WATCH OUT!

IF THE MAN OF STEEL FAILS

TODAY, EARTH WON’T BE HERE TOMORROW! [

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NAWKF'S FOiLYi
Friends,

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Table, which was colourfully designed and featured all your
STAR Heroes.
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for you.

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 f RoCKETEP AS A BABY FROM THE EXPLOPING PLANET
B KRYPTON KAL-EL GREW TOMANHOOP ON EARTH—
r WHOSE YELLOW SUN ANP LIGHTER GRAVITY GAVE HIM
F FANTASTIC SUPER-POWERS.' IN THE CITY OF METROPOUS,
HE POSES AS MlLP-MANNEREP NEWSMAN CLARK KENT- Y Created t& -
JERfi¥Stt^EL&.
BUT BATTLES EVIL ALL OVER EARTH—AW BEYONP-AS...
.JOS SHU'-TER

"BOYS AND GIRLS,

I'M DELIGHTED TO "HE IS AN OLP
ANNOUNCE A VERY FR/ENP OF MINE
DISTINGUISHED
T&OMSMALLVILLE
SPECIAL ...BUT I’M SURE
GUEST WILL BE YOU'LL ALL
COMING THROUGH RECOGNIZE HIS
OUR POOR FAMOUS FACE
ANY MOMENT AT A GLANCE...
NOW...

ft11
I- -STf / ■ '

... ANP AS
FAR AS I'M
CONCERNEP-
HE IS TOPS
IN HIS FIELD/ ■w
FOR WITHOUT
A DOUBT...

POES IT
BETTJERJ"

' P&PSEH7MG — THE MOST

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 Y ES, ALEC?

7 THAT'S VERY
INTERESTING, T
ALEC... BUT FROM
THAT KNOCK ON THE
POOR, IT APPEARS
OUR SUEST IS
. ALREADY HERE/,
W MS. VYtLSON-
I FROM WHAT PO COME IN, PLEASE/
you said, i
THINK WE ALL
HAVE A PRETTY
GOOP IDEA WHO
THIS MYSTERY
GUEST IS
. GOING TO BE/ J

J 7 OH WOW! WHY IT'S THE \

WAIT'LL THI *57 I GUY THAT \
• " POES THE I:
GUVS HEAR TV NEWS/ J
WHO PROPPt.
LN AFTER 39x-'-
SCHOOL TO
VISIT OUR
, JOURNALLSA
k CLUB' f THAT'S WHO MS.
7 WILSON WAS
I TALKING ABOUT--
\ CLARK KENT'y

' AW, SHUCKS/

1 THOUGHT
SUPERMAN WOULD
BE COMING THROUGH
THAT DOOR A&AtN.'

r HOPE WE PIPN'T HURT YOUR |^H|

MY STUDENTS DON'T MEAN TO
SUPERMAN? BE RUDE, CLARK.' IT'S JUST THAT FEELINGS, MR. KENT.' NN KS
ER ... DID SUPERMAN PAID THE CLASS A AMBITION IS TO BE A TV
I M./SS • SURPRISE VISIT SEVERAL MONTHS . NEWS WOMAN ONE PAY, :
SOMETHING, . AGO... . k LIKE LANA LANG.'
MARGARET?, ——----- 1 WANT
...AND NOW TO BE A
I REALI2E I -SNZzZ-^^^B pally planet
UNWITTINGLY -SN7Z7- reporter, like
MISLED J7/MWIX OLSEN.'
THEM INTO
EXPECTING
SUPERMAN
AGAIN
INSTEAD
\ of you/7
 ANP HOW ABOUT YOU, YOUNG SAME OLP "SMART" ALEC. S/ MR. KENT'S
MAN - • WHAT BIG AMBITION JUST AS RAMBUNCTIOUS '/ OFFICE WAS
MADE YOU JOIN THIS CLUB? ANP LOUD-MOUTHEP AS HE I KINP ENOUGH
WAS THE LAST TIME I WAS I TO FURNISH
HERE/ . . US AN
_L ; YAWN ? THE N
INSTRUCTIONAL
FILM ON THE WORKINGS
X NAME'S ALEC! OF GALAXY COMMUNICATIONS,
ANP ME, I'M GONNA < CLASS/ .
BE THE MIKE WALLACE
OF THE /99O'S! y

NlECMWE THE VISUAL Moments later

AfPS EXPERT AROUND HERE,'
WOULP you BE KINP ENOUGH THERE! I'LL TURN OUT THE
TO THREAP THE FILM INTO WE'RE LIGHTS,,, ANP MR,KENT
THE PROJECTOR FOR US? j READY WILL PROVIDE LIVE
TO ROLL! COMMENTARY FOR US £
AS THE FILM UNWINDS' J WOULP
BE MY
OKAY, MS, WILSON '
PLEASURE,
I JUST HOPE I MARGARET'
CAN KEEP MY J
HANDS STEADY /(K.
IN ALL THIS
PULSE-POUNPING SAT
EXCITEMENT! ,IW

But when the classroom goes park THAT'S BECAUSE THE

electricity just fa/lep,
ALEC/ THE RAGING STORM
OUTSIDE HAS PLUNGED US AW,
OH, MY — INTO A POWER BLACKOUT.' SHOOT.
JUST WHEN I
WAS ABOUT WHAT'S WITH
TO FLIP THE THIS PROJECTOR?
SWITCH! A OH, FUPGE/
IT WENT PEAD WHAT
< ON ME/
BUMMER!
Stepping away from her students for a
MOMENT--MARGARET WILSON CONSULTS WITH
HER OLP FRIEND AND FELLOW SMALLVILLE
HIGH GRADUATE...

CLARK, PO YOU MY GUESS IS THE

THINK WE'RE THE ENTIRE AREA HAS
ONLY BUILDING LOST ITS
THAT'S BEEN 'Jj , ELECTRICITY, , A "GUESS" .
AFFECTED? MARGARET/ A I'VE VERIFIED
By A CLEAN .
SWEEP OF MY
TELESCOPIC J
-> VISION' «

' WHAT A^B|

< NUISANCE! I W
«l WONDER HOW »
L» LONG IT WILL W
K TAKE TO REPAIR
THE DAMAGE, CLARK?
,:,5<r.TiMWics~
A QUESTION THE MAN OF STEEL SILENTLY
ANSWERS AS HIS AMAZING SUPER-VISION Goopj * THE POWER -WHICH MEANS
ZEROES IN ON THE UPSTATE POWER STATION F THE OUGHT TO BE THIS IS NOT A
SERVING THE METROPOLIS AREA... TROUBLE­ RESTORED • JOB FOR
SHOOTERS WITHIN A SUPERMAN.!
ON PUTY HALF HOUR--
HAVE THE <
SITUATION J
WELL IN )
HAND '

POOR SHANNA'S NOT THE ONLY

STUDENT STARTING TO GET A BIT .
UNEASY, CLARK / _ ______

F po you suppose you could ■

FIND A WAY TO KEEP THEM OCCUR/ED
TILL THE LIGHTS SO BACK ON ? .5
- eeeek/,-
I'M S-SCARED,
MS. WILSON/
SOME OF THAT
LIGHTNING'S
COMING AWFUL
CLOSE... AND
IT'S SO PARK!

GIVE US A BREAK,
SHANNA/ YOU GET
SPOOKED JUST .
GOING INTO A V LEAVE IT TOME
CLOSET TO HANG \ MARGARET.' WHAT
UP youR COAT/ J. PO YOU THINK
OF THIS,..? -

d
M?MfiNTS later, as the frightful ... MR. KENT HAS ' OH WOW, MS. WILSON
STORM CONTINUES TO RAGE OUTSIPE... GRACIOUSLY CONSENTEP
TO TELL US ABOUT ONE I'LL SECOND THAT \
ALL RIGHT, CLASS, FACE FRONT? ASIPE OF SUPERMAN'S LATEST WOW/ A STORY ABOUT
FROM BEING AN ACE NEWSPAPER RE­ ADVENTURES.. JWST THE SUPERMAN SEATS
PORTER ANP A TOP TV-NEWSMAN...OUR WAY SUPERMAN TOLPA SEEING A FILM ABOUTJ
SPECIAL GUEST ALSO HAPPENS* TO 8E A v IT TOW AU THE PAILY PLANET
Sv ANY, PAY/ JBL

ER...NO
OFFENSE.
MR. KENT/

NONE TAKEN, ALEC/ BUT AS V ....WE OFTEN

GLAMOROUS AW EXCITING AS TEND TO FORGET
A MAN OF STEEL'S LIFE MIGHT THE TREMENPOUS
SEEM TO THE REST OF US... CHALLENGES ANP
RESPONSIBILITIES
THAT GO HANP IN
HAND WITH BEING
. A SUPERMAN

SUPERMAN
ADVENTURE
BEGAN IN THE
MIDST OF A
MAJOR STORM
NOT UNLIKE THE
ONP WP'ISF

"...ONLY THIS STORM WAS FURIOUSLY

RAGING ACROSS COLORADO... OYER
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, TO BE PRECISE/

, MOTHER NATURE • THIS whole

COULDN'T HAVE PICKED AREA HAS BEEN
A BETTER TIME AND PARCHED THE
PLACE TO LET LOOSE PAST FEW WEEKS
WITH A CLOUDBURST ! _ BY AN INTENSE
HEAT WAVE! “SUPERMAN HAP NO
INKLING THEN HOW
PROPHETIC HIS PASSING
THOUGHT ABOUT MOTHER
W. NATURE WOULD TURN
OUT TOBE... <

5
 " NATURALLY, SUPERMAN TOUCHED POWN FOR
— OR THAT BOLT A CLOSER LOOK—VIA X-RAY VISION ...
OF LIGHTNING HAS «|
INSTANTANEOUSLY JZW JUST AS I THOUGHT/
TRANSFORMED A THEY'RE COMPOSED OF
CLUSTER OF PINE TREES STRANGE ORGANIC COM­
INTO A FOREST OF POUNDS COMPLETELY >
UNEARTHLY GROWTHS?. r UNKNOWN IN THIS
GALAXY/
BUT HOW
COULD SUCH A
BIZARRE METAMORPHOSIS
s TAKE PLACE,.,ANP WHY?

"A VOICE WHICH

BOOMED FROM THE
FEARSOME HOVERING
FORM OF AN ALIEN
WARRIOR.%,

YOU MAY APPRESS

X ME AS CRON? AFTER
/ SCANNING YOUR
' BRAIN TO LEARN
HUMAN SPEECH-SOUNDS
I FINP "CRON" IS THE
CLOSEST APPROXIMATION
TO MY NATIVE NAME?

,A WARRIOR WHO EVIDENTLY

HAP THE POWER TO REAP
SUPERMAN'S M/ND?

6
 ALL RIGHT, "CRON"-
IF you TRULY HAVE
SCANNEP MY BRAIN,
THEN YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW I HAVE the mistakes of the
NO PATIENCE WITH PAST.., AND RESHAPE
DESTRUCTIVE ALIEN THIS PLANET SO THAT
MARAUPERS WHO IT WILL HAVE A FAR MORE
COME TO RAVAGE BOUNTIFUL FUTURE
MY ADOPTED IN EONS TO COME/
PERMIT ME 1
ANOTHER
PRACTICE
DEMONSTRATION-!

" BEFORE SUPERMAN

COULP REACT, HE
FOUND HIMSELF SUR­
ROUNDED BY OTHER-
WORLPLY FORCES
TRIGGERING AN EVEN
MORE STARTLING
TRANSFORMATION...

> BY RAO' HE'S

( INSTANTANEOUSLY
CHANGED THE CHEMICAL 4
COMPOSITION OF THE J
AfR AROUND ME/ .£■
iNSTEAP OF BEING 1
PREDOMINANTLY NITROGEN
AND OXYGEN--

IT'S NOW CHIEFLY

ARGON AND
METHANE/ J

"FULLY REALIZING HOW

LETHALLY POISONOUS
SUCH AN ATMOSPHERIC
CLOUD WOULD BE- - IF
ALLOWED TO PR/FT F AS FOR
TOWARD AN INHABITED r CRON- -
AREA... " ’ I CAN'T
SHAKE THE A
PREAP
I'LL MAINTAIN THIS FEELING <
SUPER- BREATH I GOT WHEN J
"PUSH"INTO THE HE SAID HIS
UPPER ATMOSPHERE PURPOSE IS
TILL IT'S CLEARED TO "RECTIFY"
THE IONOSPHERE! THE CONDITIONS
ON EARTH/ j

r I'D FEEL MORE

CONFIDENT IF I 'W
WERE UP AGAINST A
SUPER-VILLAIN WITH
THE USUAL MOTIVES I'M
ACCUSTOMED TO PEALING
WITH/

7
 "AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL
SEARCH OF THE AREA,
SUPERMAN RETURNED
TO METROPOLIS AND
THE DUTIES OF THE
r GOSH, WHAT JOB HE HOLDS
HAPPENED THEN, 1 ' SUPERMAN WHEN HE ASSUMES
MR. KENT? PIP 5 RETURNED TO HIS SECRET
SUPERMAN FLY THE SCENE, IDENTITY..."
BACK AND GIVE ALEC... BUT
THAT CRON CREEP THERE WAS
A DEMONSTRATION NO TRACE OF
OF WHAT A FIGHTING CRON TO BE
MAN OF STEEL FOUND/ NO
. CAN PO? CLUE TO HIS
ORIGIN OR
THE SOURCE
. OF HIS
L STRANGE
k POWERS/
you CAN'T FOOL ME,
MR. KENT/ THIS IS ONE
PART OF THE STORY
WHERE YOU HAVE TO
FARE IT/"

PERHAPS, ALEC/^
SUPERG/RL PROB­
ABLY KNOWS, BUT
IT'S TRUE SUPERMAN
DOESN'T DIVULGE
THAT PARTICULAR
SECRET TO MOST
OF US...SO
YOU'LL ALL HAVE
TO BEAR WITH ME
IF A FEW DETAILS
ARE A LITTLE
VAGUE HERE
k AND THERE/ J

ANYWAY, BACK
TO OUR STORY-

"--AS BUSY AS THE MAN

OF MIGHT WAS, WORK­
ING AT HIS CIVILIAN JOB
THAT AFTERNOON

"...IT SOON BECAME

APPARENT HIS SUB­
CONSCIOUS MIND WAS
UNCONTROLLABLY
PREOCCUPIED BY A
STRANGE UNIDENTIFIED
OBJECT...

8
 ANP AS MUCH AS SUPERMAN TRIEP TO
BLOT OUT THE OBJECT ANP CONCENTRATE
ON THE BUSINESS AT HANP...

“Finally he
realize? he
coulp ignore
THIS TROUBLE­
SOME MENTAL
ENIGMA NO
longer.'

GETTING TO THE FOOT

OF THE MYSTERY
QUICKLY BECAME THE
NEXT JOB FOR
SUPERMAN/"

"I KNOW WHAT HAPPENEP THEN,

MR. KENT/ HE PUCKEP INTO THE
NEAREST PRIVATE PLACE TO GET

" I PONT KNOW ABOUT THE

CLOSET, S//AMVA —BUT YOU'RE
RIGHT ASOUT HIS PUCKING
OUT OF SIGHT FOR THE B/G
SWITCHEROO'

"SO FAR, YOU

ANP SHANNA
ARE BATTING
"...REACHING HIS DESTINATION IN A A THOUSAND,
FRACTIONAL SECONP..." ALEC/
INSIPE
HIS GIANT
' YOU PON'T HAVE TO TELL US WHERE HE CITAPEL,
ENPEP UP, MR. KENT.' SINCE SUPERMAN SUPERMAN
WAS HEAPING NORTH, MY GUESS IS HIS HEAPEP
FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE.1 IT'S GENERAL FOR ONE
KNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S HlPPEN SOMEWHERE CHAMBER
UP IN THE ARCTIC.'" IN PARTICULAR

9
 '...THE AREA WHICH HOUSES HIS "superman was referring to an
AMAZING SUPER-COMPUTER-TRE AMAZING ATTACHMENT WHICH ENABLED
MOST ADVANCED ELECTRONIC HIM TO ELECTRONICALLY 'FEED' HIS
BRAIN IN THE WORLD/ computer any mental picture his
MINP COULP CONJURE...

I'M PROGRAMMING E5 "O'

THE COMPUTER WITH to o
EVERY MINUTE - <0-0
to o
DETAIL OF MY ■©
FIRST ANP ONLY
, ENCOUNTER WITH y
CRONJ

NEXT STEP IS
TO HOOK MYSELF
UP TO THE
ENCEPHALO-
TERMINALS.1 IN THIS CASE, OF COURSE

"... HE TRANSMITTED THE PUZZLING UNIDENTIFIED "...ANP A MERE PULSEBEAT LATER...

IMAGE WHICH HAD SEEN PERSISTENTLY PLAGUING
HIM SINCE HE MET CRON.'
CONCLUSION PROM INCOMPLETE
ORTA WPUT; 92 PERCENT
PROBABILITY... UNIDENTIFIED
APPARATUS SERVES AS ENERGY
SOURCE FOR POUJER.S ATTRIBUTED
TO ALIEN BEING

mm
HMMMM...A T ? THE SAME r
POWERSOURCE, '( TELEPATHIC )
EH? VERY Q CHANNEL 5
ENLIGHTENING , V THAT ENABLED 5
i INDEED/ K CRON TO READ <f
MY THOUGHTS Zj
“THE COMPUTER'S MYRIAD MICRO-CIRCUITS MUST SOMEHOW 1
HUMMED WITH INSTANTANEOUS ACTIVITY... WORK BOTH WHS!

DURING OUR
► STRUGGLE, HIS
AT LEAST
k ALIEN MIND "LIKE A NOW I HAVE
WAS SUPER­ A PLAN OF
CONCENTRATING HUMAN ATTACK!
ON HIS bolt,
POWER-SOURCE THE
SO INTENSELY— ACTION
ACE
ACCELERATED
r--CRON INTO THE - THE
| UNWITTINGLY ’ ARCTIC r KEY TO
| TRANSMITTED SKY DEFEATING
L A VISUAL WITH A CRON LIES
K IMAGE THAT < ''DEFINITE IN FINDING
T I PICKED ! PURPOSE..." THAT 1
UP ON A POWER­
SUBCONSCIOUS SOURCE' .
' LEVEL/

10
"SO THE METROPOLIS MARVEL IMMEDI­ "RIGHT YOU ARE, ALEC? BUT WHAT I NEGLECTED TO
ATELY SET OUT ON A MOST AMAZING MENTION ABOUT THE MENTAL IMAGE SUPERMAN
SEARCH--SUPER-SPEEDING AGAIN AND RECEIVED WAS THE UNIQUE RADIATION AURA SURROUND­
AGAIN AROUNP THE GLOBE ..." ING CRON'S POWER-PRONG.'

"BUT; MR. KENT-YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A

SURFACE OF NEARLY 200 MILLION SQUARE SUPERMAN HAD ATTUNED HIS X-RAY VISION TO HIGH­
MILES? I MEAN, EVEN THE BIG S HAS LIGHT THE SAME INVISIBLE WAVELENGTH OF RAPIATION--
HIS LIMITS.!" TO SEE IF IT INPEEP EXISTED ANYWHERE ON EARTH/

^A "ACTUALLY, SHANNA—IT WAS MERELY

"SURE ENOUGH, PEEP IN ",, .THE MAN OF MIGHT'S
A SOUTH AMERICAN ARDUOUS SEARCH CAME TREE, 1—1 BOTANICAL CAMOUFLAGE TOCON-
JUNGLE, ALONG A TO AN END— AS HE MR. n CEAL THE GIANT FIFTY-FOOT POWER
PERIL-INFESTEP TRIBUTARY FOCUSED A BLISTERING KENT?" PRONG INSIDE?
OF THE AMAZON NEVER BLAST OF HEAT VISION
BEFORE EXPLORED BY AT A CERTAIN JUNGLE TREE."
MAN,,,

11
 "THE GUESTION WAS $ ATTENTION, |
" BUT SUPERMAN WAS IN FOR OUITE
A JOLT WHEN HE FOUND HIMSELF SWIFTLY ANSWERED < LIFE-FORM/
REPELLED BY - - _ -BY THE PULSATING r CEASE YOUR
SURPRISE WHICH HOSTILE ACTION/
<—------------------- .------ k.',"TrS
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWER, THE PURPOSE OF
THIS TROSM-RAY
I --AN IMPENETRABLE IS NOT TO INFLICT
FORCE-FIELD— EVEN HARM...BUT TO
RESISTANT TO MY , DISPENSE
SUPER-POWERS.' J- INFORMATION'
MUST BE Y®
AUTOMATICALLY > SY
ACTIVATED BY
ANY FORM OF > > j i I'M BEING
p TARGE TED BY
OUTSIDE :' /K
ATTACK! 3 A; ■ AN INTENSE J
. ENERGIZED £
BEAM-BUT JI
I CAN V
SENSE IT'S Zf
NOT A X ,
COUNTER- £ A
ATTACK / A J

NOW WHAT
PO I PO?

t SOME FORM
OF TELEPATHIC
DATA-BEAM—
PRE-PROGRAMMEP
TO BE TRANSMITTED
TO ANYONE WHO
UNCOVERS
ITS EXISTENCE/

p AND EVEN MORE

■ SURPRISING--! CAN
SENSE THIS TELEPATHIC 1 WHAT I AM ABOUT
NARRATOR IS NOT TO REVEAL MAY
CRON--BUT SOMEONE SHOCK YOUR
L ELSE.'.' SENSES...BUT THE
FACTS ARE
UNEQUIVOCALLY A
h TRUE.'

I FIRST VENTURED 1
UPON YOUR PLANET
WHILE IT WAS YET
A BALL OF
MOLTEN MINERALS
ANP SEETHING GASES
...STILL IN ITS
PLANETARY INFANCY'

12
 YET THE COURSE OF , FOR EXAMPLE, THERE
PLANT AND ANIMAL ’ WAS THE CONTOUR OF
EVOLUTION WAS BUT A YOUR PLANET'S SUR­
SMALL PART OF THE FACE TO CONSIDER..,
MYRIAD TASKS FACING THE PERIMETERS' OF (
ME OVER THESE CRUCIAL THE CONTINENTS... <
FORMATIVE EONS/ । THE DIRECTION OF F
THEIR DRIFT, THE \
k DEPTHS OF THE /
OCEANS... i

" MIND-STAGGERING MOMENTS LATER, THE TELEPATHIC

INDOCTRINATION CAME TO AN END-- AND A GAPING
SUPERMAN CAME TO AN ASTONISHING REALIZATION.,.

GREAT KRYPTON.'
EVEN THOUGH THE
NARRATOR NEVER
? SPECIFIED.., I
r PICKED UP AN
b OVERWHELMING
£., SENSATION I
f WAS RECEIVING
THE LEGACY OF
A FEMALE .
» ENTITY.,, J

„HER CONCERN
FOR EARTH
MOTWFTEO BY
A MATERNAL
INSTINCT/

F CRON?.!
YOU SECRETLY
FOLLOWED ME
HERE/ WHY-?

J/ ALL MV
f PREVIOUS (
/ ATTEMPTS TO \
7 UNCOVER THIS
\ CONCEALED
y POWER-PRONG /
HAD FAILED,., \!
SO I HAD TO
TRICK YOU INTO
FINDING IT FOR ME/

THE MENTAL IMAGE I

deliberately transmitted
TO you WAS IN REALITY MV
OWN POWER-PRONG- a
 > NUTRA NEGLECTED
TO REVEAL HER TRUE
FORM IN HER TELE­
PATHIC MISSIVE...
BUT I HAVE NO
INTENTION OF
FOLLOWING HER
EXAMPLE'

STAY WHERE '

KRYPTONIAN

"ANP AS THE STUNNEP MAN "WHAT CRON MEANT BY THAT

OF STEEL \NfWMED THE AMA2ING LAST CHILLING REMARK SOON
TRANSFORMATION UNFOLD... BECAME DEVASTATINGLY CLEAR.

I MANIFESFED /
MYSELF IN THE V
FORM OF A (.
"HUMAN" VILLAIN
FOR YOUR SAKE
ALONE, SUPERMAN
..TO SIMPLIFY MY
MANIPULATION
OF YOUR TALENTS'

/ AS I <■
' HAVE
‘ ALREADY
INDICATED
TOYOU--
MY PLANS
FOR
EARTH ARE
MARKEDLY
DIFFERENT
FROM
HERS.' ,
' NOW THAT ZOU
HAVE EXPOSED
NUTRA'S POWER­ “ BUT I
PRONG FOR ME.. MUST FIRST
I CAN PROCEED ? NUTRA k ELIMINATE
WITH MY TRUE ANP I HER z
PURPOSE.' 7 YOU MEAN ' NEVER FAIL POWER - (
TO VIOLENTLY \ PRONG )
TO DESTROY DISAGREE I BEFORE \
IT? BUT I ON THE zf I CAN (
WHY-? / PROPER > IMPLANT \
COURSE 1 \ MY OWN.'/
FOR LIFE $
ON YOUNG, (
PROMISING /
. PLANETS' [

14
 " SUPERMAN KNEW THE FURIOUS PRONG-WARFARE'
HAP TO BE STOPPED --BUT HE WAS AGAIN REMINDED
HOW HELPLESS HE WAS TO ALTER THE OUTCOME OF THE
BATTLE
7'oooff// >—■
NO GOOP/ THE
INCOMPREHENSIBLE
SAMPLE GLIMPSES ENERGY THAT
OF HIS "ALTERATION! CRON WIELDS IS
...CRON'S VERSION FAR BEYOND MY )
OF EARTH WILL LEAGUE?
PROVE FATAL
TO EVERY
LIFE-FORM AND TO MAKE
THRIVING MATTERS Tz-
TODAY/ worse... ;

"NEXT INSTANT, SUPERMAN BOLTED AWAY FROM THE

SCENE IN A BURST OF SPEED, GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF
DEFEAT.1 NOTHING COULP'VE BEEN FURTHER FROM THE
TRUTH.' (—------------ ——----------;------------—------ -------------- --

barrage is
STARTING
TO BURN ITS
WAV THROUGH
NUTRA'S

IRREVERSIBLE /Ww,
DAMAGE IS
PONE--EVEN THE IT OCCURRED \ «
ENTIRE JUSTICE
TO ME CRON
LEAGUE WON'T AND NUTRA \\J
BE ABLE TO SAVE
WERE FIGHTING YJJ.
THE HUMAN RACE
CNZR EARTH THE
FROM THE CHAOS
OF NATURAL WAY TWO PARENTS
MIGHT SQUABBLE OVER
FORCES THAT < THE BEST METHOD OF
WOULD follow/ J
RAISING A CHILD...

"THE ENTIRE EXCURSION TOOK LESS THAN A

MINUTE-- PERHAPS THE MOST CRUCIAL ONE OUR
WORLD has EVER FACED... f-----------------------------------

I'LL ONLY SAY IT ONCE,

CRON.' STOP yOUR ATTACK
ANP STOP IT NOW'

J your persistence 7 ।
BEGINS TO ANNOY ME,
KRYPTONIAN/ I SUGGEST
YOU BEGIN SEARCHING FOR
A NEW PLANET TO ADOPT/

15
 I INTEND TO...BUT '* CRON DID JUST THAT.. CONFIRMING THE ALIEN
ONLY AFTER I'VE WEAPON IN SUPERMAN'S HANDS WAS NO PROP,
DETONATED THIS BUT THE REAL ITEM...
RIGELLIAN PLASMO-
8OMB I BROUGHT ,
BACK FROM THE 1 THE APPARATUS
SPACE- WEAPON J MAY BE GENUINE,
ARSENAL IN MY JF KRYPTONIAN...
FORTRESS! BUT I DOUBT
THE SAME HOLDS
TRUE FOR YOUR
OUTLANDISH
I THREAT' £.

think again,
I / IF YOU X CRON! YOUR ARRAY
IZ ANALYZE ITS x OF DRASTIC PLANETARY
H INNER WORKINGS-- "IMPROVEMENTS" WILL
/ YOU'LL DISCOVER DOOM EVERY LIVING
IT'S POWERFUL CREATURE ON EARTH
ENOUGH TO INSTANTLY . TO A PAINFUL ,
DISINTEGRATE AN , X. DEATH! S
ENTIRE PLANET! /

I'VE PLEDGED TO PROTECT

...THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR
THEM IS INSURE A SWIFT
ANP MERCIFUL ENP BY

r AM I, CRON? YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY TO READ MY
MIND-- WHY NOT READ IT
NOW?-- ANP THEN TELL
ME I DON'T FULLY INTEND
TO PUSH THIS DETONATOR
IF YOU PON'T CEASE AT <
< ONCE/ /
"...ONLY TO MAKE THE STAR­
TLING DISCOVERY HE WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH! A SPLIT­
INSTANT LATER, THE DEVASTAT­
ING ATTACK ON NUTRA'S POWER-
PRONG SUDDENLY ENDED...
. ANP WITH THAT, CMO/V ANP
HIS POWER-PRONG BADE THE
EARTH A SILENT FAREWELL
ANP HEAPED INTO OUTER SPACE
--HOPEFULLY NEVER TO BE
SEEN AGA\nj"

Y ...YOU HAVE
WON, KRYPTONIAN.'
IF IT IS A CHOICE
BETWEEN EARTH
AS NUTRA (
CONCEIVED IT... /
OR NO EARTH (.
AT ALL.., (

D ...MY ONLY
RECOURSE IS
TO LEAVE JUST
THIS BOUNTIFUL AS I .
ORB AS I COUNTED
FOUND IT/ ( , ON... .

"AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, CRON

INPEEP DID RE AP THE MAN
OF STEEL'S MIND...
'..CROWS PATERNAL
INSTINCTS TOWARP
EARTH WERE Tf SEEMS TO X
JUST AS STRONG jf ' ME THERE'S A
AS NUTRA'S EVEN THOUGH HE BIG HOLE IN THIS
MATERNAL T/l PIPN'T APPROVE OF STORY/ EVERYONE
FEELINGS/ / . THE WAY EARTH TURNEP KNOWS SUPERMAN'S
OUT^"FATHER NATURE' CODE PREVENTS
COULPN'T BEAR THE HIM FROM EVER
r PROSPECT of HIS •<< TAKING A LIFE-
b PLANETARY “OFF- J I LET ALONE BLOWING j
\ SPRING" BEING J j . UP A INHOLE J
A, DESTROYED'^ k WORLD.'
how
COME 1
CRON PIPN'T
CATCH ON TO
THAT WHEN
IS HE REAP
SUPERMAN'S
L MINP? st

SIMPLE, ALEC/ ALL SUPERMAN / YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY

SAlP HE IVAS GOING TO PO WAS RIGHT, SHANNA/
PUSH THE DETONATOR BUTTON SUPERMAN HAP
— ANP THAT'S WHAT CRON TAKEN THE
TELEPATHICALLY VERIFIED' JW PRECAUTION OF
REMOVING A CRUCIAL
MICROSCOPIC
BUT THAT POESN'T GUARANTEEi FILAMENT FROM THE
\ THE PLASMO-BOMB WOULP | PLASMO-BOMB BE- ,
\ HAVE REALLY DETONATED,j FORE HE ARRIVED/
‘Y-WStek. POES IT2 J

ALTHOUGH THE PEVICE

STILL APPEARED
DEADLY- WITHOUT
THAT FILAMENT, THE
BOMB WAS COMPLETELY
< harmless'

WELL, X KNEW THAT ALL 7 AHEM t IN CASE ...WHICH MEANS MR. KENT
ALONG' I WAS JUST,,, ER NONE OF YOU WILL SHIFT THE TOPIC OF
TESTING SHANNA TO SEE HAVE YET CONVERSATION FROM j
IF SHE HAP FIGURED OUT NOTICED, , , SUPERMAN... TO /
THE ANSWER, TOO/ NOT CLASS,,, OUR A \ JOURNALISM' /g
BAP THINKING—FOR LIGHTS ARE g
A GIRL,' BACK ON...
ER,,, THAT'S
RIGHT, MS. WILSON/

NOW...WHEN I
LOOK BACK ON
MY MANY YEARS
IN THE FIELDS OF
BROADCASTING
ANP NEWS <
REPORTING...

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 TIME-TABLE

NAME:___________________________________________________________
STD:____________________________ DIV:_____________________________
SCHOOL:
PERIOD MON I TUE I WED I THU I FRI I SAT
 --WHERE IT OVER THE YEARS, ... ANP ON HIS 21ST
LAnPEP NEAR THE APOPTIVE BIRTHPAY, BRUCE
GOTHAM CITY, ITS PARENTS PISCOVERSP WAYNE REALIZ6P
SOLE OCCUPANT THEIR SON HAP IN­ THAT HE COULP USE HIS
DISCOVERED SV CREDIBLE POWERS... STRENGTH FOR THE GOOP
POLICE OFFICER OF ALL THE WORLP/
JAMES GORDON..

T^n.v— —JUUm
as the planet krypton EX­ ..WHO TOOK THE
PLODED, BABY KAL - EL'S CHILP TO THE MOVE
ROCKET carried HIM SAFELY OFPR.ANP MRS.
TO EARTH- • THOMAS WAYNE.

NOW THE ORPHAN PROM

KRYPTON LEAPS TWO LIVES'-
AS SUV, BOOKISH 8RUC6
jvAywie anp also as the
PYNAMIC SUPERMAN.'

a
DAY IN THE LIFE OF
KRUCEi Wffl'E
A PORTNER e^ERC/SE fN fMASlNATION BY:
&OB ROZAKIS'~ WRITER/ PICK GIORDANO—INKER / ANTHONy TOLLIN'—COLORIST

‘
PENY5 COWAN— PENCILlER/SHELLY
Z
LEFERMAN-LETTERER/ OULiuS SCHWARTZ-EDITOR
C-' . 5. ' ' • <

20
 WELL, WELL... SUPERMAN ' TEN-TO-ONE LOLA MO BET, BARBARA.1 I
IS CERTAINLY GETTING A LOT BARNETT NEVER EVEN PONT THINK SUPERMAN
OF PLAY IN THE SHLQCKV SAIN HIM, LET ALONE ‘ is the Type to go for
Su MAGAZINES' LEARNEP MIS "SECRETS THAT KINPOF PUBLICITY/j

GOT TO GIVE LOLA

BARNETT CREPiT,
CELLAR THOUGH/ SHE SURE
PREAMEP UP SOME
T SENSATIONAL
? "SECRETS"/

W ON CHfPOP TETRA MR
<--»LANGSTROM WANTEP.'
''--------------------------

yes, MRS. PERKINS,

WHAT CAN 1 PO
. FOR YOU.® .

SURE...NO
PROBLEM.' I'LL BE
RIGHT OVER ! .
T~
 ' "IF ONLY BARBARA KNEW OF THE
SPECIAL HOT-LINE HER RATHER
USES TO SECRETLY CONTACT ME...
■ ........... ——
f COMMISSIONER GORDON'S
SIGNAL / GOT TO TUNE IN
ON HIM; WITH SUPER-
X. AEARWG AND
w i hate playing ® super-vision! uf
> TRICKS ON BARBARA,
BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY -
I COULP LEAVE THE STORE
WITHOUT MAKING HER a
■n suspicious/

i SHE THINKS I'M TAKING

THE ELEVATOR TO THE
azazmploor...but i'll
BE RIPING IT TO THE J
TOP! A

V WE'VE GOT TROUBLE,

BRUCE / A TERRORIST A SUPER -SPECIAL
GROUP HAS PLANTED A SOB --MY PARENTS
BOMB ABOARP THE . ARE ABOARD THAT ,
CHARTER FLIGHT plane/
CARRYING THS NOBEL
PRIZE WINNERS ,
HOME FROM EUROPE/

' UNLESS WE FREE '

IWO OF THEIR COM­
PATRIOTS' FROM PRISON
WITHIN THE HOUR, THEY'LL
Blow up the plane >
OVER THE MID- 'jHjG \ GOT TO GET GOING/
.ATLANTIC/ / ?' I'LL USE MY HEAT
VISION TO ACTIVATE
MY "PROGRAMMED'
NEEP I SAY "THIS l PHONE CALL! j
IS A JOB FOR
SUREPMAN "p

IT 'S MATILDA PERKINS

...AT THE PUECIC
LIBRARY/
^telescopic VISION HAS
£ locatep the plane -■
more THAN AN HOUR
^//\ FFOM ANY LANPING
place/

the TERRORISTS
FIGURE THEY HAVE
“ ACTUALLY, IT'S A 3 A FOOL-PROOF
TAPE RECORDING I MADE v PLAIN-- J
TO FOOL BARBARA SO I -
COULP GET OUT OF HERE ,
Uss, IN A HURRY! I.-,,,:;,

22
 --BUT OBVIOUSLY, THEY
PIPN'T FIGURE ON
SUPERMAN GETTING j-
-v-f INVOLVEP.'

SCANT SECONP5
LATER, HIGH ABOVE
THE ATLANTIC.. .
PESPITE ALL THE MEPIA
HYPE I GET, THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
APPARENTLY PON'T
BELIEVE THE SUPER- AFTER ALL, IT'6
THINGS I CAN PO.1 .J QUITE A AdKAT TO
OPEN THE POOR OF A
«7<ST AT SUPER-
■> SPEEP. .. ja&

...ANP BE inSiPE
BEFORE THE CABIN
LOSES AN/ PRESSURE

THOMAS -- WHAT'S T HAVE A HUNCH

OUR SOW POING ON IT'S NOT TO SEE U5-
THE PLANE ? BUT TO SAKS US...
FROM HEAVEN KNOWS
WHAT.' -

THE BOMB'S INSIPE THAT

CASE, SUPERMAN.' WE
WERE WARNEP IT r thanks,
WOULP EXPLOPE W® CAPTAIN - - I’LL
IMMEPlATELV IF r-T0| HANPLE IT FROM
WE TAMPEREP HEREA
WITH IT,'

A^Y HEAT VISION (S 'v t ^MEMBER, CAPTAIN--

ZElTING THE BOMB'S ) \ PON'T SENO ANY WORP ABOU!
CIRCUITS J IT'S /. THIS TO GOTHAM INTER-
harmless now.' yT" national/

23
SOME FIFTY / CAPTAIN PIVE TO an \
MINUTES LATER iF I'VE CLUEP IN H ALTiTUPE of 2,000 feet, J
now
S COMMISSIONER GORPON BELOW RAPAR RANGE-- J
VIA SUPE R - VEN TR/L OQUISM anp stay there till you
NOT TO GIVE IN-TO THE -«
get W0RP FROM GOTHAM
jt, TERRORISTS.' J
Lfc. INTERNATIONAL.'

THE HOUS IS

THEY'LL SE "PETONATING
THE BOMB JUST
V ABOUT— -wM

ANP AS THE PLANE ZOOMS POWN-

WARP, THE A1AN OP STEEL ROCKETS THE TERRORISTS
TOWARP GOTHAM CITY, 1,000 MILES WILL THINK THE
TO THE WEST... PLANE EXPLOPEP
ANP CRASHEP INTO
_ THE OCEAN.' 7

V MEANWHILE, MY
INFRA-RED VISION
IS TRACKING THEIR
DETONATION- SIGNAL
BACK TO ITS SOURCE.

A PESERTED
HANGAR, AT THE
TWAT'S IT.'
OTHER ENO OF
THE SIGNAL
the PLANE'S GONE
OFF THE SCREEN.'
BEAM...

WE SHOWEP THESE

THE SHOTS r HOOKING INTO 1

THE AIRPORT'S ’
CONTROL-TOWER
RAlP OFF.' THERE'S
NO WAY THEYCOULP
PULL A TRICK ON J

V NEXT TIME
W= MAKE A
PEMANP, YOU
CAN BE SURE
. THEY'LL
k, JUMP* A

24
 r SOMEHOW THE COPS
r HEY.5/ WHAT MUST HAVE TRACKED POWN W
THE3LAZSS-- OUR HEAPQUARTERS.' WE'LL 1
HAVE TO SHOOT OUR WAV A
OUT.'

^FEELS L'KE
THE HANGAR'S
seen hits*
SOMETHING.' >

WE'LL SHOW
THEM WE CAN'T
.BE

..I wOULPN'T I
BET ON
W^7/ X

REApy
MEN--

25
26
SOON, APTER THE SUPPOSEDLY-DESTROYED
IT WAS MATH. PA
PLANE HAS lAnPEP SAFELY AT_____ REMEMBER TH£ PERK/NS...THE VERY
GOTHAM INTERNATIONA!------- | phone call as you SAME MATILDA
WERE LEAVING ? .
WELCOME back, mis ter PERKINS WHO HAP
WAYNE.' HAVE A NICE JUST CALLEP YOU... ,
time--?

WHY, WHAT
PO YOU MEAN,
BARBARA ?
...EXCEPT SHE
ASSURED ME SHE
HAPN'T just
w CALLED.'

r there's something
FISHY GOING ON HERE, --YOU MAY THINK
BRUCE--AND YOU'RE PLAYING THAT'S A REASON
ME FOR A SUCKER! . TO SUSPECT I AM
SUPERMAN- - _

NOW HOLD
ON, BARBARA

r WHAT ON
EARTH ARE
YOU TALKING
> ABOUT? .

YOU'RE MEETING ANOTHER NOMAN

'OH, BRUCE--
BEHIND MY BACK... GETTING HER
TO PHONE AND ARRANGE A THEN THERE
RENPE2. YOUE BY PRETEND 15 NO ONE ELSE
k TO BE MATILDA PERKINS

DON'T TRY TO
LUNI-USt: IHte
ISSUE WITH SOME
FAIRY TALE ABOU'
SUPERMAN1

YOU CONSIDERED
THE FACT THAT
MATILDA PERKINS
IS 67 YEARS OLP...
'MP FORGETS NHAT Fjust you

tv. X.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED
THE IDEA SHE JUST
MIGHT HAVE MADE
THE SAME CALL
twice ?
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