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Issue Details

Issue #264
Published June 1973
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover date adjusted- No May, 1973 issue. Skips from March to June. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

Cover Details - "Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!"

Characters Superman; Phantom Quarterback
Synopsis Phantom Quarterback knocking down Superman.
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Cover date adjusted- No May, 1973 issue. Skips from March to June. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

16 page Superman story "Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!"

Characters Phantom Quarterback (villain); Superman; Steve Lombard (intro); Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Frederic Fowe; Morgan Edge
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes First Appearance of Steve Lombard

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset

7 page The Fabulous World of Krypton story "The Headband Warriors of Krypton!"

Characters Taka-Ne (villain); Nim-Ed; Rik-Ar; Jani; Krypton
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Dave Cockrum
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (1979 series) #40 (September 1983)