Comic Title: Superman #96
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1955
On Sale Date: January 25, 1955 Copyright Date January 23, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date January 25, 1955
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V9 #11

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Collector of Celebrities"
Pages: 10

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

Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #96; next appearance in Action Comics #202)

Villain(s)

• John Griswold (no further appearances)
• The River Mob (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lefty Kelly and Chas Alistair (a boxer and an explorer; no further appearances)
• Members of the Collectors' Club (Dan Walton, Austin Carl, and Edgar Wilton named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bitter old miser, John Griswold, decides to collect celebrities to get even with the Collectors' Club. He tricks a famous boxer and an explorer into signing contracts. The contracts specify that they must perform a task or become his trophies for a year. However the tasks are such that they can't be performed.

Superman helps the men complete their tasks of boxing a gorilla and exploring Atlantis. However, since the men obtained help their contracts specify that they must serve Griswold. Superman then arranges a new agreement with Griswold to earn their freedom.

Superman must perform three impossible tasks for Griswold. To complete the first task, Superman moves a small town into Metropolis so that Grisworld can be in two places at once. For the second task, Superman is required to do nothing for an hour. To complete the task he has to defeat the River Mob by breathing alone. The final task is to change Griswold's reputation overnight. Superman does this by creating a children's center on Griswold's property. With the public's new admiration, Griswold changes his ways and reforms.