Action Comics Vol 1 339

Action Comics Vol 1 #339 Published Released July, 1966 May 26, 1966 Issue Details Pages 36 Original Price 0.12 Cover Artists Curt Swan George Klein Publisher DC Comics Indicia Publisher National Periodical Publications, Inc. Brand/Imprint Superman DC National Comics "Muto versus the Man of Tomorrow!" Writers Edmond Hamilton Pencilers Curt Swan Inkers George Klein Editors Mort Weisinger "Brainiac's Blitz!" Writers Jim Shooter Pencilers Jim Mooney Inkers Jim Mooney Previous Issue Next Issue Action Comics #338 Action Comics #340

Appearing in "Muto versus the Man of Tomorrow!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman XX

Supporting Characters:

• Jay L-3388/Jay Senohl (future descendant of Jimmy Olsen)
• Lyra 3916 (future descendant of Lois Lane)

Adversaries:

• Muto
• Von-Don (Muto's lieutenant)

Other Characters:

• Three Android Children
• Various Atlanteans

Locations:

• Metropolis of 2496/2966
• Muto's Underwater Base
• Weapons World

Items:

• Colossal Grapple
• Expander Ray
• Helium Bomb

Vehicles:

• Muto's Rocket Ship
  
  

Synopsis for "Muto versus the Man of Tomorrow!"

The Superman of 2966 escapes a water trap set for him by Muto with the help of three android children. He then helps the Atlanteans defeat one of Muto's lieutenants threatening Atlantis. Muto then uses a growth ray to enlarge the people of Metropolis to gigantic height. Superman restores them to normal before his confrontation with Muto. Having deduced Muto's weakness, Superman is able to open a space-warp capable of sending Muto back to his home dimension, and hopes that the villain never returns.

Appearing in "Brainiac's Blitz!"

Featured Characters:

•  Supergirl 

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

•  Brainiac 

Other Characters:

•  Superman 
• Professor Carter (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Stanhope College
• Metropolis
• Fortress of Solitude

Items:

• Brainiac's Missiles
• Kryptonite Cage
• Kryptonite Gas
• Time-Travel Gun

Vehicles:

• Brainiac's Saucer Ship
  
  

Synopsis for "Brainiac's Blitz!"

Brainiac comes to Metropolis for a battle with Superman, but the Man of Steel is in outer space on a Justice League mission. Thus, Supergirl stands in for her cousin and battles Brainiac, who almost destroys her at one point with a cage of Kryptonite. Being smaller than Superman, she slips between the cage bars and forces Brainiac to escape by sending himself into another time-era. When Superman returns, he compliments Supergirl on her victory.

Notes

• "Muto Versus the Man of Tomorrow" is reprinted in Superman #248 & Superman: Past and Future.
• "Brainiac's Blitz" is reprinted in Superman Family #164
• Later reprintings of this story place the time as 2496 rather than 2966, presumably to avoid conflicts with the Legion of Super-Heroes who exist in 2966.
• This is the third in a series of Superman of 2965 tales. This story is continued from the first story of Action Comics #338.
  

Trivia

• The Superman of the future storyline would later be updated as one of the four realities that the post-Crisis Superman was cast into during the Dominus Effect storyline, with Superman (vol. 2) #136 to 138 featuring the updated storyline.
• "Brainiac's Blitz" is the first work by Jim Shooter as a Writer; he was only 14 years old when this story hit the stands in 1966. Interestingly, he also had another story hit the stands on the same day, in which he was not only a writer but also a penciler. It was the Legion of Super-Heroes story, "One of Us is a Traitor" in Adventure Comics #346.

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