| Release: | Sep 1971 |
| Cover: | Sep 1971 |
The Ultimate Battle
| Release: | Sep 1971 |
| Cover: | Sep 1971 |
The Ultimate Battle - Jimmy Olsen finds Superman's weakened and injured body in a junk yard, where a paper-created monster inhabited by a spirit from the Quarrm dimension dragged him. Jimmy has the doctors operate on Superman's head injury while two criminals try to take advantage of the monster's abilities before they become its victims. The monster is drawing itself toward where Superman is in order to finish him, but finds himself contending with the sand-created Superman figure whose power is partially restored, wondering why he even cares to act on behalf of anyone. Superman and the sand-created duplicate work together to bring the spirit inhabiting the monster back to the Quarrm dimension, but now the duplicate wants to take over Superman's role as protector of the planet. Superman fears that he would have to battle this duplicate whose very touch can trigger off a powerful explosion, when I-Ching mysteriously causes such effects to be cancelled, which results in a knock-down drag-out fight between the two Superman which results in the world's destruction. However, this fight turns out to be nothing more than a dream that I-Ching cast both Superman and his duplicate into, to make them realize the futility of such a fight. The duplicate decides to return to the Quarrm dimension, and Superman is left with a third less of his powers than before. The Girls Who Didn't Believe in Superman - Reprinted from Superman #96.The World's Mightiest Weakling - Reprinted from Strange Adventures #54
| Writer | Otto Binder, Dennis O'Neil |
| Cover Artist | Neal Adams |
| Penciller | Carmine Infantino, Curt Swan |
| Inker | Bernard Sachs, Murphy Anderson |
| Editor | Julius Schwartz |
| Superman | Kal-El / Clark Kent |
| Lois Lane | |
| James Bartholomew 'Jimmy' Olsen | |
| Diana Prince | |
| Sand Superman | |
| I-Ching | |
| Stewboy | |
| Gemmi |
| Age | Bronze Age |
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| Format | Comic |
| Series Group | Superman |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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| Storage Box | KEEPERS BOX #15 Superman |
| Read | |
| Index | 5696 |
| Added Date | Jun 03, 2014 15:28:38 |
| Modified Date | May 05, 2025 22:03:32 |
| Grade and value | 8.0 Very Fine ($ 70.00) |
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