Superman
#217
(June-July 1969)
DC,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of March and September
- On-sale Date
- 1969-04-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
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Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G60 and as G-60 on indicia page.
On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B496117.
On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B496117.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- W-141
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a fantastic collection of famous firsts...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lori Lemaris; first Supergirl (not Kara); Brainiac; Mala; Metallo
- Synopsis
- Superman displays vignettes of interior stories
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
The Outlaws from Krypton!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mala (villain); two Kryptonians (villains); Superman; Lois Lane; Jor-El (flashback); Clark Kent
- Reprints
-
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #194 (July 1954)
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- Keywords
- green kryptonite
The Girl in Superman's Past!
Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane
- Synopsis
- Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Origin and first appearance Lori the Mermaid.
The Super-Duel in Space
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brainiac (intro, villain); Superman; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Koko; Professor Kimda; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Superbaby (flashback)
- Synopsis
- While on an experimental rocket, Clark and Lois encounter the alien Brainiac, who plans to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth and then use them to repopulate his planet. Superman gets inside Brainiac’s ship when the villain snatches Metropolis and there finds a bottle with the Kryptonian city of Kandor. He enters the bottle and with the help of a scientist there restores the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for his trip home. Because there is not enough power to restore Kandor, Superman places the city in his Fortress, as Brainiac rockets away empty-handed.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)
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- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude (cameo); Kandor (intro); Krypton (flashback)
Indexer Notes
Art altered to include Brainiac's skull terminals. First Appearance Brainiac and Kandor.
The First Supergirl!
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Super-Girl; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- Jimmy Olsen is given the gift of a magic totem bestowing 3 wishes on the owner, he uses one wish to give Superman a super companion - Super-Girl.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #123 (August 1958) [retitled and edited]
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- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Originally part 1 of a 3-part novel, this chapter was originally titled "The Girl of Steel" and was slightly edited to be read independently for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6. It is that version reprinted here.
Super-Girl differently colored in this reprint to distinguish her from Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), who had not yet been created when this story first appeared.
This Super-Girl was a try out to gauge reader reaction to the character.
[The World's Greatest Heroine]
Superman and Supergirl / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl
- Synopsis
- Pin-up of Supergirl's public introduction.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #285 (February 1962) [one page excerpt]
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The Menace of Metallo!
Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Metallo [John Corben] (villain, intro, origin); Lois Lane; Professor Vale; Edith; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Sherry Blair
- Synopsis
- Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Origin and first appearance Metallo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Here's a fantastic collection of famous firsts..."]
Superman -
1.
How Can This Be Possible?
The Brave and the Bold -
2.
Table of Contents
-
3.
The Outlaws from Krypton!
Superman -
4.
Why?
Aquaman -
5.
The Girl in Superman's Past!
Superman -
6.
The Super-Duel in Space
Superman -
7.
Calling Members of the Mighty I Patrol
Iverson -
8.
[no title indexed]
Pallisades Amusement Park -
9.
The First Supergirl!
Superman -
10.
[The World's Greatest Heroine]
Superman and Supergirl -
11.
The Menace of Metallo!
Superman
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