Comic Title: Best of DC #42
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: November 1983
On Sale Date: August 4, 1983 Newsstand Date August 4, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #29

Newsstand Date August 2, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212

Shipping Date July 12, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212

Copyright Date July 12, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date July 26, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #83

Shipping Date July 12, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #29

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Invulnerable Enemy"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #226 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #112; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #87)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #112; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #87)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #112; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #87)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superman #112; next appearance in Action Comics #228)

Other Character(s)

• A petrified alien spaceman (no further appearances)
• A group of archaeologists and Barnum Bolton (a sideshow man; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Archaeologists uncover a ten-foot tall petrified alien. While on display, Superman guards the spaceman, but Luthor attacks using a Kryptonite bullet. The bullet strikes the spaceman and awakens him.

After Superman hunts down Luthor, he returns to the spaceman, who is stealing glass and causing damage. Superman finds that the spaceman possesses several powers including: intangibility, invulnerability, flame-breath, and X-ray vision.

After several unsuccessful attempts to stop the alien, Superman realizes the alien is really after ice. He brings a giant iceberg to the spaceman which restores him to health. The spaceman explains that he needs cold to survive and the heat of the Earth caused him to act strangely. Superman sends the man home aboard an ice rocket, before returning to the Daily Planet.