| Issue | #248 |
| Published | February 1972 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
| Notes | Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; original indexer credited the pencils to Curt Swan. |
| Characters | Lex Luthor; Superman statue |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Notes | Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; original indexer credited the pencils to Curt Swan. |
| Characters | Lex Luthor (villain); the Galactic Golem (intro); Superman; Lois Lane |
| Synopsis | Luthor gathers galactic matter to create The Galactic Golem, whose desire for hyper-stellar energy leads him into conflict with Superman. After Superman allows Luthor to believe that their conflict has destroyed all civilization, and The Galactic Golem has turned on Luthor, Luthor works with Superman to distract the creature off the planet. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Reprinted | in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #32; in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Min-Tor; Jan-Ar; Sala; Kryptonopolis (origin); Lan-Nu; Krypton |
| Synopsis | Kryptonian archaeologists uncover a globe in which is recorded the story of the war between Erkol and Xan. After Xan detonated an all-element bomb, hostilities ceased, but all babies conceived on that day in Erkol were born without thumbs and with enlarged heads. Years later, the children of Erkol, who had been exiled and left to their own devices, discovered that along with their physical abnormalities they had been born with telekinetic powers. But when the children learned that hostilities had resumed and that Erkol was threatened by a doomsday weapon, they attempted to return home to use their powers to stop the device, but Erkol was destroyed. So the children returned to their city, which they named Kryptonopolis. |
| Genre | super-hero; science fiction |
| Script | Marv Wolfman |
| Pencils | Dave Cockrum |
| Inks | Dave Cockrum |
| Notes | Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. |
| Reprinted | in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #40 (September 1983); in Superman: The World of Krypton (DC, 2008 series) #nn |
| Characters | Superman of 2466; Muto (villain); Atlanteans; Lyra 3916 |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339 July 1966 |