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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)


Story: "The Kid Who Saved Superman!" (22 Pages)

Credits:

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


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Second Story (reprint): [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman #13 (November-December 1941)

Comment(s):

This is a Golden Age Superman story.


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