You are no life-saver... But I am your life-taker! Your death will be ever so slow-- And ever so painful-- For the power is mine to slay you! 
Superman #397 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1984.
Synopsis for "The Born-Again Kryptonite Man!"
Superman is beset by an ancient Kryptonian with Green Kryptonite-radiating powers who believes the Man of Steel's race to be responsible for Krypton's destruction, and seeks to kill him.
Appearing in "The Born-Again Kryptonite Man!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Josh Coyle
- Lana Lang
- Oscar Asherman (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Kryptonite Man (First appearance & origin) (Flashback and main story)
- Seeders (Alien Race)
- Lord Sed (First appearance)
- Commander Dun (First appearance)
- Soldiers (Unnamed) (First appearance)
- Kymu (Alien Race) (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- WGBS Employees (Unnamed)
- Tom Payton (On a TV or computer screen)
- Metropolis Fire Department (On a TV or computer screen)
- Security Guard (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Ny'l'uylians (Flashback only)
- Rao (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Space
- Time / Space Warp
- Solar System
- Saturn
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Clark Kent's Office
- WGBS Studios
- Control Room
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Metropolis
- Solar System
- Rao (Flashback only)
- Krypton (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
- Ny'l'uyl (Flashback only) (Name of Krypton by the Ny'l'uylians)
- Time / Space Warp
Items:
- Green Kryptonite (as Kryptonite Man's Skin)
Vehicles:
- Various Kymu Spacecrafts
- Kryptonite Man's Seedercraft
- Large Seedercraft
- Small Seedercrafts
Notes
- Per the credits page, Ed Hannigan was credited as creating the Kryptonite Man.
- This story is continued in Supergirl (Volume 2) #21.
- In this issue, Superman swears to the Kryptonite Man that the destruction of Krypton was a freak accident and that no one was responsible. This contradicts the revelation in Superman #205 that Krypton's destruction was engineered by Black Zero.