Superman #9/1974

In a chilling monologue recorded on tape, Lex Luthor recounts the moment he became the man who erased Earth—his ultimate act of vengeance against Superman. Driven by rage, he forged the galaktische Golem from clay, charging it with cosmic power, only to unleash a cataclysm that left him alone in a world without life. With Lois Lane watching and Superman gone, the cost of his triumph hangs heavy in the silence.

When a ghostly beast is said to haunt Bruce Wayne’s country estate, the mysterious Dr. Strang—posing as a spirit conjurer—arrives to investigate. Batman, aided by Alfred Pennyworth and Polzeichef James Gordon, soon uncovers a chilling truth: the so-called monster is no phantom, but a creature tied to the Heliosgrube, a secret that holds the key to Ras al Ghul’s immortality.