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Issue Details

Issue #213
Published January 1969
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Synopsis Dead Superman lies before vault which is to be opened in the event of his death
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams

15 page Superman story "The Most Dangerous Door in the World!"

Characters Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl; green kryptonite; Brainiac 5
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Jack Abel
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #27

1 page Wonderful World of Comics text article "#7"

Synopsis Info on Dolphin artist Jay Scott Pike, 1968 Academy Con, and Golden Age info
Genre fact
Colors b&w
Letters typeset

8 page Superman story "The Orphans of Space!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; green earthite; red kryptonite; Interstellar Council of United Planets
Synopsis In his Fortress of Solitude, Superman disassembles a strange machine he found in space. When the machine explodes and destroys the Earth, Superman, Supergirl and Krypto are the only survivors.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes No villain. Story is a red kryptonite hallucination.
Reprinted From Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Letters typeset
Notes letters page