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Cover: Ross Andru & Dick Giordano
Action Comics #491
“A Matter of Light and Death!”
writer Cary Bates · artist Curt Swan · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Karisha · cover Ross AndruDick Giordano
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writer Cary Bates
artist Curt Swan
inker Frank Chiaramonte
colorist Gene D'Angelo
letterer Karisha
cover pencils Ross Andru
cover inks Dick Giordano
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Diverted by Hawkman, Superman lands in northern Oregon where he hatches a plan. He engages Brainiac's ship, then drags it to the location of a supernova, where he powers up enough to penetrate Brainiac's force shield, enter his spacecraft, and knock him out.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).