Cover: José Luis García-López & Bob Oksner

Action Comics #470

Apr 1977 · DC · 0.30 USD

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“Even Superman Must Die Sometime!”

The cover of this April 1977 DC issue poses a delicious puzzle: a figure in Superman's costume delivers a fierce flying punch to Terra-Man — yet a gravestone in the foreground boldly reads "R.I.P. Superman Killed by Terra-Man 1977," while the cover copy demands, "Hold it! If THIS is Superman — who is this?" García-López and Oksner set the scene in a storm-swept cemetery, with mourners in the background and a stone fist bursting dramatically from the earth, making the mystery feel genuinely urgent. With Cary Swan on interiors and Cary Bates writing, this is a wonderfully crafted 30-cent package that wraps a compelling identity question around one of Superman's most colorful western-themed adversaries.

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writer Cary Bates · artist Curt Swan · inker Tex Blaisdell · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Ben Oda · cover José Luis García-López, Bob Oksner

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Full credits

writer Cary Bates

artist Curt Swan

inker Tex Blaisdell

colorist Jerry Serpe

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils José Luis García-López

cover inks Bob Oksner

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Following the death of Superman, Flash battles Terra-Man. But soon we learn that Terra-Man is actually Superman, who has been transformed into Terra-Man. Superman soon learns that an alien wants Terra-Man dead, so Terra-Man put Superman in his place. With the help of Superman actor Gregory Reed, Superman is able to trick Terra-Man into coming out of hiding. Green Lantern helped the Flash simulate super-powers for Reed.

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