Issue Details

Issue	#27
Published	August 1982
Cover Price	0.95
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Dick Giordano

13 page Superman story "The Luthor Nobody Knows!"

Characters	Lex Luthor (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Roy Raymond; Perry White; Superboy; Smallville Police Chief Douglas Parker; green kryptonite
Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot Maggin
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Bob Oksner
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #292 (October 1975)

12 page Superman story "Superman's Super Hold-Up!"

Characters	Luthor; Lois Lane
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #59 (July-August 1952)

8 page Superman story "The Most Dangerous Door in the World!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Jack Abel
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969)

7 page Superman story Success is a Heartbeat Away! (2nd chap of "The Most Dangerous Door in the World")

Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Jack Abel
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969)

3 page text article "The Luthor Story"

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

12 page Superman story "The Death of Luthor!"

Characters	Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Lexor; Ardora; Green Kryptonite; Brainiac (cameo)
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (November 1964)

12 page Superman story "The Condemned Superman!"

Characters	Superman; Ardora; Lexor; Lex Luthor (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 (December 1964)

15 page Superman story "Luthor's Hammer of Hate!"

Characters	Lex Luthor; Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Anton Falenni; Dr. Thames
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #423 (April 1973)

14 page Superman story "Lex Luthor--Super Scalp Hunter!"

Characters	Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ali; Lois Lane; Carol
Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot Maggin
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #282 (December 1974)