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SUPERMAN #236
Cover Date: April 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1971-02-09
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Dick Giordano
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Credits:
Story | Dennis O'Neil |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Lettering | John Costanza |
Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #201; next in the second story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Gabriel (first appearance; angelic appearing leader of a trio of an alien murderers)
- Michael (first appearance)
- Raphael (first appearance)
- two criminals in Metropolis (first appearance of both)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Batman (last in Brave and the Bold #95; next in Detective Comics #410)
Other Character(s):
- a trio of police officers from the planet Beta U (first appearance of all)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (image)
- Lois Lane (image)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- a wandering planet (first appearance; passing near the Earth's solar system)
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Beta U (first mentioned)
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #12/4 (May 1981)
- DC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore ([January] 2009)
Credits:
Story | Dennis O'Neil |
Art | Dick Giordano |
Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (relates the story of Dr. Mo-De to Black Canary and Green Arrow; last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #109)
Villain(s):
- citizens of Surrus (first appearance of all; in flashback; Kryptonians numbed to any unpleasant reality by the addictive sounds of Surrus Blossoms, a native flower)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Black Canary (last in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #83; next in Justice League of America #89)
- Green Arrow (last in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #83; next in Justice League of America #89)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Mo-De (first appearance; a Kryptonian scientist; futilely attempts to warn of Krypton's doom twenty years before its destruction)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- an unidentified location (likely in the United States)
- Earth
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #40/10 (September 1983)
- Superman: The World of Krypton ([May] 2008)
Solicitation:
- Superman tells Green Arrow and Black Canary the story of a Kryptonian scientist whose warnings of impending doom went unheeded because his fellow citizens of Surrus were too distracted by musical flowers.