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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published July 1980
Cover Price 0.40
Pages 68
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz' editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also list Ross Andru, but his contribution is unclear. The layouts credit is an educated guess based on the data available.

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru (layouts?); Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks Dave Hunt (signed)
Notes Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz' editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also list Ross Andru, but his contribution is unclear. The layouts credit is an educated guess based on the data available.

17 page Superboy story "This Planet Is Condemned"

Characters Superboy; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Bash Bashford; Kryptonite
Synopsis An alien race attempts to get Superboy to move to their world
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [May 2008]

28 page Superman insert or dust jacket "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); William Schockley (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Lana Lang
Synopsis Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes 32 page Radio Shack ad
Reprinted From Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (DC 1980 series) #nn

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page "Smallville Mailsack"

Letters typeset