Issue Details

Issue	#412
Published	May 1972
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant)

Cover Details - "Secret of the First Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman; Josdin
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy

16 page Superman story "Secret of the First Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman; Josdin (villain); Jessica Sloan
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson

6 page Superman story "The Menace of the Sky-Scorchers"

Characters	Superman; Paul Stewart
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	John Calnan
Inks	Murphy Anderson

2 page text article "The Superman Legend"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Letters	typeset
Notes	Features the origin of Superman and additional facts; a blue-lined image of Superman is behind the text on the first page, and a full-color Superman symbol rests at the bottom of the second page.

13 page Eclipso story "Duel of the Divided Man"

Characters	Eclipso; Bruce Gordon; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett; Doctor Karko; Colonel Gray
Synopsis	Bruce Gordon and Profesor Bennett go into orbit in an experimental space capsule. When it looks like Eclipso could take over Gordon permanently, Gordon tries to sacrifice himself.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #62 (September-October 1963)

1 page Where the Action Is letters page

Letters	typeset
Editing	Murray Boltinoff