Comic Title: Superman Annual #3
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Summer 1961
On Sale Date: June 22, 1961 Newsstand Date June 22, 1961
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #278, Page 32

Copyright Date June 22, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Pamphlets 1961

Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 80
Editor: Mort Weisinger

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
This issue contains a 2-page feature entitled: "The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude".

Title: "The Superman of the Future"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #256 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #104; next appearance in Superman #132)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #12)

Villain(s)

• Dirk Folgar and an international spy ring (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The President (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman uses an experimental device to travel into the future. When he is scheduled to return, another Superman appears in his place. The new Superman is different in appearance and farther along the evolutionary ladder. He has come to prevent four disasters from happening. The Future Superman is unable to prevent the first three disasters and realizes he can’t change history. The final disaster is the assassination of the President.

The spy ring which is planning the operation is happy to learn they will succeed. The plan goes off as scheduled, but instead of blowing up the President with a bomb, Superman is hit with it. The Future Superman was a hoax desgined to smoke out the assassins. The attempt to kill the President fails, and Superman resumes his normal appearance.