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SUPERMAN #254

Cover Date: July 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1972-05-11

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Kid Who Stole Superman's Powers!" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #212; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Billy Anders (in between issues #253 and #259; mind still transferred into a lynx; becomes a conduit for Superman's super-strength)

Villain(s):

The Kleth (first appearance; an alien race)
Captain L'drr (a renegade; rather than seeking out new civilizations, seeks to plunder)
to other crew members

Other Character(s):

Billy Anders' doctor
a road construction crew
a Kleth doctor (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
United States of America
Metropolis
Shasta Hospital
New York, NY
United Nations Building
Unidentified Space Sector
Belmount (first mentioned; a planet in the star-system Betelgeuse)


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Second Story: "The Baby Who Walked Through Walls!" (7 Pages)
"The Private Life of Clark Kent"

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
ArtNeal Adams
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent (last in first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #124)

Other Character(s):

Petra Lewis (first appearance; a very harried mother)
Michelle Lewis (first appearance; Mrs. Lewis' toddler; escapes through a doggie door)
Mrs. Goldstein (in between issues #246 and #296; babysitting her toddler grandson)
Lance (first appearance; grandson of Mrs. Goldstein; son of Sarah, Mrs. Goldstein's oldest daughrer)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Victor Dennison (mentioned; last in Flash #212)

Location(s):

Metropolis
344 Clinton St.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #25 (June 1982)
DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams #1 ([March] 2009)


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