Comic Title: Superman #132
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1959
On Sale Date: August 6, 1959 Newsstand Date August 6, 1959
Source: House Ad, Adventure Comics #264, Page 23

Copyright Date August 6, 1959
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of March, June, September and December
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Superman's Other Life"
Pages: 25

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

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

Reprinted In:
Superman Annual #5 (1962)
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told HC (1988)
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told TPB (1989)
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Superman:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Superman:The Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 3 HC (2014)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #256; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #12)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (imaginary appearance)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #271; next appearance in Batman #127)
• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #271; next appearance in Batman #127)
• Krypto (imaginary appearance)

Other Character(s)

• Jor-El (imaginary appearance)
• Lara (imaginary appearance)
• Futuro (imaginary appearance)
• Zal-El (imaginary appearance)

Comments:
Chap. 1: "Krypton Lives On"
Chap. 2: "Futuro, Super-Hero of Krypton"
Chap. 3: "The Superman of Two Worlds"

The events in this story depict what would happen if Krypton had not exploded, and Kal-El grew up on his native planet.

Synopsis:
Superman uses a super-computer to determine what his life would have been like if Krypton had not exploded. The computer predicts that baby Kal-El was returned to Earth after Jor-El realized Krypton would not be destroyed. He would have grown up as a normal Kryptonian child, and his parents would have had another child, Zal-El.

However, as Kal reaches adulthood, his career is that of a space patrol dispatcher. His teacher, Xan-Du, is involved in an accident which gives him super powers along with Kal’s dog Krypto. Xan-Du becomes Krypton’s first super-hero, Futuro, and Kal’s life mirrors that of Jimmy Olsen as the hero’s pal.

Kal’s family is killed in a tragic accident, so his life as an orphan is duplicated. Lois Lane also visits Krypton and falls in love with Futuro. Futuro decides to move to Earth and marry Lois, so he gives Kal super powers with the same machine that gave Xan-Du his powers. Kal becomes Superman on Krypton.