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Superman #271 (1974) · The Collector

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Superman (1939)
#271

DC Comics#271

Superman

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Superman #271

The Man Who Murdered Metropolis! / The Warriors of Lightning Valley!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 1974
On sale: Oct 9, 1973
Cover price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writer: Elliot Maggin
Pencillers: Curt Swan, Dick Giordano
Inkers: Bob Oksner, Dick Giordano
Cover: Nick Cardy

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Grand Comics Database issue 27066

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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.

Editor

Julius Schwartz

Assistant editor

E. Nelson Bridwell

Characters

Art-Al
Brainiac
Clark Kent
Jaxon the Lash
Krypton
Melba Manton
Morgan Edge
Steve Lombard
Superman
Vanaria

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