Comic Title: DC Comics Presents #69
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1984
On Sale Date: February 2, 1984 Newsstand Date February 2, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #216

Newsstand Date February 2, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #40

Shipping Date January 10, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #216

Shipping Date January 10, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #86

Copyright Date January 10, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date January 10, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #40

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Back to World War II"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Blackhawk (of Earth-1)

Writer: Mark Evanier
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Dennis Jensen
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #395; next appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #24)
• Blackhawk (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #394; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #303)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #68; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #303)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #394; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #303)
• The Blackhawks (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Chuck (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Andre (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Hendrickson (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Olaf (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Stanislaus (last appearance in Blackhawk #257; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Chop Chop (last appearance in Blackhawk #255; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)

Villain(s)

• Adolf Hitler (last appearance in Blackhawk #254; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Heinrich Himmler (last appearance in Blackhawk #254; next appearance in Blackhawk #255)
• Various Nazis (Kleiss and Klausmeyer named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Albert Einstein (no further appearances)
• A group of English athletes (no further appearances)
• A English pilot (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Perry White (as a war reporter; last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #12; next appearance in Superman #131)

Comments:
Most of this story takes place on June 11, 1940.

Synopsis:
In 1941 an award is issued to Perry White for the best foreign news story of 1940. However, the award is misplaced for more than forty years until it eventually finds its way to Perry. However, Perry himself has no memory of the story itself. Intrigued, Superman decides to go back in time to learn the secret behind the story, and the cause of Perry's memory loss.

He arrives in 1940 England where Perry is working unsuccessfully as a war correspondent. Since Superman is not known at this time, he dons his Clark Kent clothes and passes himself off as reporter Jonathan Clinton. When a Nazi attack at Buckingham Palace is thwarted by the Blackhawks, Perry and Clark are on hand to witness it.

The Blackhawks suspect the attack was a diversion. They learn that a plane carrying British athletes was hijacked in Monte Carlo. Perry follows the Blackhawks to Einhart in search of the missing athletes. Clark goes too, but he is captured by the Germans when he secretly protects Perry from harm. Clark is taken to a cell with Albert Einstein, who is a prisoner of the Germans.

Clark learns that Hitler is holding an atheletic event to prove the superiority of the German race. Himmler forces Einstein to invent a formula to grant his athletes super-strength. Clark helps Einstein and causes a formula to spill on him. Clark pretends the formula is responsible for his super powers which he can now openly use to get Einstein to safety.

Superman then heads for the athlete event. Perry and the Blackhawks are already there rescuing the athletes. Perry is taken hostage which forces the Blackhawks to surrender. Hitler then forces Blackhawk to compete. When the pilot is briefly knocked out Superman takes his place and easily beats the German athletes. Hitler orders the film of the event burned. Perry writes a story which he asks Olaf to file. He stays behind to get more information and is captured again. This time Himmler uses a machine to wipe out Perry's recent memories to prevent the knowledge of the German defeat from reaching the world. Therefore Perry has no memory of the story he gave to Olaf, which resulted in his winning of the press award.

With Perry safe, Superman returns to his own time. As Clark, he then explains to Perry that he did "research" to find out the true story.