Superman #217

(June-July 1969)

The Outlaws From Krypton! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mala (villain); two Kryptonians (villains); Superman; Lois Lane; Jor-El (flashback); Clark Kent; green kryptonite

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954)

The Girl in Superman's Past! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane

Synopsis:

Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959)

Indexer Notes

Origin and first appearance Lori the Mermaid.

The Super-Duel in Space (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Brainiac (intro, villain); Superman; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Koko; Professor Kimda; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Kandor (intro); Krypton (flashback); Superbaby (flashback); Fortress of Solitude (cameo)

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)

Indexer Notes

Art altered to include Brainiac's skull terminals. First Appearance Brainiac and Kandor.

The First Supergirl! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Super-Girl; Jimmy Olsen; green kryptonite

Synopsis:

Supergirl created by Jimmy's wish on magic totem

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #123 (August 1958) [retitled there as "The First Supergirl!" and edited]

Indexer Notes

Story edited from first appearance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman and Supergirl / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Supergirl

Synopsis:

pin-up of Supergirl's public introduction.

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #285 (February 1962) [one page excerpt]

The Menace of Metallo! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Metallo [John Corben] (villain, intro, origin); Lois Lane; Professor Vale; Edith; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Sherry Blair

Synopsis:

Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)

Indexer Notes

Origin and first appearance Metallo