Cover: Curt Swan & Sheldon Moldoff

Action Comics #314

Jul 1964 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“The Day Superman Became the Flash!”

In "The Day Superman Became the Flash!", Superman and the Justice League uncover a mysterious video from Jor-El, revealing alternate destinies where he might have been raised on different worlds—each one shaping him into a hero mirroring a different League member. Written by Edmond Hamilton and illustrated by Al Plastino, with lettering by Joe Letterese, this 1964 classic explores what might have been through a glimpse into the past. The cover by Curt Swan and Sheldon Moldoff captures the moment of revelation with striking clarity.

writer Edmond Hamilton · artist, inker Al Plastino · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff

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Full credits

writer Edmond Hamilton

artist, inker Al Plastino

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks Sheldon Moldoff

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Aquaman discovers and delivers to Supermen a video recording of Jor-El that tells about several computer predictions he once commissioned to help him choose where to send his son's rocket after the destruction of Krypton. Superman watches it with his Justice League friends and learns that on each of the other possible worlds where his father might have sent him, be becomes a hero just like one of the other Leaguers.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).