Comic Title: Superman #163
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1963
On Sale Date: June 20, 1963 Newsstand Date June 20, 1963
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #302, Page 30

Copyright Date June 20, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Goofy Superman"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Robert Bernstein
Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 4 TPB (2008)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #163; next appearance in Action Comics #303)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #302; next appearance in Action Comics #303)

Villain(s)

• The Mad Bomber (no further appearances)
• Crump (an attendant at a mental institution; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Various Vineville police and citizens (no further appearances)
• Patients and the superintendent of a mental institution (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman is exposed to Red Kryptonite which gives him amnesia and causes him to act like a mental patient. He is sent to an institution where the effects of the Red K finally wear off. However, his fingerprints have been taken, so he must continue to act insane, until he can both escape and destroy the files. While waiting for the opportunity, Superman helps the patients trick one of the meaner guards, embarassing him. Eventually, Superman is able to destroy the fingerprint record, then he escapes with no one aware that he was the real Man of Steel.