May 1984

Back to World War II: Superman goes back in time to discover why Perry White doesn't remember writing an award winning story he wrote during WW II. Calling himself Jonathan Clinton, Superman finds both Perry White and the Blackhawks. They find Albert Einstein, who has been kidnapped by the Nazis who want him to invent a formula to turn soldiers into supermen. Einstein rightly points out that he is a physicist, not a biochemist, but his arguments are ignored. Superman helps Einstein escape, using his powers without revealing his identity. The Blackhawks must beat steroid enhanced Nazi athletes in a rigged secret "Olympics" that Hitler intends to use for propaganda when the Blackhawks lose. Of course, they don't, with a little help from Superman who borrows Blackhawk's uniform. Not a bad story, but overall it has an insubstantial feeling. Written by Mark Evanier, illustrated by Irv Novick and Dennis Jensen, lettered by John Costanza, colored by Gene D'Angelo, and edited by Julius Schwartz.