Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Action Comics #246

Nov 1958 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Krypton on Earth!”

In "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.

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writer Otto Binder · artist Wayne Boring · inker Stan Kaye · cover Curt Swan, Stan Kaye

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writer Otto Binder

artist Wayne Boring

inker Stan Kaye

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks Stan Kaye

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Real estate promoter Jonas Smith creates the planned community of Krypton Island, which opens with a pageant featuring a re-enactment of Jor-El and Lara sending Baby Kal-El to Earth. But Superman realizes Smith is a wanted criminal and stops him from smuggling off Krypton Island diamonds that Superman made from coal.

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