| Issue | #271 |
| Published | January 1974 |
| Cover Price | 0.20 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
| Notes | Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007] |
| Characters | Superman |
| Synopsis | Giant hand symbolically crushes Metropolis as Superman flies at the attacker. |
| 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] |
| Characters | Brainiac (villain); Superman; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Clark Kent; Melba Manton |
| Synopsis | As WGBS employess picket outside the building, they witness a mirror image of the Metorpolis skyline descending from the sky. When Superman investigates, he finds Brainiac, who announces that when the mirror image meets the real skyline, the latter will explode. With the aid of WGBS, Superman convinces Brainiac that his plot has succeeded and that he is mad with rage. With the advantage of his sanity and Brainiac's misunderstanding of the situation, Superman is able to turn the tables on Brainiac and send him off into deep space. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Elliot S! Maggin |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Bob Oksner |
| Notes | Brainiac makes many obscure references to the name "Kent." |
| Reprinted | in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Jaxon the Lash (villain); Vanaria; Art-Al; Krypton |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Elliot S! Maggin |
| Pencils | Dick Giordano |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Notes | Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. |
| Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Letters | typeset |