Comic Title: Best of DC #38
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1983
On Sale Date: April 7, 1983 Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: House Ad, Arak/Son of Thunder #23, Page 32

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #22

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #22

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #80

Copyright Date March 15, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Spell of the Shandu Clock"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Coleman
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #126 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #126; next appearance in Superman #126)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #126; next appearance in Superman #126)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #126; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #6)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #126; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #6)

Villain(s)

• The Fallon Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Shandu (a phony magician; no further appearances)
• An unnamed police commissioner (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman exposes a stage magician, Shandu, as a fraud. Shandu swears revenge and leaves behind a super-natural clock after his death. When the clock strikes the hour, a Superman figure emerges and rings a gong. The Man of Steel then goes into a trance and uses his powers just like the figure.

The Fallon Gang learns of this and plans crimes around the striking of the hour. They unveil a new weapon, but Superman arrives to stop them. The clock was designed by him and Shandu to lure Fallon’s weapon out of hiding. With the gang captured, Shandu is revealed to still be alive.