Superman #227 [G-72] (June-July 1970)

DC Comics
United States
- Published
- June-July 1970
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.25 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/23556
Credits
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Assistant Editor
Issue contents

Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- W-441
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superboy
Credits
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Murphy Anderson, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?]) — Special All-Kryptonite Issue!
Synopsis
Vignettes from various stories.

Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset

Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Xasnu (villain); Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Masterman; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl; Y'Trom
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Sheldon Moldoff, inker [as Stan Kaye]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #278 (July 1961) — The Super-Powers of Perry White!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #32 ([March 1962?]) — The Super-Powers of Perry White
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #54 ([August 1970?]) — The Super-Powers of Perry White
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?]) — The Super-Powers of Perry White!
-
Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 (April 2007) — The Super-Powers Of Perry White
Synopsis
After being infected by an alien plant, Perry White gains super powers and goes after Superman.

Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Clark Kent; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #58 (July 1957) — The Great Kryptonite Mystery
- Also printed
-
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #104 ([October 1957]) — The Great Kryptonite Mystery
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #27 ([October 1963?]) — The Great Kryptonite Mystery
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?]) — The Great Kryptonite Mystery
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #117 ([October 1979?])
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Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #117 ([October 1979?]) — The Great Kryptonite Mystery
- From GCD
Synopsis
Superboy attempts to "vaccinate" himself against Kryptonite.

Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Rog-Ar (villain); Superman; Quex-Ul; Mon-El; Supergirl; Jax-Ur; Jor-El; Perry White; Rondor creatures
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #157 (November 1962) — The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #50 ([October 1963?]) — The Super-Revenge of the Phantom-Zone Prisoner
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?]) — The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner!
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Giant Superman Album (Murray, 1978? series) #40 ([June 1980?]) — The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner
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Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) ([June] 2009) — The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner!
- From GCD
Synopsis
Superman releases Quex-Ul from the Phantom Zone since he has served his sentence, but Quex-Ul vows revenge on the son of the man who pronounced him guilty. However, when Quex-Ul displays heroic behavior, Superman wonders if he was truly guilty and travels back in time to Krypton to witness Quex-Ul being hypnotized into believing himself guilty. When Supergirl tells Quex-Ul he is innocent, he sacrifices himself to keep Superman from being exposed to a Gold Kryptonite trap he has set for him. In doing so, Quex-Ul loses his powers and memory, so Superman sets him up in a new life in Metropolis.

Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Bernstein, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #296 (January 1963) — The Invasion of the Super-Ants!
- Also printed
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?]) — The Invasion of the Super-Ants!
-
Superman (Murray, 1981) ([August 1981])
-
Superman (Murray, 1981) ([August 1981]) — The Invasion of the Super-Ants
- From GCD
Synopsis
When giant ants invade Metropolis, Superman uses Red Kryptonite to alter his head to resemble an ant's, so that he can communicate with the ants, who have kidnapped Lois Lane. He learns that they have come to warn Earth of the dangers of atomic war, which destroyed their home world.

Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Jax-Ur (villain); Perry White; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent; Lori Lemaris; Vorb-Un; Supergirl; Thought-Beast
Credits
- Writing
- Leo Dorfman, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (March 1964) — Secret of Kryptonite Six!
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #58 ([June 1964?]) — Secret of Kryptonite Six
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?]) — Secret of Kryptonite Six!
-
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #36 (May 1983) — The Secret of Kryptonite Six!
Synopsis
Jax-Ur tricks Superman into releasing him from the Phantom Zone to save the people of Atlantis from a plague. He then uses the opportunity to create Jewel Kryptonite, which allows the Phantom Zone prisoners to focus their thoughts to affect the outside world.
Notes
Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G72 and as G-72 on indicia page.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.