Comic Title: Superman #113
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: March 14, 1957 Copyright Date March 12, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
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.

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

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

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

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

Reprinted In:
Superman #113 [Pizza Hut Premium] (1977)

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.