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Superman #217

DC · Series began 1939 · June-July 1969

Dates

Cover date
June-July 1969
On sale
April 8, 1969
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Wayne Boring, Al Plastino, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooneyinks: Vince Colletta, Stan Kaye, Al Plastino, Jim Mooneyletters: Gaspar Saladinoscript: Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel, Robert Bernstein

Stories

  • The Outlaws from Krypton! · 12 pages
  • The Girl in Superman's Past! · 9.67 pages

    Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.

  • The Super-Duel in Space · 13 pages

    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.

  • The First Supergirl! · 10 pages

    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.

  • The Menace of Metallo! · 12.67 pages

    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.

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