Superman
#257
(October 1972)
DC,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 34
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-08-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #87.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as
Cardy) - Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- S-1308
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; War-Horn
- Synopsis
- Superman protecting two kids while War-Horn lurks beneath them.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #64 -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1973 (3. März 1973) -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1973 ([april] 1973) -
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #4/1973 (3 april 1973) -
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #71 - 72 (décembre 1974) -
in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Superman Battles the War-Horn!
Superman / comic story / 15.5 pages
- Job Number
- S-1276
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- War-Horn (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; Superman
- Reprints
- in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #64
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1973 (3. März 1973) which is reprinted
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1973 ([april] 1973)
- in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #4/1973 (3 april 1973)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #176 (Circa April 1974) - in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #71 - 72 (décembre 1974)
-
The Greatest Green Lantern of All!
The World of Krypton / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Neal Adams (idea); Elliot Maggin (script)
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- S-1275
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Tomar-Re]; Guardians of the Universe; Jor-El; Lara; Brainiac; baby Kal-El; Superman (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Guardians of the Universe explain to Green Lantern Tomar-Re that his failure to prevent the destruction of Krypton might not truly be considered a failure, even though the Guardians once thought to make Kal-El the leader of the Green Lantern Corps, because the destruction of Krypton allowed Superman to fulfill his destiny as the universe's greatest champion.
- Reprints
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #169 (Circa September 1973)
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #7/1976 ([juni] 1976)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #30 (février 1980) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) (1989 [January 1990])
- in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([June] 1990)
- in Superman: The World of Krypton (DC, 2008 series) ([July] 2008)
- in Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton (DC, 2018 series) ([April] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Kandor; Krypton
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
Superman Battles the War-Horn!
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
3.
The Greatest Green Lantern of All!
The World of Krypton
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- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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