Superman #271
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeA massive, city-crushing fist dominates this striking January 1974 cover by Nick Cardy, squeezing an entire Metropolis skyline while Superman strains desperately against the colossal threat. The cover's bold question — "Who Is the Man Who Murdered Metropolis?" — sets up a mystery with genuine dramatic weight, promising a story from writer Elliot S! Maggin with art by Curt Swan and Bob Oksner. It's a wonderfully arresting image that captures Superman at his most challenged, fighting to save the city he calls home.
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As WGBS employess picket outside the building, they witness a mirror image of the Metorpolis skyline descending from the sky. When Superman investigates, he finds Brainiac, who announces that when the mirror image meets the real skyline, the latter will explode. With the aid of WGBS, Superman convinces Brainiac that his plot has succeeded and that he is mad with rage. With the advantage of his sanity and Brainiac's misunderstanding of the situation, Superman is able to turn the tables on Brainiac and send him off into deep space.
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