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SUPERMAN #234

Cover Date: February 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1970-12-15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams


Story: "How to Tame a Wild Volcano!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #107 and #108)

Villain(s):

Quarrmer
Morgan Edge Clone
Boysie Harker (first appearance)
his hired army (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

inhabitants of Boki Island (first appearance of all)
UN observers (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean
Mount Boki (first appearance; a volcanic island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean)
United States of America
Death Valley, CA
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story is continued in part from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore ([January] 2009)


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Second Story: "Prison in the Sky" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
ArtCurt Swan
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Jor-El (last in World's Finest Comics #191; next in issue #246/2; story retold in World of Krypton #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Lara Lor-Van (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Tron-Et (first appearance; secretly leader of a crime combine; joins the Science Council)
Nali-Ilv (first appearance; a convict, volunteers to be placed into suspended animation and orbit Krypton; dies)
Ed-Ilv (first appearance; Nali-Ilv's twin brother)

Other Character(s):

Jax-Ur (earliest chronological appearance; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #117/2)
Ken-Dal

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton
Glacial City (first mentioned?)
Kryptonopolis
Space Center
Vathlo Island (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This is a Fabulous World of Krypton story. It is retold in World of Krypton #1.
This story starts on 2 Eorx, Year 9,995, Council Day, which celebrates the election of a new member to the Science Council and at least 73 Kryptonian days pass over the course of the story.
The story continues in part from the previous issue.


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