Comic Title: Best of DC #27
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1982
On Sale Date: May 6, 1982 Newsstand Date May 6, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #201

Newsstand Date May 6, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #72

Newsstand Date May 6, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #11

Copyright Date April 13, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Death of Luthor"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #318 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #173; next appearance in Action Comics #319)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Action Comics #332; next appearance in Action Comics #319)
• Brainiac (last appearance in Superman #172; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #86)
• Several intergalactic outlaws (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ardora (last appearance in Superman #168; next appearance in Action Comics #319)
• Lar Than (a Lexorian prosecutor; next appearance in Action Comics #319)
• Vel Quennar and Garn Abu (a defense lawyer and his partner; next appearance in Action Comics #319)
• Citizens of planet Lexor (last appearance in Superman #168; next appearance in Action Comics #319)

Comments:
Lex Luthor marries Ardora in this story.

This story continues in the first story of Action Comics #319.

Synopsis:
Luthor escapes from jail, then stows away aboard a rocket bound for space. Luthor reprograms the rocket to take him to the planet Lexor where he is reunited with Ardora. The Lexorians hail the return of their hero, and Lex marries Ardora.

Superman follows Luthor to Lexor. He lands his space ship and follows Lex to the city. Luthor has monitors set to detect Superman's presence. When Superman nears the city, the alarms are sounded and Lex goes to meet the Man of Steel. Lex promises Ardora not to kill his foe.

Superman is powerless under Lexor's red sun, but he fights Luthor anyway. When he punches Lex, Luthor falls and strikes his head. Luthor is pronounced dead, and Superman is accused of murder. Ardora convinces the people to give her husband's killer a trial. No one will defend Superman, so Vel Quennar is appointed to act as Superman's lawyer.