Comic Title: Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: June 21, 2006 Direct Market Date June 14, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #3 (#207)

Direct Market Date June 21, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 576
Editor: Emily Ryan Lerner

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Superman's Return to Krypton"
Pages: 26

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #141 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #113; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #21)

Villain(s)

• Brainiac (last appearance in Superman #167; next appearance in Superboy #106)
• Koko (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Superboy #106)
• "Snark" McGill (a swindler; aka Gregg Halliday; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Jor-El (last appearance in Action Comics #216; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #191)
• Lara (last appearance in Superman #123; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #191)
• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #113; next appearance in Superboy #106)
• Martha Hudson (aka Martha Kent; maiden name revealed; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in More Fun Comics #101)

Other Character(s)

• Lyla Lerrol (a Kryptonian movie queen; last name misspelled Lerror once in this story; no further appearances)
• Krypto’s parents (no further appearances)
• Ken-Dal (a Kryptonian scientist; no further appearances)
• Professor Galsworthy (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman accidentally breaks the time barrier while flying through space and ends up on Krypton before it exploded. He is mistaken for an extra in a movie production which earns him a job. He later meets Jor-El and Lara who are just getting married. He befriends the newlyweds and becomes Jor-El’s assistant.

Superman then falls in love with Lyla Lerror, a movie starlet. He is cautious of getting involved with her since Krypton is doomed. Jor-El reaches that conclusion as well and decides to build a ship to reach Earth. Superman sees Jonathan and Martha Kent before they were married and even assists in catching a crook.

Jor-El’s space ark is built in the city of Kandor. However, the city and the ark are stolen by the space villain, Brainiac. Without the ark, Superman realizes he will stay on Krypton until its destruction. He agrees to wed Lyla after the completion of her latest film. As an extra on the film set, Superman is on board a prop rocket when a flame-beast breaks loose and powers the rocket’s engines. Superman is launched to Earth again where he regains his powers. He travels back to the present with only the memory of his home planet.