Superman
#247
(January 1972)
DC,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 34
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, (semi-monthly June, December)
- On-sale Date
- 1971-11-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1048
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Guardians of Oa [Guardians of the Universe]
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #8/1972 (15. April 1972) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #162 (Circa February 1973) -
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #61 (janvier 1974) [Modifiée [Edited]] -
in Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014]) - in Superman Anthologie (Panini Deutschland, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Must There Be a Superman?
Superman / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Elliot Maggin (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-994
- Feature Logo
Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Guardians of Oa [Guardians of the Universe]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Harley (intro, villain); Superman; Jor-El (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Guardians of the Universe tell Superman that his actions may be impeding the progress of the human race. While Superman considers what they said, he gets involved in the problems in a migrant camp.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #8/1972 (15. April 1972) which is reprinted
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #162 (Circa February 1973)
-
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1976 ([april] 1976) which is reprinted - in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #71 ([1982])
- in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #1 (février 1979)
-
in Superman Official Annual (Egmont UK, 1979 ? series) #1985 (1985) - in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988])
- in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [May 1989])
- in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) ([December] 2000)
- in Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
- in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 - Superman (2005)
- in Green Lantern: In Brightest Day (DC, 2008 series) ([December] 2008)
- in Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in Superman Anthologie (Panini Deutschland, 2018 series) (2018)
-
- Keywords
- Krypton (flashback)
Indexer Notes
Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
When on Earth ...
The Private Life of Clark Kent / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited as C. Douglas Swan)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited as M. Clyde Anderson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- S-996
- Feature Logo
The Private Life of Clark Kent- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Amy (intro); Bick (intro); Superman; Jimmy Olsen
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #59 - in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #11/1972 (20. Mai 1972)
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #10/1972 ([oktober] 1972)
-
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #11/1972 (31 oktober 1972) - in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #69 (juillet 1974)
- in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #2 (1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell (credited as E.N.B.)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustration)
- Inks
- George Klein (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1061
- Feature Logo
Metropolis Mailbag [Superman flying with mailbag]
Muto -- Monarch of Menace!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- George Klein (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- S-1035
- Feature Logo
Superman [rounded u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman of 2466; Muto; Lex Luthor (flashback); Lyra 3916; Superman (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback); Vyldan (flashback); Jay L-3383; Superman the 4th (flashback); Superman the 7th [Kanton K-73] (flashback); Yann (villain); Von-Don (villain); Waru Thargo (villain)
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338 (June 1966)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
Must There Be a Superman?
Superman -
2.
When on Earth ...
The Private Life of Clark Kent -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
Muto -- Monarch of Menace!
Superman
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- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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