Comic Title: Superman Annual #7
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Summer 1963
On Sale Date: June 13, 1963 Newsstand Date June 13, 1963
Source: House Ad, World's Finest Comics #135, Page 9

Copyright Date June 13, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Pamphlets 1963

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Super-Sword"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Coleman
Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted From:
Superman #124 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31; next appearance in Superman #124)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31; next appearance in Superman #124)
• Perry White (disguised as the Black Knight; last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31; next appearance in Action Comics #244)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31; next appearance in Action Comics #244)

Villain(s)

• "Bull" Mathews (a gang leader; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A freighter has found a block of ice containing an armor-clad body. Superman frees the man, who claims to be the Black Knight. He was trapped in the ice by Merlin. While grateful to Superman for freeing him, the Black Knight begins to use his sword, which possesses mystic properties, to committ robbery. Superman tries to stop the knight, but is injured by the sword. He is taken to the hospital, but his reputation is ruined.

A recently released gang leader, "Bull" Mathews, requests to borrow the sword. He pays the knight for it’s use and apparently kills Superman with it. However, the knight was only a hoax. The sword was also fake. It was designed to get Mathews to use marked money from a previous heist. With the money as evidence, Mathews is sent to prison. The knight was really Perry White.