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Issue Details

Issue #240
Published July 1971
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

Cover Details - "Superman Fails!"

Characters Superman
Synopsis Superman quits due to ingratitude
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

15 page Superman story "To Save a Superman"

Characters Anti-Superman Gang (villains); Superman; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; I-Ching; sand creature
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Dick Giordano

7 page The Fabulous World of Krypton story "The Man Who Cheated Time"

Characters Zol-Mar (villain); Mal-Va; Thrax-Ol; Ron-Ru; Krypton
Synopsis Under the Scarlet Jungle of Krypton lies a condemned device, with which scientist Mal-Va planned to send his assistant Zol-Mar into the past and then return him after 10 minutes. However, Zol-Mar had ambitions of his own and sabotaged the machine, intending to stay in the past and be acclaimed for his mastery of the technologically advanced devices he carried with him. But the experiment, and Zol-Mar's plans, went horribly wrong when the time travel machine sent Zol-Mar in the wrong direction.
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Michael W. Kaluta
Inks Michael W. Kaluta
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #40 (September 1983); in Superman: The World of Krypton (DC, 2008 series) #nn

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page "letters page"

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Notes Includes letters from Martin Pasko and Bob Rozakis