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Action Comics #451
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The Great Super-Hero Contest!
SupermanClark KentSteve LombardLana LangMorgan EdgeBen Aldain (villain)
In "The Great Super-Hero Contest!", a young man named Aldain arrives in Metropolis with a wild plan: he’s bought the Metro Bridge with a bag of gold, shrunk it to toy size using his magic, and is determined to find his missing girlfriend, Melody, who wanted a wedding dress. When Superman intervenes, Aldain challenges him to a contest of strength and wits, unaware that the Warden Tree is guiding the battle through telepathic whispers.
The Day the Dreaming Dies
Green ArrowBlack CanaryThurston Keane (villain)Davy Tenzer
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Full credits
writer Jim Shooter
artist Curt Swan
inker José Luis García-López
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils, inks Bob Oksner
Reprints
Reprinted in Superman #3/1976 (1976), Superman Poche #3 (1976), Eks almanah #99/1 (1978), Supermann #7/1981 (1981), Superman Extra #9 (1984)
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