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Action Comics#400
Cover: Neal Adams & Dick Giordano

Action Comics #400

May 1971 · DC · 0.15 USD
“My Son... Is He Man or Beast?”

Superman becomes the guardian of Gregor, a teenage boy, when the boy's scientist father dies. However, Gregor hates Superman for accidentally causing him to become a genetic freak who changes into animals without warning. Supermen gradually trains him to control his powers and their relationship changes, until finally Gregor sacrifices his life to save others.

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writer Leo Dorfman · artist Curt Swan · inker Murphy Anderson · letterer Ben Oda · cover Neal AdamsDick Giordano

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artist Curt Swan
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils Neal Adams
cover inks Dick Giordano

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Superman becomes the guardian of Gregor, a teenage boy, when the boy's scientist father dies. However, Gregor hates Superman for accidentally causing him to become a genetic freak who changes into animals without warning. Supermen gradually trains him to control his powers and their relationship changes, until finally Gregor sacrifices his life to save others.

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