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Issue Details

Issue #227
Published June-July 1970
Cover Price 0.25
Pages 68
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Giant #G-72. Theme: Special All-Kryptonite Issue!

Cover Details - "Special All-Kryptonite Issue!"

Characters Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Green Kryptonite; White Kryptonite; Red Kryptonite; Superboy; Gold Kryptonite; Jewel Kryptonite
Synopsis Vignettes from various stories.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Muphy Anderson

13 page Superman story "The Super-Powers of Perry White!"

Characters Xasnu (villain); Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Masterman; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl; Y'Trom; Kandor (cameo); White Kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite
Synopsis After being infected by an alien plant, Perry White gains super powers and goes after Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Reprinted From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #278 (July 1961)

8 page Superboy story "The Great Kryptonite Mystery"

Characters Superboy; Clark Kent; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Green Kryptonite
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #58 (July 1957)

10 page Superman story "The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner!"

Characters Rog-Ar (villain); Superman; Quex-Ul; Mon-El; Supergirl; Jax-Ur; Jor-El; Perry White; Green Kryptonite; Gold Kryptonite; Rondor creatures; Phantom Zone; Fortress of Solitude; Krypton
Synopsis Superman releases Quex-Ul from the Phantom Zone since he has served his sentence, but Quex-Ul vows revenge on the son of the man who pronounced him guilty. However, when the freed prisoner displays heroic behavior, Superman wonders if Quex-Ul was truly guilty and travels back in time to Krypton to witness Quex-Ul being hypnotized into believing himself guilty. When Supergirl tells Quex-Ul he is innocent, he sacrifices himself to keep Superman from being exposed to the Gold Kryptonite trap he has set for him. In doing so, Quex-Ul loses his powers and his memory, so Superman sets him up in a new life in Metropolis.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #157 (November 1962)

13 page Superman story "The Invasion of the Super-Ants!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Red Kryptonite
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #296 (January 1963)

13 page Superman story "Secret of Kryptonite Six!"

Characters Jax-Ur (villain); Perry White; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent; Lori Lemaris; Kandor; Vorb-Un; Supergirl; Jewel Kryptonite; Thought-Beast; Phantom Zone; Fortress of Solitude; Krypton
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (March 1964)