Comic Title: Best of DC #40
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: September 1983
On Sale Date: June 2, 1983 Newsstand Date June 2, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #211

Newsstand Date June 2, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #26

Shipping Date May 10, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #211

Shipping Date May 10, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #26

Shipping Date May 10, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #82

Copyright Date May 10, 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

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Man Who Cheated Time"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
World of Krypton

Writer: Cary Bates
Artist: Michael William Kaluta

Reprinted From:
Superman #240 (1971)

Villain(s)

• Zol-Mar (a scientist's apprentice; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mal-Va (Zol-Mar's teacher; no further appearances)
• Thrax-Ol (an inventor; no further appearances)
• Ron-Ru (a scientist; no further appearances)
• A Kryptonian meteorologist (no further appearances)
• The janitor at a weapons storage facility (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Dar-Nx (as a statue)

Comments:
This story takes place 50 years before the destruction of Krypton.

Synopsis:
Zol-Mar is the young apprentice of Kryptonian scientist Mal-Va. Zol idolizes Dar-Nx, a military leader from Krypton's distant past. Using betrayal and trickery, Zol steals devices from fellow inventors, then sabotages his own master's latest creation, the Tempor device. The invention is used to send men back in time and return them to the present. Due to Zol's sabotage however, he will stay in the past and use the stolen inventions to make himself the ruler of Krypton. During the transport, Mal-Va realizes the machine is malfunctioning and attempts to bring Zol back to the present. However, the sabotaged machine fails. Instead of returning Zol to the present, he is sent fifty years into the future. Unbeknownst to Mal, Zol arrives in the future on the day after the destruction of Krypton. he materializes in dead space and is instantly killed.