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Issue Details

Issue #236
Published April 1971
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007] Inks previously credited to Neal Adams.

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; demons
Synopsis Demons taunting Superman to enter the Gates of Hell as Lois pleads inside for help
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007] Inks previously credited to Neal Adams.
Reprinted in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #10/1971

15 page Superman story "Planet of the Angels"

Characters Superman; Batman; Raphael; Michael; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Law officers of planet Beta U; Fortress of Solitude; Gabriel (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #12; in Super Heroes, The (Egmont Magazines, 1980 series) #v1#1 (October 1980) [in black and white]; in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #10/1971

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Notes letters page

7 page The Fabulous World of Krypton story "The Doomsayer!"

Characters Superman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Dr. Mo-De; Krypton
Synopsis Superman tells Green Arrow and Black Canary the story of a Kryptonian scientist whose warnings of impending doom went unheeded because his fellow citizens of Surrus were too distracted by musical flowers.
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #40 (September 1983); in Superman: The World of Krypton (DC, 2008 series) #nn