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Issue Details

Issue #270
Published December 1973
Cover Price 0.20
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 - "The Viking from Valhalla!"

Characters Superman; Valdemar
Synopsis Superman restrains Valdemar from saving people marching into dragons mouth.
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]

14 page Superman story "The Viking from Valhalla!"

Characters Valdemar (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Oscar Asherman; Steve Lombard; Lois Lane; Skagerrak
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson

6 page Private Life of Clark Kent story "I Can't Go Home Again!"

Characters Superman (as Clark Kent); Pete Ross; Daniel; Superboy (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback)
Synopsis When the plans for a new highway go right through the Kent home in Smallville, Clark returns for one last visit. Pete Ross sees Clark and recalls how he recommended the highway be put through the Kent home to destroy any remaining evidence of Clark's double identity there. But once he meets up with Clark and realizes Clark has taken care of the evidence and wishes to keep his childhood home, he regrets the decision. Clark leads Pete to "discover" Native American artifacts near the Kent property, which necessitates diverting the highway and saves the Kent home.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #nn

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell