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Issue Details

Issue #254
Published July 1972
Cover Price 0.20
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Superman; Billy Anders
Synopsis Superman bequeaths his super-powers to crippled boy.
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Cover art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics

15 page Superman story "The Kid Who Stole Superman's Powers!"

Characters L'Drr (villain); Superman; Billy Anders; Fortress of Solitude
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Editing Julius Schwartz

7 page The Private Life of Clark Kent story "The Baby Who Walked Through Walls!"

Characters Superman [only as Clark Kent]; Petra Lewis; Michelle Lewis; Mrs. Goldstein; Lance
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Job number and credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. The baby was modeled on Zeea Adams (per Zeea (Adams) Moss via the GCD Errors list, February 2010).
Reprinted in The Super Heroes (Egmont Magazines, 1980 series) #v1#9 (June 1981); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #25

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset