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SUPERMAN #249
Cover Date: March 1972
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1972-01-11
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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #209; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #87/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
- Martha Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Villain(s):
- Terra-Man (Toby Manning; first appearance; last chronological appearance in the second story in this issue; next in issue #250)
- Jess (first appearance)
- Luke (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Nova (first appearance; Terra-Man's winged space-steed; last chronological appearance in the second story in this issue; next in issue #250)
- citizens of Metropolis
Cameo Appearance(s):
- a Kryptonian (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in flashback)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Smallville (in flashback)
- Earth
Comment(s):
- This story continues "a few days later" in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman in the Seventies ([October] 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Dick Dillin |
| Inks | Neal Adams |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Terra-Man (Toby Manning; last in New Adventures of Superboy #23; next in the first story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jess Manning (first appearance; father of Toby Manning; last in New Adventures of Superboy #23; dies)
Villain(s):
- The Currency Collector (first appearance; an alien criminal; kills Jess Manning and takes Toby as his apprentice; last in New Adventures of Superboy #23; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Nova (earliest chronological appearance; next in the first story in this issue)
- a stage coach crew in the 1880s (first appearance of both; Clem named)
- citizens of the planet Bexol (first appearance of all)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Superman (on a monitor screen)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Southeastern Arizona in the 1880s
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector(s)
- Bexol (first appearance)
- various points in space
Comment(s):
- This story is retold in part in New Adventures of Superboy #23.
Story Reprinted in:
- Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39/5 (October-November 1975)
Credits (new material only):
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Superman Vol. 1 #46/2 ((May-June 1947)
Comment(s):
- This is a Golden Age Superman story.