Phantom Zone, The #3

DC ⋅ 1982

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Key Facts

1st appearance of Aethyr, a god-like being who exists in the Phantom Zone

Issue Details

Publisher

DC

Artist

Gene Colan

Writer

Steve Gerber

Cover Artist

Gene Colan

Inker

Tony DeZuniga

Colorist

Carl Gafford

Letterer

Milt Snapinn

Published

March 1982

Synopsis

Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Terror beyond Twilight!", script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tony DeZuniga; General Zod and his allies toss Supergirl into the disintegration pit and leave, but Supergirl barely saves herself by reviving in time and digging her fingers into the side of the pit's wall; She drags herself out of the pit and collapses; Meanwhile, Superman and Charlie Kweskill penetrate various lower (or higher) levels of the Phantom Zone, encountering an alternating yellow-and-red sun which Superman had once seen while racing with The Flash, battling monsters, and encountering weird "Priestesses of the Crimson Sun"; Finally, they meet Thul-Kar, a Kryptonian wizard; Thul-Kar tells them he believed Jor-El's prophecy of Krypton's doom and entered the Phantom Zone by magic. "Pirates' Gold" Hostess Twinkies ad starring Aquaman. Biographical info on Dick Giordano and Steve Gerber.

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