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Issue Details

Issue #279
Published September 1974
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batgirl
Synopsis Batgirl falls from building but tells flying Superman to save Metropolis instead.
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]
Reprinted in Supermann (WIlliams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #10/1976

14 page Superman story "Menace of the Energy-Blackmailers!"

Characters J. Saul Kerry (villain); Superman; Batgirl; Batman; Clark Kent; Barbara Gordon; Steve Lombard
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Frank Giacoia [as Phil Zupa]
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #13; in Supermann (WIlliams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #10/1976

6 page The Fabulous World of Krypton story "The Magic Master of Krypton!"

Characters Ca-Rox (villain); Superman; Maz-Ma; Bottle City of Kandor; Krypton
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Tex Blaisdell
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)

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset