Cover: Curt Swan & Gil Kane & C. C. Beck & George Klein & Murphy Anderson & Carmine Infantino

DC Special #18

Oct 1975 · DC · 0.50 USD

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“The Super-Human Bomb!”

In "The Super-Human Bomb!", interplanetary menace Grax bests Brainiac and brings his threat to Earth, trapping Superman with a force-field and rigging him with a planet-destroying bomb. Written by Jim Shooter and illustrated by Wayne Boring, this 1975 DC Special features a high-stakes showdown with art that channels the classic Superman legacy, and a cover by Curt Swan, Gil Kane, C. C. Beck, George Klein, Murphy Anderson, and Carmine Infantino.

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writer Jim Shooter · artist, inker Wayne Boring · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Curt Swan, Gil Kane, C. C. Beck, George Klein, Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino

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Full credits

writer Jim Shooter

artist, inker Wayne Boring

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover pencils Gil Kane

cover pencils, inks C. C. Beck

cover inks George Klein

cover inks Murphy Anderson

cover pencils Carmine Infantino

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Interplanetary criminal Grax defeats Brainiac, then travels to Earth where he uses Brainiac's force-field to trap Superman on Earth. He then attaches a super-powerful bomb to him which will destroy the planet.

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