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| Title |
The Super-Duel in Space |
The Super-Duel in Space |
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| Type |
comic story |
comic story |
| Feature |
Superman |
Superman |
| Genre |
superhero |
superhero |
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| Script |
Otto Binder |
Otto Binder |
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| Pencils |
Al Plastino |
Al Plastino |
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Al Plastino |
Al Plastino |
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| Page Count |
13 |
13 |
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| Characters |
Superman; Brainiac (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Koko; Kandor (intro); Professor Kimda (intro); Krypton (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superbaby (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Fortress of Solitude |
Superman; Brainiac (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Koko; Kandor (intro); Professor Kimda (intro); Krypton (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superbaby (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Fortress of Solitude |
| Synopsis |
While Clark Kent and Lois Lane are passengers on an experimental rocket, the rocket is snagged by the alien Brainiac. Clark switches to Superman, but can't penetrate Brainiac's force shield, so moves the rocket out of the control of Brainiac's ship. Brainiac turns to his primary goal, which is to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth in order to restore them to normal size and repopulate his own planet, whose native people have all been wiped out by a plague. Superman returns to Metropolis, expecting Brainiac to also snatch that city, and through that gain entrance into Brainiac's ship. Once inside, he finds a bottle with a shrunken Kryptonian city. he enters the bottle, but loses his powers under it's artificial gravity. There he seeks the help of a scientist who helps him plan a way to restore the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for the trip back to his own planet. But unfortunately there isn't enough power to restore Kandor, so Superman places it in his Fortress until he can find a way, as Brainiac's ship rockets away, with Brainiac unaware that he is returning home empty-handed. |
While on an experimental rocket, Clark and Lois encounter the alien Brainiac, who plans to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth and then use them to repopulate his planet. Superman gets inside Brainiac’s ship when the villain snatches Metropolis and there finds a bottle with the Kryptonian city of Kandor. He enters the bottle and with the help of a scientist there restores the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for his trip home. Because there is not enough power to restore Kandor, Superman places the city in his Fortress, as Brainiac rockets away empty-handed. |
| Reprint Notes |
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)
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- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)
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| Notes |
1st appearance of Brainiac and Kandor |
1st appearance of Brainiac and Kandor |
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The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation:
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)
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