Superman - no. 180 (October 1965)

New York: National Periodical Publications, Inc.. Very Good+. 1965. (No. 180). Comic Book. [modest wear along spine, tiny piece missing at bottom right corner of front cover, where there is also some additional diagonal creasing; general handling wear; binding/staples firm]. (DC Comics) Series (cartoon art) Gotta love the cover story and illustration of Superman getting his ass whupped by a scantily-clad young lady while a group of same cheer her on. "Great Krypton!" exclaims The Man of Steel, "I never dreamed it could happen! For the first time in my life, I've been beaten by a girl!" The lead story is "Clark Kent's Great Superman Hunt!", in which the mild-mannered reporter whose glasses fool EVERYONE wages a TV campaign to expose his own secret identity. (Why, you ask? No spoilers here!) Then we get "The Girl Who Was Mightier Than Superman!", in which Superman meets a mysterious woman who (he discovers) hails from the South Pacific island of Florena, which is populated by a race of super-babes, who (it turns out) originated from a distant planet called Matrion. The whole thing becomes a battle of wits as well as physical strength between Mr. S and the super-lady, who resorts to subterfuge in an attempt to force Superman to marry her so they can start a new super-race! (He is, of course, a confirmed bachelor if there ever was one, and manages to escape her devious clutches. Because she's only a girl, after all.) .