| Issue | #249 |
| Published | March 1972 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
| Notes | This issue includes the statement of ownership, management, and circulation. Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics |
| Characters | Superman; Terra-Man; Nova |
| Synopsis | Tattered and wounded Superman founders in air as Terra-Man and flying horse Nova attack. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Neal Adams |
| Notes | This issue includes the statement of ownership, management, and circulation. Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics |
| Reprinted | in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Terra-Man (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Nova; Krypton (flashback) |
| Synopsis | The appearance of a stagecoach on the streets of Metropolis heralds the arrival of Terra-Man, a character seemingly from a spaghetti western, yet with super-scientific weapons. Superman must contain Terra-Man while dealing with a kryptonian condition known as birth-spells which effects the metabolism of Kryptonians every six years on their Kryptonian birthdays. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Notes | Story includes pastiches of Archie and Edith Bunker from TV's All in the Family. |
| Reprinted | in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | The Collector (villain); Jess Manning; Terra-Man [Toby Manning]; Nova |
| Genre | Superhero; Western |
| Script | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Dick Dillin |
| Inks | Neal Adams |
| Reprinted | In Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 |
| Characters | Quent (villain); Superman; Lois Lane; Tom Trent; Arnold Carlyle; Clark Kent; Perry White |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Sikela |
| Inks | John Sikela |
| Reprinted | From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #46 May-June 1947 |
| Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |