Superman #243

DC ⋅ 1971

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Key Facts

1st appearance of Rija, an alien, depicted on cover

Iconic cover art by Neal Adams

Issue Details

Publisher

DC

Artist

Neal Adams

Writer

Cary Bates

Published

October 1971

Synopsis

THE STARRY-EYED SIREN OF SPACE! A female alien intelligence creates a body for herself, and is endangered by menaces of her own subconscious creation. Her mate asks Superman to help save her, and then, when she falls for Superman, builds a duplicate Superman body for himself, and attacks him. Eventually, the misunderstanding is cleared and Superman is able to return to Earth via the Timestream. THE DEATH-TRAIL OF KRYPTON! 2000 years ago, a Kryptonian chemo-engineer named Dol-Nd discovered that he could create flying wings for himself by using a crystalline element he named Trolium, after Trolius, the mythological lord of Krypton's red skies. However, the Trolium created permanent green death-trails in the sky after his flight, which disintegrated any object that flew into them. After defeating a criminal who tried to steal the wings, Dol-Nd destroyed his invention, but the death-trails remained in the sky until Krypton's destruction. THE BATTLE OF THE ATOMS! This story is reprinted from Superman #38.

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