| Unofficial Superman Index |
SUPERMAN #263
Cover Date: April 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1973-02-08
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Murphy Anderson
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Credits:
| Story | Elliot S. Maggin |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #422; next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Percy Bratton (last in issue #260; next in the second story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Simon March (first appearance; a famed horror movie director)
- Dr. Phoenix (first appearance; next in issue #266)
- The Monster-Wolf of Citroak (first appearance; destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Mayor Harkness (first appearance; next in issue #322)
- actors and movie crew (Raquel named)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Dick Dillin |
| Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #130)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #157/2; next in Action Comics #423)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #156; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #130)
- Morgan Edge (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #157/2; next in Action Comics #423)
- Percy Bratton (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #160)
- Perry White (between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #129 and #131)
Villain(s):
- Mav-Tir (first appearance; brother of Vol-Tir; scheming to become the Drom of the tribe)
Other Character(s):
- Vol-Tir (first appearance; in flashback; Drom or tribal patriarch)
- Rogan-Du (first appearance; in flashback; a tribesman)
- Gar (first appearance; in flashback; his son; distraught over the recent death of his mother)
- Roxa (first appearance; in flashback; heartbroken her family does not want her to marry Fol-El)
- other unidentified Kryptonian tribesmen (in flashback)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Kryp (as a statue)
- Tonn (as a statue)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton
- Urrika
- Glass Forest (in flashback)
- Urrika
- Krypton
- Space Sector 2814
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on June 18th, Clark Kent's "birthday," and the day he arrived on Earth.
- In flashback to a time in Krypton's early history, a sole tribe of Kryptonians resides in the Glass Forest.
- It is revealed that ancient Kryptonians were not able to express sadness which led to a build up of destructive energy in their bodies, This energy could only be released by expressing grief. To alleviate this threat, the tribe drank from a fountain with a serum that would absorb the enrgy, then being released every six years in the form of tears.