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SUPERMAN #251
Cover Date: May 1972
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1972-03-16
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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams
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Credits:
| Story | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #411/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #149)
Supporting Character(s):
- Morgan Edge Clone (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #144 and #149)
Other Character(s):
- S.T.A.R. Labs researchers (first appearance of all three; Larry and Mack named)
- Charley (first appearance; a worker at W.G.B.S.)
- an alien being (first appearance)
- alien stone robots (first appearance of all; at least four; destroyed by Superman)
Location(s):
- Fortress of Solitude
- Metropolis
- a newly formed island in the Pacific Ocean (first appearance; 10 degrees N, 140 degrees W)
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #56 (January 1985)
Credits (new material only):
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Superman Vol. 1 #45/3 (March-April 1947)
Comment(s):
- This is a Golden Age Superman story.
Credits:
| Story | Elliot S. Maggin |
| Art | Rich Buckler |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Dug-Les (first appearance; a judicator, rules against the death penalty on Krypton)
- Sak-Kar (first appearance; in flashback on ancient Krypton; leader of a beseiged tribe)
- Ab-Kar (first appearance; in flashback on ancient Krypton; son of Sak-Kar)
Villain(s):
- an invading alien race (first appearance; in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- Kryptonians (some in Kandor, 81 years before Krypton's destruction; others in flashback to ancient Krypton, some killed by the alien invaders)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story opens 81 years ago, then is told in flashback to Krypton's distant past, prior to the year 6819 as seen in Krypton Chronicles #2.