Superman #278 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1974.
Synopsis for "Super-Showdown at Buzzard Gulch!"
Terra Man kidnaps and transports Superman and his friends to a ghost town in the Old West, where he forces the Man of Steel to play a deadly game for the lives of the others.
Appearing in "Super-Showdown at Buzzard Gulch!"
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- Metropolis
- Buzzard Gulch
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Synopsis for "Lola Barnett's Metropolis Gossip"
Lola Barnett has the latest scoop about the hi-jinks and lowdown about Metropolis.
Appearing in "Lola Barnett's Metropolis Gossip"
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Synopsis for "The Mermaid from Atlantis!"
This story is reprinted from Superman #138.
When Perry White sends Lois Lane and Clark Kent on an undersea assignment, Lori Lemaris telepathically taps into Clark's thoughts and decides to trick him into proposing to Lois.
While on board the ship, Lois tries to out scoop Clark by going underwater in a mini-sub to take photos. The sub becomes imperiled by a giant sea-beast, and Superman comes to her rescue. Afterwards, Lori uses her telepathy to order Superman to kiss Lois. However, he only kisses her on the nose instead of the lips, causing Lois to be mad at him.
Later, a castaway with amnesia is rescued by Lori. When he is safely on board the ship, she telepathically makes him propose to Lois in the hopes of making Superman jealous. This doesn't work, as Superman recognizes him as a foreign prince and thus, brings his father to the ship. The prime minister informs everyone that his son cannot marry Lois because he's already prearranged to marry someone else back home.
Finally, Lori tries to get Superman to see nothing but Lois's face everywhere, but this also fails.
While resuming his guise of Clark Kent, Superman is knocked overboard, and calls in Aquaman to save him so as to protect his secret identity. He then realizes what Lori was doing, and meets with her. He tells her to stop meddling in his romantic life and let him pick his own wife. Back on the ship, Clark wonders if Krypto will try to marry him off to Lois next.
Appearing in "The Mermaid from Atlantis!"
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- Aquaman (Cameo)
- Ronal
- Perry White
- Prime Minister Basil
- Prince Gregory
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- Ship
- Mini-Sub
Synopsis for "The Compass Points to Murder"
This story is reprinted from Superman #33.
Appearing in "The Compass Points to Murder"
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- Captain Chate (Single appearance)
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- Elias Carp (Appears only as a corpse)
- Inspector Grogan (Single appearance)
- Captain Gale (Single appearance)
- Captain Webart (Single appearance)
- Captain Simms (Single appearance)
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- Pearls
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- Cargo ships
Synopsis for "The Seven Secrets of Superman"
This story is reprinted from World's Finest #62.
Appearing in "The Seven Secrets of Superman"
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- Professor Willis Wilton
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- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Professor Wilton's Laboratory
- Himalayas
- Pacific Ocean
- Mindanao Deep
- Earth's Moon
- Africa
- Antarctica
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Synopsis for "Clark Kent, Coward!"
This story is reprinted from Action Comics #298.
Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are blown in a balloon gondola into the remote kingdom of Mistri-Lor, where Queen Lura falls in love with Clark and wishes to marry him. Clark's bumbling and cowardice only serves to further endear him to her.
Appearing in "Clark Kent, Coward!"
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- Balloon Gang (Mentioned only)
- Prince Vikar (Single appearance)
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- Queen Lura of Mistri-Lor (Single appearance)
- Lana Lang
- Professor Lewis Lang
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- Atlantic Ocean
- Mistri-Lor (Single appearance)
- Fortress of Solitude
- Unnamed Desert
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- Grappling Hook
- Green Kryptonite (Hoax)
- Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch
- Metal Bird
- Power-Rangs (Exploding Boomerangs)
- Tiger
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- Hydrogen-filled Balloon
- Jeep
Synopsis for "The Superman Spectaculars"
This story is reprinted from Action Comics #211.
Perry White has Superman go to four foreign countries and do spectacular stunts for photographers there, to be published in those nations' editions of the Daily Planet. But none of the pictures are used in those newspapers. A bewildered Superman goes to Smallville for a celebration of the anniversary of his landing on Earth. There, Perry White presents him with the latest international Planet editions, each of which prints the photos of his deeds on the front page.
Appearing in "The Superman Spectaculars"
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- Pierre (Single appearance)
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