Issue Details

Issue	#242
Published	September 1971
Cover Price	0.25
Pages	52
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

Cover Details - "The Duel That Destroyed the Earth!"

Characters	Superman; Sand creature
Synopsis	Superman and Sand creature duplicate slugging it out over Metropolis
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]
Reprinted	in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #7/1972

22 page Superman story "The Ultimate Battle!"

Characters	Quarrm-Demon (villain); Superman; Stewpot; Gemmi; Jimmy Olsen; Sand creature; Wonder Woman (as Diana Prince); I-Ching
Synopsis	Superman loses half of his power
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #32; in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #7/1972

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page "letters page"

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Notes	letters page

10 page Superman story "The Girl Who Didn't Believe in Superman!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Alice Norton; Martha Norton; John Norton
Synopsis	Superman restores the sight of a blind girl and reunites her family.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	No villain.
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #96 (March 1955)

6 page Strange Adventures story "The World's Mightiest Weakling!"

Characters	Rodney Drake; Wilma; Brad Anderson; Professor Milton
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	No villain.
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures #54 (March, 1955)