Cover: Carmine Infantino & Murphy Anderson

Superman #199

Aug 1967 · DC · 0.12 USD

📊 ~33,371 copies sold its debut month

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“Superman's Race with the Flash!”

In "Superman's Race with the Flash!", the Man of Steel and the Fastest Man Alive team up for a globe-spanning challenge to raise funds for the United Nations—only to find their heroic effort threatened by shadowy gambling rings looking to manipulate the outcome. Written by Jim Shooter and brought to life with Curt Swan’s dynamic art and George Klein’s precise inks, this 1967 classic captures the thrill of speed and the stakes of integrity, with Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson’s iconic cover setting the pace.

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writer Jim Shooter · artist Curt Swan · inker George Klein · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson

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Full credits

writer Jim Shooter

artist Curt Swan

inker George Klein

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils Carmine Infantino

cover inks Murphy Anderson

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Superman and The Flash agree to race around the Earth three times as a fundraiser for the United Nations. But rival international gambling syndicates see the race as an opportunity to make a killing and try to fix the race.

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