Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1967. It was published on June 29, 1967.
Contents
Synopsis for Superman: "The Battle of the Gods!"
Superman goes back in time to ancient Mount Olympus, where he witnesses the Delphic Oracle prophesying the advent of the Man of Steel. Jealous that they will be forgotten in favor of Superman in the future, the deities of Olympus create a being with the powers of Zeus, Hercules, Apollo, Vulcan, Achilles, and Mercury, and call him Zha-Vam. They also equip him with the belt that can summon the powers of other mythical gods and heroes, and send him to the future to battle Superman. But the Kryptonian hero persuades Neptune to make him a power-belt akin to Zha-Vam's, and uses it to summon Atlas to help him defeat the villain. He then takes Zha-Vam back to ancient Olympus, where Prmetheus turns their champion back into lifeless clay.
Appearing in Superman: "The Battle of the Gods!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Zha-Vam (Origin) (Destroyed)
Other Characters:
- Balder (Mentioned only)
- Cyclopes (Mentioned only)
- Dragons
- Frost Giants (Mentioned only)
- Gods of Olympus
- Gods of Rome
- Iris (Mentioned only)
- Jason (Mentioned only)
- Midas (Mentioned only)
- Oracle of Delphi
- Orion (Mentioned only)
- Phaeton (Mentioned only)
- Prometheus
- Siva (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
- Green Kryptonite
- Pipes of Pan
- Zha-Vam's Magic Belt
Vehicles:
Concepts:
Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Cosmic Collectors!"
When Linda Danvers notices so-so student Joe Trent checking out weighty scientific tomes, with no affect on his grades, Supergirl investigates. She discovers that Joe, under a hypnotic spell, is bringing the books to a spacecraft inhabited by the Living Library, a group of disembodied brains from the planet Zorkia. The Library's mission is to scan all the books in existence and serve as a living repository of knowledge on Zork. However, they judge that Supergirl's super-memory would make it possible for her to retain all their knowledge in her stead, and allow them to get back into their bodies, which have been kept in suspended animation. Thus, they use Kryptonite to keep Supergirl prisoner, and she serves as a "human library" on Zorkia.
Appearing in Supergirl: "The Cosmic Collectors!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Alice
- Betty
Antagonists:
- Living Library of Zorkia
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
- Anti-Kryptonite (Flashback only)
- Green Kryptonite
Vehicles:
Notes
- The ancient Gods featured in the main story are a mixture of Gods of Olympus and Gods of Rome, as most writers at the time treated them as one and the same.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Supergirl Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 1)
- Superman Family (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 2)
- Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
- Power Girl (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 3)
- Supergirl (Volume 4)
- Supergirl (Volume 5)
- Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Power Girl (Volume 2)
- Supergirl (Volume 6)
- Worlds' Finest (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 7)
Links and References
- Wayne Boring/Cover Artist
- Ira Schnapp/Cover Artist
- Otto Binder/Writer
- Wayne Boring/Penciler
- Wayne Boring/Inker
- Joe Letterese/Letterer
- Mort Weisinger/Editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell/Editor
- Jim Mooney/Penciler
- Jim Mooney/Inker
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Zha-Vam (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Origin Issues
- Dragons/Appearances
- Gods of Olympus/Appearances
- Achilles (New Earth)/Appearances
- Phoebus Apollo (New Earth)/Appearances
- Atlas, Titans of Myth (New Earth)/Appearances
- Pan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Zeus (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gods of Rome/Appearances
- Hercules (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mercury (Roman god) (New Earth)/Appearances
- Neptune (New Earth)/Appearances
- Pluto (New Earth)/Appearances
- Vulcan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Oracle of Delphi (New Earth)/Appearances
- Prometheus, son of Iapetus (New Earth)/Appearances
- Delphi/Appearances
- Hades (realm)/Appearances
- River Styx/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Mount Olympus/Appearances
- Timestream/Appearances
- Green Kryptonite/Appearances
- Pipes of Pan/Appearances
- Time Travel/Appearances
- Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Allura In-Ze (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Zor-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Argo City/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- Stanhope College/Appearances
- Anti-Kryptonite/Appearances
- Comics
- 1967
- 1967, August
- June 28, 1967 (Publication)
- 1967, June (Publication)
- Action Comics Vol 1
- Silver-Age
- Executive Editor Credit Needed
- Colourist Credit Needed
- Synopsis Written