Figuren blev skabt til historien ''The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk'' (den oprindelige stavemåde), der blev skrevet af [[Jerry Siegel]], tegnet af [[Ira Yarborough]] og bragt i ''Superman'' #30 (september / oktober 1944).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |url=https://archive.org/details/dccomicsencyclop00unse |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dccomicsencyclop00unse/page/204 204]}}</ref> På grund af forsinkelser i udgivelsen kom figuren dog til at optræde i den daglige ''Superman''-tegneseriestribe skrevet af [[Whitney Ellsworth]] og [[Wayne Boring]] først.<ref name=gcdsuperman30>[http://www.comics.org/issue/3811/ ''Superman'' #30] hos [[Grand Comics Database]]. "Writer credit claimed by Jerry Siegel in a letter to Richard Morrissey that states this story was written prior to earlier printed newspaper sequence by Whitney Ellsworth and Wayne Boring."</ref>
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