(January 1974)
- Volume:
- 36
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Barcode:
- ?
- 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)
Who Is the Man Who Murdered Metropolis?
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Nick Cardy
- Inks:
- Nick Cardy
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1638
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
- Synopsis:
- Giant hand symbolically crushes Metropolis as Superman flies at the attacker.
- Reprints:
- in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974)
- in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #3 (1975) which is reprinted
- in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #2 (1974) which is reprinted
- in Superman (Ehapa, 1966 Serie) #15, Juli 1972, Germany
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]
The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!
Superman / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1613
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Brainiac (villain); Superman; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Clark Kent; Melba Manton
- Synopsis:
- As WGBS employess picket outside the building, they witness a mirror image of the Metorpolis skyline descending from the sky. When Superman investigates, he finds Brainiac, who announces that when the mirror image meets the real skyline, the latter will explode. With the aid of WGBS, Superman convinces Brainiac that his plot has succeeded and that he is mad with rage. With the advantage of his sanity and Brainiac's misunderstanding of the situation, Superman is able to turn the tables on Brainiac and send him off into deep space.
- Reprints:
- in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974)
- in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #3 (1975)
- in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([October] 2000)
Indexer Notes
Brainiac makes many obscure references to the name "Kent."
The Warriors of Lightning Valley!
The Fabulous World of Krypton / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils:
- Dick Giordano
- Inks:
- Dick Giordano
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-1619
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Jaxon the Lash (villain); Vanaria; Art-Al; Krypton
- Reprints:
- in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #11-12/1975 ([november] 1975)
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
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-1645
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!
Superman -
2.
The Warriors of Lightning Valley!
The Fabulous World of Krypton -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Daniel Thingvold
- Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Lang
- Bob Rivard
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Ed Boner
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