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Issue Details

Issue #282
Published December 1974
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

Cover Details

Characters Superman; a hijacker
Synopsis Superman hurling hijacker to ground instead of arresting him.
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

14 page Superman story "Lex Luthor--Super Scalp-Hunter!"

Characters Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ali; Lois Lane; Carol
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #27

6 page The Fabulous World of Krypton story "The Loneliest Man in the Universe"

Characters Nam-Ek (villain); Superman; Supergirl; Krypton
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Inks Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
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)

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters typeset