(March 1972)
- Volume:
- 34
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly, (semi-monthly June, Dec.)
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age; Later Standard Silver Age.; By end Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Issue Notes
This issue includes the statement of ownership, management, and circulation.
Introducing... Superman's Latest and Greatest Foe... Terra-Man!
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams
- Inks:
- Neal Adams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1119
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Terra-Man; Nova
- Synopsis:
- Tattered and wounded Superman founders in air as Terra-Man and flying horse Nova attack.
- Reprints:
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #167 (Circa July 1973)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1975 (15. Februar 1975)
- in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #[nn] (1983)
- in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([October] 2000)
Indexer Notes
Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
The Challenge of Terra-Man
Superman / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1071
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Terra-Man (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Nova; Krypton (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- The appearance of a stagecoach on the streets of Metropolis heralds the arrival of Terra-Man, a character seemingly from a spaghetti western, yet with super-scientific weapons. Superman must contain Terra-Man while dealing with a kryptonian condition known as birth-spells which effects the metabolism of Kryptonians every six years on their Kryptonian birthdays.
- Reprints:
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #167 (Circa July 1973)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1975 (15. Februar 1975)
- in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([October] 2000)
Indexer Notes
Story includes pastiches of Archie and Edith Bunker from TV's All in the Family.
The Origin of Terra-Man
Terra-Man / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates
- Pencils:
- Dick Dillin
- Inks:
- Neal Adams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1099
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Western
- Characters:
- The Collector (villain); Jess Manning; Terra-Man [Toby Manning]; Nova
- Reprints:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1975 (1. März 1975)
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975)
High Man on a Flagpole!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- John Sikela
- Inks:
- John Sikela
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1096
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Quent (villain); Superman; Lois Lane; Tom Trent; Arnold Carlyle; Clark Kent; Perry White
- Reprints:
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #46 (May-June 1947)
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.66 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-1129
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Challenge of Terra-Man
Superman -
2.
The Origin of Terra-Man
Terra-Man -
3.
High Man on a Flagpole!
Superman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag
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