Haven't you noticed the weather for the past few days? It's been going screwy all over the place-- Snow in the Sahara-- Heat wave in Iceland! The international brain-trust is still working on it! They suspect it's some foreign element that's drifted into the atmosphere! That-- Or the end of the world! But whatever it is, Kent-- I want you right on top of it! If a scientist sneezes, I want you to wipe his nose! I want interviews, film footage, the whole shmear! If anything happens, I want Galaxy to know it first! 
- — Morgan Edge
Superman #251 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1972. It was published on March 16, 1972.
Synopsis for "The Island That Invaded the Earth!"
The Gulf Stream is rerouted to help hatch an alien egg, and Superman appears to destroy four robot guards around it, only to discover he has done exactly the wrong thing to save Earth.
Appearing in "The Island That Invaded the Earth!"
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Synopsis for "The Day Krypton Didn't Die!"
81 years before the present, Judiciator Dug-Les of Krypton's Hall of Justice is to rule on whether or not Krypton will enact the death penalty for certain crimes. Dug-Les relates the story of an ancient invasion of Krypton by winged aliens who were driven away by rampant plant life, but left one of their number on the planet. The Kryptonians of that time tried to kill the last alien, but were astonished when one feather, torn from his arm, exploded upon contacting the ground. A shaman, Sak-Kar, and his son Ab-Kar told the others that any part of the alien's body, if torn from him prematurely, would explode upon contacting the ground, and killing the alien would probably have destroyed Krypton. Finishing his story, Dug-Les says that, but for Sak-Kar's wisdom, Krypton would have perished years ago. Therefore, he rules against the death penalty.
Appearing in "The Day Krypton Didn't Die!"
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- Dug-Les
- Sak-Kar
- Ab-Kar
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Synopsis for "The Case of the Living Trophies!"
This story is reprinted from Superman #45.
The mysterious alien race the Collectors use their powers of invisibility to interrupt a boxing match and abduct Biff the Unbeatable. They follow this by capturing atomic scientist John Henders in the middle of a presentation. Then, they find a beauty contest and vanish away with both a contestant and judge Lois Lane. Lastly, they find millionaire Herkimer Ingot in his home.
At the Daily Planet, Clark Kent investigates the kidnappings but can only do it as Superman. A Collector materializes as soon as he begins flying and the two briefly tussle before Superman plays opposum and decides to be captured to go to the site of all the abductees. They are held in stasis in glass cages and the alien race discusses how they were fortunate to steal a device that allows them to travel dimensions.
In his detention cell, Superman uses telephathy to force his captor to give up the machine. He breaks free from his cell and shapeshifts into a Collector to impersonate him. He uses this disguise to trick the other Collectors and uses their dimension-traveling device to return to the Third Dimension with his fellow Metropolitans and destroys the machine.
Appearing in "The Case of the Living Trophies!"
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- Collectors (Single appearance)
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- Biff (Single appearance)
- John Henders (Single appearance)
- Herkimer Ingot (Single appearance)
- Miss Metropolis (Single appearance)
- Miss Ohio (Cameo)
- Mr. Muldoon (Single appearance)
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- Metropolis
- Collector's Dimension
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- Force Pistol
- Dimension-Travel Machine (Destroyed)
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