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SUPERMAN #268

Cover Date: October 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1973-07-05

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy

Story: "Wild Week-End in Washington!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Elliot S. Maggin
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Bob Oksner
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #427; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #134)

Guest Star(s):

Batgirl (last in Detective Comics #424/2; next in issue #279)

Batman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #252; next in Detective Comics #437)

Villain(s):

MAZE (an international crime and for hire spy syndicate; Mt. J named)

Effron the Sorcerer (behind the scenes; defeated by Superman and Batman sometime prior to this story; his magical weapon, the hyptnotic Golden Eye is lost)

Other Character(s):

Robert Thomas Cleary (first appearance; next in Batman Family #3)

guests at a diplomatic reception at the White House

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

Gotham City

Metropolis

Washington, DC

the White House

Comment(s):

This is the first time Barbara has become Batgirl since moving to Washington, DC.

This story continues, in part, in issue #273.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #48 (May 1984)

Showcase Presents: Batgirl #1 (2007)

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Second Story: "A Tale of Time and Tide!" (6 Pages) Fabulous World of Krypton

Credits:

Story	Elliot S. Maggin
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Jor-El (in between flashbacks in World of Krypton #1 [page 2, panel 1 to page 5, panel 4] then [page 5, panels 5-7])

Supporting Character(s):

Zim-El (first appearance; Jor-El's scientist uncle; relates the story of Kil-Gor to Jor-El)

Other Character(s):

Bur-El (first appearance; in flashback; next in Krypton Chronicles #3)

Kil-Gor (first appearance; in flashback; a famous inventor; next in Krypton Chronicles #3)

Har-No (first appearance; in flashback)

other unnamed Kryptonians (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton

Urrika (in flashback)

an unidentified fishing village

Lurvan

Kryptonopolis (assumed)

Comment(s):

The story of Kil-Gor and Bur-El is retold in Krypton Chronicles #3.

According to the retelling of parts of the above story, the flashbacks take place five generations after "the Great Flood."

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #40/5 (September 1983)

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