(January 1976)
- Volume:
- 38
- Price:
- 0.25 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)
["You've beaten whole armies, Superman --"] (Table of Contents)
Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Oksner
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2159
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Father Time
- Synopsis:
- Superman belts immovable Father Time.
Costume, Costume--Who's Got the Costume? (Table of Contents)
Superman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner; Terry Austin ? (backgrounds)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2098
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Xenofobe; also as Father Time]; Jimmy Olsen; Josh Coyle; Lois Lane; Jaxon the Mighty; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Duo Damsel; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]; Time Trapper (behind the scenes); Madame Olga; Fortress of Solitude
- Synopsis:
- Father Time steals Superman’s costume and Superman follows it to 2975, a future unlike the future he knows, an “Earth after disaster.” There, Superman meets Jaxon, who wears his costume and the two battle until they end up back in 1975. Father Time arrives and reveals that he is a Green Lantern from the 30th century. He explains that the Time Trapper eliminated all the other possible timelines, leaving only the one in which civilization is destroyed by a Great Disaster, so he pitted Superman against Jaxon so that the energy their fight generated could restore all of the possible futures.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman: Past and Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
The Green Lanterns’ battle with the Time Trapper must have been earlier than contemporaneous Legion stories, as Duo Damsel (retired) and Invisible Kid (deceased) are shown as active members. This story was part of a larger attempt by DC to explain their two primary timelines. See Amazing World of DC Comics, The (DC, 1974 series) #12.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Costume, Costume--Who's Got the Costume?
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag
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