Cover Credits |
Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: George Klein |
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Comic Title: Superman #188
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1966
On Sale Date:
May 5, 1966 Newsstand Date May 5, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Flash #162, Page 7
Copyright Date May 5, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966
Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Mar., Sept. and Dec.; (semi-monthly, Jan.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 823971
Editor: Mort Weisinger
Story |
Title: "The School for Superman Assassins"
Pages: 24
Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Sheldon Moldoff
Feature Character(s)
- Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #158; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #66)
Supporting Character(s)
- Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #337; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #66)
Villain(s)
- Zunial (aka Murder Man; no further appearances)
- Kangor (Kill Kid; no further appearances)
- Oral and the Galaxy Crimeteers (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- A Superman android, an actor, the Peace Vigilantes, and citizens of Zarria (no further appearances)
Comments:
Part 2: "Zunial's Secret Weapon"
Synopsis:
Members of the Galaxy Crimeteers train themselves as assassins by practicing on a Superman android. When Zunial succeeds in killing the android, he is given the opportunity to kill the real Superman. The assassin arrives on Earth and apparently kills Superman using Kryptonite radio waves. Zunial brings the Man of Steel's lifeless body back to Zarria where the other criminals celebrate his victory.
The Peace Vigilantes of Zarria raid the headquarters of the Crimeteers. In the process they reactivate the Superman-android. Since the android is programmed to act like Superman, it revives the real Man of Steel, sacrificing itself in the process. Superman then tries to thwart Zunial's destruction of all written records on Zarria. While he fails to stop the destruction of the microfilm on which the records exist, he memorizes them at super speed and is able to reconstruct the data.
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