Action Comics #246
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Krypton on Earth!", Superman confronts a twist on his own origin when real estate promoter Jonas Smith builds a mock Krypton Island complete with a re-enactment of Jor-El and Lara sending Baby Kal-El to Earth—only to discover Smith is using the spectacle to smuggle diamonds made from coal. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Wayne Boring, with inks by Stan Kaye, the issue features a cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye, blending myth and deception in a 1958 tale where Earth’s hero must unravel a scheme wrapped in the legend of his home planet.
In "Krypton on Earth!", Superman stumbles upon a curious real estate scheme when he learns that promoter Jonas Smith has built a mock Krypton Island complete with a pageant reenacting Jor-El and Lara's farewell to Baby Kal-El. But when Superman uncovers Smith's hidden agenda—using the island's diamond-rich soil to pull off a theft, disguised as a tribute to his own origins—he must stop the scam before the illusion becomes a real crime.
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Reprinted in The Hundred Comic Monthly #31 (1959), Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] (1995), Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 (2004), Showcase Presents: Superman #1 (2005)
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