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Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Superman #17

Oct 1959 · Chronicle Publications · 0.30 PHP
“The Plot to Destroy Superman”

Superman, Batman, Batwoman and Robin are scheduled to display crime-fighting inventions of the future at an exhibit of what future Gotham will be like. Lex Luthor, disguised as an inventor of one of the inventions, tries to have Superman disintegrated.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Dick Sprang · inker Sheldon Moldoff · cover Curt SwanStan Kaye

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cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye

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Superman, Batman, Batwoman and Robin are scheduled to display crime-fighting inventions of the future at an exhibit of what future Gotham will be like. Lex Luthor, disguised as an inventor of one of the inventions, tries to have Superman disintegrated.

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