Comic Title: Action Comics #379
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1969
On Sale Date: June 26, 1969 Copyright Date June 26, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969


Newsstand Date June 26, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73

Frequency: Monthly (semi-monthly, March)
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Eliminator"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Jack Abel

Reprinted In:
Best of DC #38 (1983)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #96; next appearance in Adventure Comics #383)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #96; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #189; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123)
• Perry White (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #189; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123)

Villain(s)

• Seven alien killers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Eliminator (an alien lawman from Rhadmanthian; no further appearances)
• Dr. Phantas (a master of the occult; no further appearances)
• Ed Carver, Steven Fallon, Ned Masters, Chip Daley, Mark Durbin and two unnamed reporters (no further appearances)
• Mark Sharpe and Phantas's unnamed assistant (no further appearances)
• Joe Letterman and Chris Swan (no further appearances)

Comments:
Part II:"To Eliminate the Eliminator"

Synopsis:
Clark attends the funeral of Dr. Phantas, a follower of the occult. During the ceremony Clark is cursed after opening the coffin. As a result his reporter friends are doomed to die.

Clark dismisses the curse and writes the story in the Daily Planet. Then several of Clark's colleagues begin to die. Clark becomes a pariah and is shunned by other reporters. He eventually makes a connection that the reporters all shared a plane with him weeks earlier. Clark is then able to deduce the next target.

Superman replaces Mark Durbin and is attacked by a ghostly Dr. Phantas. The spirit is actually an alien lawman known as the Eliminator who has come to Earth seeking seven killers who have exchanged places with reporters. The Eliminator kills the phony Durbin, then releases the real reporters from suspended animation. Superman allows the Eliminator to return home, but disagrees with his methods of justice.