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SUPERMAN #247

Cover Date: January 1972
Cover Price: $0.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Must There Be a Superman?" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (Clark Kent; last in World's Finest Comics #208; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Guardians of the Universe
Katma Tui (last in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #56; next in DC Special Series #1/2)

Villain(s):

Alien pod-spores (first appearance)
Harley (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Kalyarnans (in flashback)
Migrant peach harvesters (first appearance)
Manuel (first appearance)
Manuel's mother (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (in flashback)
Jonathan Kent (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 0:
Oa
Space Sector 2813:
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Central California
Metropolis
Unidentified Space Sector:
Kalyara (in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told
Superman in the Seventies


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Second Story: "When on Earth..." (8 Pages)
The Private Life of Clark Kent

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #118)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen
Amy (receptionist at he Daily Planet; first appearance)
Bick (Amy's brother; first appearance)

Villain(s):

gang of teenagers

Other Character(s):

Plain clothes police officer


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Third Story (reprint): "Muto--Monarch of Menace!" (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman of 2466

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #338 (June 1966).


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