Action Comics #382

A stage magician calling himself the Great Kento waves his wand over a Superman puppet, boasting he'll grant it the mighty powers of the Man of Steel — while a stunned onlooker in the background mutters that Clark Kent has quit his reporter job to take up magic and "gone bananas." This wonderfully offbeat November 1969 cover, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson, perfectly sets the tone for the featured story, "Clark Kent, Magician!" Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes share the banner, making this a satisfying package for fans of the era's distinctly imaginative DC storytelling.