Comic Title: Action Comics #370
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1968
On Sale Date: October 24, 1968 Copyright Date October 24, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date October 24, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #69

Newsstand Date October 24, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #8

Frequency: Monthly (semi-monthly, March)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "100 Years... Lost, Strayed or Stolen"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Jack Abel

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #181; next appearance in Superman #213)

Guest Star(s)

• Kal-El (as a baby during his trip to Earth; last appearance in Superman #106; next appearance in More Fun Comics #101)

Villain(s)

• Ruoa (Sonn's adopted sister; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Krya and Thol (Kal-El's adopted parents; no further appearances)
• Lasil and Vol (Sonn's wife and son; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jonathan Kent (in flashback to Kal-El's arrival on Earth)
• Martha Kent (in flashback to Kal-El's arrival on Earth)

Comments:
This story provides new details about Kal-El's trip from Krypton to Earth. The story does not mention that Beppo was hiding in Kal-El's rocket. Since he arrives on Earth when Superman does but is not decades older, it must be assumed that he was in suspended animation and never discovered in the rocket by the people of the alternate universe.

Synopsis:
Superman is haunted by strange inexplicable dreams. His analysis of them leads him to perform a test on the rocket which brought him to Earth where he discovers that it is over 100 years old. Superman is unable to solve the mystery.

The reason the rocket is older is that during Kal-El's trip to Earth his rocket entered a space warp that took it to another universe. Young Kal-El was found and raised by a race of primitive people. While he did not possess super-powers on this world, his body emitted radiation which accelerated their evolutionary advancement. In the span of his lifetime, the people developed from barbarians to a race with advanced technology.

Kal-El, known as Sonn on this world, grows up to become a respected leader of his new planet. However, his adopted sister Ruoa is jealous of her brother. When exposed to the evil-beam of a devil-dragon, she becomes Sonn's greatest enemy. Her ultimate scheme unleashes a tremendous evil on the planet which leads to atomic war. Sonn is blamed for the holocaust and must live the remainder of his life as a fugitive.

When Sonn is an old man he is found by his son Vol who possesses an immunity to the plague of evil. Sonn develops a way to cure the people by devolving them back into barbarians. He also restores Sonn to babyhood, places him back in the rocket, and sends him on his way to Earth. Kal-El arrives on Earth as a baby with no memories of his lifetime in the other universe. Due to a difference in the flow of time between universes, each year he spent in the other universe was equivalent to an Earth minute.