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Superman #249 (1972) · The Collector

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Superman (1939)
#249

DC Comics#249

Superman

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Superman #249

The Challenge of Terra-Man / The Origin of Terra-Man / High Man on a Flagpole!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: March 1972
On sale: Jan 11, 1972
Cover price: $0.25
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Cary Bates, Jerry Siegel
Pencillers: Curt Swan, Dick Dillin, John Sikela
Inkers: Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, George Roussos
Letterers: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza

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Grand Comics Database issue 24931

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The appearance of a stagecoach on the streets of Metropolis heralds the arrival of Terra-Man, a character seemingly from a spaghetti western, yet with super-scientific weapons. Superman must contain Terra-Man while dealing with a kryptonian condition known as birth-spells which effects the metabolism of Kryptonians every six years on their Kryptonian birthdays.

Cover

Neal Adams

Editor

Julius Schwartz

Assistant editor

E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Arnold Carlyle
Clark Kent
Jess Manning
Jonathan Kent
Krypton
Lois Lane
Martha Kent
Nova
Perry White
Quent
Superboy
Superman
Terra-Man
The Collector
Tom Trent

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