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Issue Details

Issue #396
Published January 1971
Cover Price 0.15
Pages 36
Editing Murray Boltinoff

Cover Details - "The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis"

Characters Superman
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks Murphy Anderson (signed)

13 page Superman story "The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis!"

Characters Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Rob Fletcher; Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds
Genre Super-hero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Imaginary Story. Story continues in Action Comics #397 (February 1971)
Reprinted in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #8/1971

2 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971"

Characters Superman (brief origin); Green Kryptonite; George Taylor; Perry White; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; The Newsboy Legion; Rose and the Thorn; Supergirl; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Curt Swan
Notes Promo for Superman and Superman related DC titles. Art id confirmed by many on the main email list.

9 page Tales of the Fortress story "The Invaders from Nowhere!"

Characters Superman; the Seekers (villains); Tirrik; Klurr; Fortress of Solitude
Genre Super-hero
Script Leo Dorfman [as Geoff Brown]
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Revealing a Trio of Secret Identities"

Genre Bio
Letters typeset
Notes Biographies of Leo Dorfman, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. Reveals that Geoff Brown is a pseudonym of Leo Dorfman (combines his son's name, Geoff, with his wife's maiden name, Brown).

1 page Where the Action Is letters page

Letters typeset
Editing Murray Boltinoff