Action Comics #186
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Haunted Superman!", Superman delves into his earliest memories on Krypton, uncovering a chilling prophecy from Jor-El about a looming cosmic threat: a dark star hurtling toward Earth. As its gravitational pull accelerates the planet’s rotation, strange new powers emerge in the people—powers Superman now fears could spiral out of control. Written by Edmond Hamilton and illustrated by Wayne Boring with inks by Stan Kaye, this 1953 classic features a cover by Win Mortimer that captures the eerie tension of a world on the brink.
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Superman searches his memory all the way back to babyhood on Krypton and discovers that Jor-El predicted a major catastrophe would face Earth in the very near future. A great dark star is streaking towards the solar system and its gravitational pull is speeding up Earth's rotation which for some reason gives everybody on Earth super powers. He tries to bring things back to normal but the Earth people try to stop him.
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