Superman #142
Superman #142
Cover Credits
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

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Title: "Superman Meets Al Capone"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman #197 (1967)
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies HC (1971)
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 2 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Titano (last appearance in Superman #138; next appearance in Superman #147)
  • Al Capone and his gang (no further appearances)
  • Silky Hale (a gangster; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Cyrus Martin (publisher of the Chicago Journal; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

Synopsis:
Superman travels into the past to get the measurements of a gigantosaur, but he is weakened by Titano’s Kryptonite vision during his return. The weakness causes Superman to stop before reaching the present. He ends up in the 1920’s. There, he meets a young Perry White and helps him get a story about Al Capone. After confronting the mob, Superman returns to his own time.


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