Cover Credits |
Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: Neal Adams |
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Comic Title: Superman #219
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1969
On Sale Date:
June 19, 1969 Newsstand Date June 19, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73
Copyright Date January 19, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969
LoC entry for #219 is erroneous
19Jan should be 19Jun
Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of March and September
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger
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Title: "Clark Kent, Hero... Superman, Public Enemy"
Pages: 17
Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Jack Abel
Reprinted In:
Super Heroes #7 (1981)
Feature Character(s)
- Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #187; next appearance in Superman #219)
Supporting Character(s)
- Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #121; next appearance in Superman #219)
- Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #121; next appearance in Superman #219)
- Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #121; next appearance in Superman #219)
Villain(s)
- Two vandals (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- A race of aliens (Bryll and Zrrm named; no further appearances)
- The gornns (alien dogs; no further appearances)
- Harve and Miss Jeffries (Daily Planet employees; no further appearances)
- A mob of Clark Kent fans (no further appearances)
Comments:
Part II:"The Fickle Finger of Fame"
Synopsis:
Clark Kent awakens one morning and discovers that he is suddenly a celebrated hero. He is forced to dodge a mob of fans. When he becomes Superman, he learns that the public has turned against him. The Superman Museum is vandalized, and a charity event is cancelled. He also realizes that a week has passed without him realizing it.
Superman eventually regains the memory of the lost week. Aliens came to Earth and staged a mock invasion. Using hypnosis, they were able to build up Clark into a hero that thwarted the invasion and make Superman look like a coward.
Superman tracks the aliens back to their world. He discovers that they are all three-foot duplicates of Clark Kent. The aliens explain that a cosmic cloud transformed their race into shapeless amoeba creatures. They were able to build a machine that could mold them back into humanoid form using Clark Kent as the master mold. Afterwards, many of them wanted Clark to be a hero, so they staged the invasion to build up Clark. Superman helps them train the Gornns, their former pets, then leaves them in peace.
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