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Action Comics #242 Facsimile Edition Cvr A Curt Swan back

Otto Binder & Al Plastino, Jim Mooney, Howard Sherman, Curt Swan

Date Released: 11/03/2026

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£3.99

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THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF BRAINIAC! From out of the cold depths of space, a malevolent master of super-science has turned his technological terror toward Earth, shrinking the world’s major cities and taking them as his own! When Superman infiltrates the alien’s ship, what he discovers will change the Man of Steel’s life forever! Witness the first appearance of Brainiac--and the bottled city of Kandor!

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Action Comics #242 Facsimile Edition Cvr A Curt Swan back

Otto Binder & Al Plastino, Jim Mooney, Howard Sherman, Curt Swan

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