Comic Title: Superman #113 [Pizza Hut Premium]
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1977
Approx. On Sale Date: June 4, 1977
Cover Price: No Price
Page Count: 32

Notes:
Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition

Title: "The Superman of the Past"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #113 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #227; next appearance in Action Comics #228)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jor-El (appears in flashback; last appearance in Action Comics #223; next appearance in Adventure Comics #243)
• Lara (appears in flashback; last appearance in Action Comics #223; next appearance in Adventure Comics #243)

Villain(s)

• A renegade scientist (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Kal-El (appears in flashback as a baby; last appearance in Action Comics #223; next appearance in Adventure Comics #243)

Other Character(s)

• Queen Latora and the Vergoans (an alien race; no further appearances)

Comments:
Chap. 2: "The Secret of the Towers"
Chap. 3: "The Superman of the Present"

This is the first book length Superman story.

Synopsis:
Superman finds a helmet stuck in a Kryptonite meteor. After dislodging it, he discovers it to be a mental-image viewer that belonged to his father Jor-El.

When he views the images, Superman learns that Jor-El found an asteroid containing a race known as the Vergoans. The Vergoans and their queen, Latora, planned destruction for Krypton, so Jor-El went to the asteroid to stop them.

Upon his arrival on the asteroid, Jor-El gained super powers similar to Superman. He fought Latora’s robot army initially, until finally he learned that the Vergoans needed Krypton’s uranium core to re-ignite their sun. They chose Krypton because it was already a doomed world. Jor-El returns home with news of the coming calamity, and Latora continues her search for another planet with a uranium core.

After defeating a renegade scientist, Superman locates Latora still on her quest years later. He flies to the asteroid and uses his power to create a planet with the necessary uranium core. He reignites their sun, leaving the queen and her people happy at last.