Comic Title: Superman #239
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1971
On Sale Date: April 6, 1971 Newsstand Date April 6, 1971
Source: House Ad, Star Spangled War Stories #157, Page 23

Newsstand Date April 6, 1971
Source: Etcetera, V1 #2
Misnumbered #289

Copyright Date April 6, 1971
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971

Frequency: Monthly, (semi-monthly June, Dec.,)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 64
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
This issue is numbered Giant #G-84.

Title: "Superman's Battle with Hercules"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #268 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #267; next appearance in Action Comics #267)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #267; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #47)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Supergirl (as Linda Lee; last appearance in Superman #139; next appearance in Action Comics #267)

Other Character(s)

• Hercules (last appearance in Action Comics #267; next appearance in Sea Devils #14)
• Aphrodite (called Venus in this story; last appearance in Action Comics #267; next appearance in Wonder Woman #137)

Comments:
This story is continued from the first story of Action Comics #267.

Synopsis:
Having gained super powers from the Gods, Hercules tries to humiliate Superman before engaging him in a duel for Lois Lane. As the duel begins, Hercules uses his magic weapons against Superman. The weapon Superman fears the most is a tiny bow and arrow which causes Lois to fall in love with the first man she sees. After having hit Lois with the arrow, Hercules thinks he has won, but she was looking at a picture of Superman and falls for him instead.

Hercules then uses the flute of Apollo to put Superman to sleep for a hundred years. When Lois willingly sacrifices herself for Superman’s well being, the Goddess Venus arrives to stop Hercules. Superman awakens and lures back to his own time, where his memory is erased. He remains in the past, without any knowledge of the events which just occurred.