| Issue | #9 |
| Published | November 1976 |
| Cover Price | 0.50 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
| Pencils | Ernie Chan (signed) |
| Inks | Vince Colletta (signed) |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | letter and writer credit via Carl Gafford (GCD error list June 8, 2010) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain); Bert Talbot (intro, villain); Jimmy Olsen; Kryptonite |
| Synopsis | Lex Luthor designs Weapon-X, a device that can drain Superman's powers and use them to power a weapon powerful enough to destroy Superman. Bert Talbot is supposed to use the weapon to help spring Luthor from prison but instead decides to try to use the weapon to destroy Superman himself. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | original title: "The Super-Weapon". Ink credit of George Klein changed to Stan Kaye based on information from the original issue's index. [Mike Nielsen 4/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144 [original title "The Super-Weapon"] |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Ruben Moreira |
| Inks | Ruben Moreira |
| Reprinted | from Western Comics (DC, 1948 series) #42 (November-December 1953) |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Ross Andru |
| Inks | Mike Esposito |
| Reprinted | from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #17 (January 1957) |
| Genre | crime |
| Pencils | Gene Colan |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Reprinted | from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #47 (August-September 1955) |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Frank Giacoia |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original editor) |
| Notes | Inks originally attributed to Frank Giacoia, confirmed as Joe Giella, along with writing and pencilling credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. |
| Reprinted | from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #5 (December 1951-January 1952) |