Comic Title: Superman #87
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1954
Approx. On Sale Date: December 16, 1953 Copyright Date December 14, 1953
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
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: 40
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Thing from 40,000 A.D."
Pages: 10

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

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

Reprinted In:
Superman Annual #2 (1961)
Superman #196 (1967)
Best of DC #42 (1983)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #65; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #65; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)
• Perry White (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #65; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)

Villain(s)

• The Thing from 40,000 A.D. (next appearance in DC Comics Presents #89)

Other Character(s)

• Private Mullins and various army personnel (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Thing reappears in DC Comics Presents #89, which clearly takes place on Earth-1, so this story is being included as part of the Earth-1 Superman’s history.

Synopsis:
A protoplasmic blob that can assume the shape of any living creature arrives in the present from 40,000 A.D. The creature battles Superman while trying to construct a machine to return him to his own time, from which he was exiled. Superman eventually lures the creature to a location where an H-bomb test is being conducted, and the creature is apparently destroyed.