next appearance in Action Comics #276)

Other Character(s)

• Rock Stirling (a science fiction author; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lois Lane is depressed because she believes Superman does not trust her with his secret identity. Lucy Lane tells Jimmy about Lois and learns that Jimmy knows Superman’s secret. Jimmy tells Lucy to tell Lois that Superman is Rock Stirling, a science fiction author.

Lois tries to keep the secret, but slips up several times over the next two days. Finally she is recorded on a hidden camera revealing the secret. Members of the Anti-Superman gang then attack Stirling, but Superman rescues the writer. Lois is disappointed that she failed.