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Action Comics Vol 1 496

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"Superman: "Death Out of a Bottle!"": Superman has contracted a disease while in Kandor, that will kill all humans on Earth. The Kandorians intend to put him under stress, and thus force his body to manufacture antitoxins that will cure the people of Earth, by

Quote1 All my life, I've pledged to protect the human race-- And you're telling me by this time tomorrow I could be the cause of its extinction! At this moment, Drygur... "Despair" doesn't begin to cover what I'm feeling! I've got to get out of here-- Do something--!! Quote2
— Superman

Action Comics #496 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1979.

Synopsis for Superman: "Death Out of a Bottle!"

Superman has contracted a disease while in Kandor, that will kill all humans on Earth. The Kandorians intend to put him under stress, and thus force his body to manufacture antitoxins that will cure the people of Earth, by creating a fake menace for him to battle. But a real menace shows up instead in the form of a representative from a scavenging alien race.

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  • Zurnnulaxi-Vraxil (An alien scavenger) (Single appearance)

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When Superman takes Zurnnulaxi-Vraxil through the Time Barrier into the future, Superman tells Zurnnulaxi-Vraxil that he will not be able to return to 1979 Earth. Superman relents anyway once Zurn confirms to Superman that the human race is fated to survive the Kryptonian bacterium.



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