Superman #239 Values

Publisher: DC, 1971

About Superman #239

Also known as Giant-Size G-84. Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson gorilla cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Superman's Greatest Battles!

Characters: Superman; Lex Luthor; Titano; Hercules; Lois Lane

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Murphy Anderson

Colors: Jack Adler

Letters: Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Notes: Colorist and Letterer credits from Carl Gafford, who worked in the DC production department at this time.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Hercules in the 20th Century!

Characters: Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]; Hercules [Roger Tate]; Superman; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Perry White; Frank Hall

Synopsis: Lex Luthor builds a time-machine to bring Hercules to the present to use him to stop Superman. Hercules gets wise to Luthor's plan and helps Superman stop Luthor, and then decides to stay in the present and falls in love with Lois Lane.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Wayne Boring (credited)

Inks: Stan Kaye

Notes: Art credited solely to Wayne Boring in issue. Story continues in "Superman's Battle with Hercules!" later in this issue.

Title: Superman's Battle with Hercules!

Characters: Superman; Lois Lane; Hercules [Roger Tate] (villain); Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]

Synopsis: Hercules wants to marry Lois, but Lois won't marry him while Superman is around, so Hercules tries to get rid of Superman.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Wayne Boring

Inks: Stan Kaye

Notes: Story continues from "Hercules in the 20th Century!" earlier in this issue.

Title: Titano the Super-Ape!

Characters: Titano [Toto] (villain; chimpanzee); Superman; Lois Lane

Synopsis: Lois befriends the intelligent chimp Toto just before he is sent into orbit inside a satellite. While in orbit, the satellite passes by a collision of a uranium metorite with a kryptonite one, which causes the chimp to grow to enormous size and shoot kryptonite beams from his eyes. Because of this change, Lois re-names him Titano. Though not meaning any harm, Titano poses a threat to humanity and Superman, so the army traps the giant chimp, planning to execute him. But Lois devises a way to block Titano's kryptonite vision so Superman can send him into the past where he cannot harm anyone.

Pages: 7.670

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Wayne Boring (credited)

Inks: Stan Kaye

Title: The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman!

Characters: Lex Luthor (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (hallucination); Lara (hallucination)

Synopsis: When Luthor escapes from jail, he challenges Superman to meet him in a fair fight without his super powers.

Pages: 16.670

Script: Edmond Hamilton

Pencils: Curt Swan (credited)

Inks: George Klein (credited)

Notes: A 2-part story. Second part titled "The Super-Duel!" First appearance of the planet Lexor, though it is not named in this story.

Title: Map of Krypton

Synopsis: Maps of Krypton's "Old World" and "New World" hemispheres, highlighting 15 unusual locations.

Pages: 2.000

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils: Sal Amendola

Inks: Sal Amendola

Reprints: The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) #[nn] (1973)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	4	3	2	6	5	6	13	5	15	16	10	15	0	0	106
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	4	3	2	6	5	6	13	5	15	16	10	15	0	0	106

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