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Cover: Ross Andru & Dick Giordano
Action Comics #500
“The Life Story of Superman”
writer Martin Pasko · artist Curt Swan · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Gaspar Saladino · cover Ross Andru, Dick Giordano
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writer Martin Pasko
artist Curt Swan
inker Frank Chiaramonte
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer Gaspar Saladino
cover pencils Ross Andru
cover inks Dick Giordano
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At the opening of the Superman Pavilion of the Metropolis World's Fair, Superman recalls and relates all the significant moments of his life. But Luthor uses this occasion to launch his latest scheme against the Man of Steel, a clone of Superman who gets all of his memories from Superman's recollections. Superman and the clone battle, but the clone is exposed to Gold Kryptonite and loses his powers.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).