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Superman 203

SUPERMAN #203

Cover Date: January 1968
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1967-11-02

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Clark Kent's Biggest Day!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtAl Plastino
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent (last in Action Comics #357, next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

the Long-Hair Gang (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Diana Adair (first appearance; a reporter for Eye magazine)
her editor (first appearance)
police officers

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This is the first published Superman story where his costume is never seen.


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Second Story (reprint): "Superman's Black Magic!" (7 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman Vol. 1 #138/2 (July 1960)


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Third Story: "When Superman Killed His Friends!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
ArtPete Costanza
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #108)

Villain(s):

Doom Demon (first appearance; also in flashback; formerly scientist Quor Jal of Eaox, transformed into a parasitic energy form)

Other Character(s):

Knarf (first appearance; an alien and self-described space-hunter; collects animal specimens; also in flashback)
Gryl of Eaox (first appearance; in flashback; dies)
other unidentified inhabitant of Eaox (first appearance; in flashback)
a green-skinned alien race (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jimmy Olsen (dies in a red kryptonite-induced dream)
Lois Lane (dies in a red kryptonite-induced dream)
Perry White (dies in a red kryptonite-induced dream)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth (seen only in a red kryptonite-induced dream)
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Eaox (first appearance; in flashback)
an unidentified planet

Comment(s):

On an unidentified alien planet, Superman is exposed to red kryptonite which gives him a dream of the near-future which he is then able to change.


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