Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #248

Cover Date: February 1972
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1971-12-16

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Story: "The Man Who Murdered the Earth!" (18 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Len Wein
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Galactic Golem (first appearance; next in issue #258)

Other Character(s):

Citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #32 (January 1983)

Superman in the Seventies ([October] 2000)

Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years ([December] 2015)

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Second Story: "All in the Mind!" (8 Pages) The Fabulous World of Krypton

Credits:

Story	Marv Wolfman
Art	Dave Cockrum
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Jan-Ar (first appearance; a mutant)

Sala (first appearance; a mutant)

Frippe (first appearance; a mutant)

other unidentified mutant children

Supporting Character(s):

Min-Tor (first appearance; leader of an archaeological expedition)

Unidentified participants of the expedition (first appearance of all)

Villain(s):

Council of Elders (first appearance; in flashback; ruling caste in Erkol)

Other Character(s):

Citizens of Ekrol (in flashback; Lan-Nu named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton

Continent of Lurvan

Fire Falls (in flashback)

Golden Sea of Eiu (in flashback)

Kryptonopolis

Scarlet Jungle (in flashback)

Continent of Urrika

Erkol (in flashback; destroyed)

Xan (in flashback)

Comment(s):

This is perhaps the earliest mention of the Kryptonian God of the Sun, Rao.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #40/8 (September 1983)

Superman: The World of Krypton ([May] 2008)

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Third Story (reprint): "Muto Versus the Man of Tomorrow!" (12 Pages) Superman of 2466

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #339 (July 1966)

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