Issue Details

Issue	#396
Published	January 1971
Cover Price	0.15
Pages	36
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Cover Details - "The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis"

Characters	Superman
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks	Murphy Anderson (signed)

13 page Superman story "The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Rob Fletcher; Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	Imaginary Story. Story continues in Action Comics #397 (February 1971)
Reprinted	in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #8/1971

2 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971"

Characters	Superman (brief origin); Green Kryptonite; George Taylor; Perry White; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; The Newsboy Legion; Rose and the Thorn; Supergirl; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Curt Swan
Notes	Promo for Superman and Superman related DC titles. Art id confirmed by many on the main email list.

9 page Tales of the Fortress story "The Invaders from Nowhere!"

Characters	Superman; the Seekers (villains); Tirrik; Klurr; Fortress of Solitude
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Leo Dorfman [as Geoff Brown]
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Revealing a Trio of Secret Identities"

Genre	Bio
Letters	typeset
Notes	Biographies of Leo Dorfman, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. Reveals that Geoff Brown is a pseudonym of Leo Dorfman (combines his son's name, Geoff, with his wife's maiden name, Brown).

1 page Where the Action Is letters page

Letters	typeset
Editing	Murray Boltinoff