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SUPERMAN #253
Cover Date: June 1972
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1972-04-13
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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #413; next in World's Finest Comics #212)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Justice League of America #99; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #124)
Villain(s):
- Ferlin Nyxly (last in issue #235; finds a suit of technologically advanced armor)
- Morgan Edge Clone (last in Justice League of America #94; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #152)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Martian Manhunter (last in Justice League of America #71; next in World's Finest Comics #212)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Ezra Royko (first appearance; National Weather Service)
- Sourdough Jim (first appearance)
- Mr. Duffy (first appearance; a worker at 344 Clinton St.)
- Madge (first appearance; resident of 344 Clinton St.)
- another resident of 344 Clinton St. (first appearance)
- Dr. Wilson Farr (in between issues #246 and #293)
- Billy Anders (first appearance; a young resident of 344 Clinton; mind temporally transferred into a lynx)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Shasta Hospital
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- WGBS Building
- 344 Clinton St.
- Utah Salt Flats
Credits (new material only):
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Superman #13 (November-December 1941)
Comment(s):
- This is a Golden Age Superman story.