Superman #248

(February 1972)

The Man Who Murdered the Earth! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda (sourced)

Job Number

S-1070

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor (villain); the Galactic Golem (intro); Superman; Lois Lane

Synopsis

Luthor gathers galactic matter to create The Galactic Golem, whose desire for hyper-stellar energy leads him into conflict with Superman. After Superman allows Luthor to believe that their conflict has destroyed all civilization, and The Galactic Golem has turned on Luthor, Luthor works with Superman to distract the creature off the planet.

Reprints

• in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #65
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1973 ([april] 1973)
• in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #8 (mars-avril-mai 1974)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #9/1974 (27. April 1974)
• in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #73 (janvier 1975)
• in The Super Heroes (Egmont UK, 1980 series) #v1#8 (1981)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #32 (January 1983)
• in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #55 (1984)
• in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) ([December] 2000)
• in Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2015 series) (2015 [February 2016])

All in the Mind! (Table of Contents: 2)

The World of Krypton / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Dave Cockrum

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza (sourced)

Job Number

S-1045

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Min-Tor; Jan-Ar; Sala; Kryptonopolis (origin); Lan-Nu; Krypton

Synopsis

Kryptonian archaeologists uncover a globe which contains the story of the war between Erkol and Xan. After Xan detonated a bomb, hostilities ceased, but all babies conceived on that day in Erkol were born without thumbs but with enlarged heads. Years later, these children, who had been exiled, discovered that they had also been born with telekinesis. When the children learned that war had resumed and that Erkol was threatened by a doomsday weapon, they attempted to return home to stop the device, but Erkol was destroyed. So the children returned to their city, which they named Kryptonopolis.

Reprints

• in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #62 (février 1974)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #11/1974 (25. Mai 1974)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #3/1977 ([mars] 1977)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #40 (September 1983)
• in Superman: The World of Krypton (DC, 2008 series) ([July] 2008)
• in Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton (DC, 2018 series) ([April] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Dave Cockrum's first published DC work.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell (signed as E. N. B.)

Pencils

Curt Swan (illustration)

Inks

George Klein (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-1091

Muto Versus the Man of Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

S-1069

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman of 2466; Muto (villain); Atlanteans; Lyra 3916

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339 (July 1966)