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Superman 280

SUPERMAN #280

Cover Date: October 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1974-07-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy (signed)


Story: "Duel of the Diamond Demons!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsCurt Swan
InksBob Oksner
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #225; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Morgan Edge (in between issue #278/2 and the second story in this issue)
Steve Lombard (in between issue #279 and the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Ace (first appearance; a WGBS helicopter pilot)
Luis (first appearance; a WGBS staffer)
Dale Smith (first appearance; MET newscaster)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
WGBS Building


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Second Story: "The Last Headline!" (6 Pages)
The Private Life of Clark Kent

Credits:

StoryMartin Pasko
PencilsCurt Swan
InksTex Blaisdell
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #440)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #278/2; next in Action Comics #440)
Josh Coyle (behind the scenes; last/next in ???)
Laura Conway (last in issue #278/2; next in Action Comics #441)
Lola Barnett (last in Action Comics #438; next in issue #285)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #137/2; next in Superman Family #167/2)
Meg Tempest (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #162; next in Superman Family #189)
Melba Manton (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #137/2; next in issue #289/)
Morgan Edge (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #440)
Percy Bratton (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #160; next in issue #306)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #137; next in issue #282)
Ryan Lowell (last in Action Comics #429; next in Superman Special #3)
Steve Lombard (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #440)

Villain(s):

Zack Dawson (first appearance; a bank embezzler Perry White helped put in prison 30 years earlier)
Dawson's unnamed accomplice (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

other unidentified Daily Planet staffer

Location(s):

Metropolis
WGBS Building
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

Perry White turns 65 one month after this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #6 (July-August 1980)
Superman: Daily Planet ([March] 2006)


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