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"Gee, Superman... If only you were real..."
Characters
- Superman
- Woodrow Nescott
Credits
- Pencils: Nick Cardy
- Inks: Nick Cardy
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino (uncertain)
Story Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The TV Show That Menaced Metropolis!
"A spectacular, eye-popping feat -- nothing more than a morning exercise for the greatest hero of them all..."
Storyline
Woodrow Nescott, a teen who has lived his life quarantined due to a rare environmental disease which can create monstrous, deadly white blood cell blobs, breaks out of his home to help an actor who he believes is actually the character he portrays on TV. When the actor tries to manipulate Woodrow into killing his TV rival, Superman intervenes. The actor is absorbed by the blob and Superman finds a cure for Woodrow's condition.
Characters
- Superman (mainstream Universe)
- Clark Kent (mainstream Universe)
- Woodrow Nescott
- Herbert Nescott
- Kerry Nescott
- Ted
- Mac Nelson
- Dan Marz
Credits
- Script: Cary Bates
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ben Oda
Credits
- Script: E. Nelson Bridwell
Story Notes
Average circulation in the previous year is 253,000.
The Shadows-of-Yesterday Contract!
Characters
- Christopher Chance
- The Human Target [Origin]
- Luigi
- Hyram Walsh
Credits
- Script: Len Wein
- Pencils: Dick Giordano
- Inks: Dick Giordano
- Letters: Ben Oda
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The origin of Human Target continues in #423.