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Superman #271

DC · Series began 1939 · January 1974

Dates

Cover date
January 1974
On sale
October 9, 1973
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Nick Cardy, Curt Swan, Dick Giordanoinks: Nick Cardy, Bob Oksner, Dick Giordanoscript: Elliot Maggin, E. Nelson Bridwell

Stories

  • The Man Who Murdered Metropolis! · 14 pages

    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.

  • The Warriors of Lightning Valley! · 6 pages

Reprinted in

Superman in the Seventies (2000)

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