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