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Action Comics 274

ACTION COMICS #274

Cover Date: March 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-01-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Reversed Super-Powers!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #144)
Lois Lane (temorarily gains powers as "Superwoman;" and dons a costume originally seen in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #21; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #24)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #24/3)

Other Character(s):

Superman Robot Z (first appearance; pretends to be Superman having lost his powers to test Lois Lane's love of the real Man of Steel)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #104/4 (September-October 1970) [1 page omitted]
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Three Time Trips!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #144/3)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #116; also in flashback, chronology ???)

Villain(s):

Chief Crazy Antelope (first appearance; in December 1607)
members of his tribe (first appearance; in December 1607)

Other Character(s):

Annie Oakley (in 1885)
Frank (first appearance; a ranch hand; in 1885)
Becky Daggert (first appearance; a rival of Annie's; in 1885)
Buffalo Bill (in 1885)
George Washington (in June 1776)
Betsy Ross (in June 1776)
Captain John Smith (in December 1607)
Chief Powhatan (in December 1607)
Running Deer (in December 1607)
Pocahontas (in December 1607)
children and staff at Midvale Orphanage
John Stark (first appearance; a world famous swimmer)
Eddie Moran (first appearance; adopted by John Stark)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Jamestown (in December 1607)
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
Philadelphia, PA (in June 1776)
an island in the Pacific (in flashback)

Comment(s):

Green kryptonite is found in the three time periods visited by Supergirl, December 1607, June 1776 and 1885. Superman explains that a few years earlier during the testing of a hydrogen bomb it interacted with a kryptonite meteor, sending pieces of kryptonite back in time.

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (2017)


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