Cover: Curt Swan & George Klein

Action Comics #342

Oct 1966 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“The Super-Human Bomb!”

In "The Super-Human Bomb!", interplanetary menace Grax defeats Brainiac and turns his sights on Earth, using the alien's force-field to trap Superman and rigging him with a planet-destroying bomb. Written by Jim Shooter and illustrated by Wayne Boring, this 1966 classic features Curt Swan and George Klein on the cover, delivering a high-stakes showdown where Superman's strength is his greatest vulnerability.

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writer Jim Shooter · artist, inker Wayne Boring · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Curt Swan, George Klein

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Superman

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writer Jim Shooter

artist, inker Wayne Boring

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks George Klein

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Interplanetary criminal Grax defeats Brainiac, then travels to Earth where he uses Brainiac's force-field to trap Superman on Earth, then attaches a super-powerful bomb to him which will destroy the planet.

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