Superman #295
(January 1976)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
38
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-10-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Editing
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #123.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-2159
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've beaten whole armies, Superman...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Father Time
Synopsis
Superman belts immovable Father Time.
Reprints

Costume, Costume-- Who's Got the Costume? (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Elliot Maggin
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Bob Oksner; Terry Austin ? (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-2098
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
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.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude

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 The Amazing World of DC Comics (DC, 1974 series) #12.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-2167

The Captive Commissioner (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You've beaten whole armies, Superman..."]
    Superman
  2. 1. Costume, Costume-- Who's Got the Costume?
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  4. 3. The Captive Commissioner
    Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
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