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Action Comics 276

ACTION COMICS #276

Cover Date: May 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-03-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The War Between Supergirl and the Supermen Emergency Squad!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3; next in World's Finest Comics #117)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in Action Comics #275/2; next in second story this issue)
Superman Emergency Squad (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #48/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #148/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53/2)

Villain(s):

John Kiley (first appearance)
Anti-Superman Gang (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #21; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152/3)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #373/4 (March 1969)
Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in in first story this issue; next in Action Comics #277/2)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; first appearance; last chronological appearance in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2, Page 7 panel 1 through page 9, panel 4; then pages 1 through 8 in this issue, followed by flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 Page 9, panels 5-6, then this issue Pages 9 through 10; next in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 Page 10, panel 2 through page 13, panel 1)
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox; first appearance; last chronological appearance in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #39; then in this issue, Page 1 through page 8, panel 5, then in flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2 Page 2, panel 5, then in this issue Pages 9 through 10; next in flashback in Adventure Comics #290)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; behind the scenes; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #282; next in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2, Page 9, panel 5)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #282; appears in this issue, Page 1 through page 8, panel 5, then in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2 as a flashback; Page 2, panel 5, then this issue, Page 8, panel 6, then in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2, Page 9, panels 5-6, then in this issue Page 9, panels 1-2, then again as a flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2 Page 2, panel 6, then in this issue Page 9, panels 3 through page 10; next in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 Page 10, panel 6)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 Page 9, panel 4; then in this issue Page 1 through page 8; then in flashback in Adventure Comics Page 9, panels 5-6, then in flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2, Page 2, panel 6; then in this issue, Page 9, panels 3 through page 10; next in Adventure Comics #290)
Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo; first appearance; last chronological appearance in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #39; next in flashback in Adventure Comics #290)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #282, then in this issue Page 1 through 8, then flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 Page 9, panels 5-6; then in this issue Page 9, panels 1-2 then in flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2 Page 2, panel 6, then in this issue, Page 9, panels 3 through page 10; next in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 Page 10, panel 6]
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; first appearance; last chronological appearance in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #39; next behind the scenes in Adventure Comics #247)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; first appearance; last chronological appearance in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #28; next in Adventure Comics #290)
Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo; first appearance; last chronological appearance in behind the scenes flashback in Adventure Comics #282; next behind the scenes in Adventure Comics #247)

Supporting Character(s):

Jerro (in between Action Comics #270/2 and #278/2)
Lori Lemaris (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3 and #53/2)

Villain(s):

Brainiac (in flashback to a yet-to-be told tale; last in ???)
Koko (in flashback to a yet-to-be told tale; last in ???)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (in flashback to a yet-to-be told tale; last/next in ???)

Location(s):

Midvale
Metropolis (in the 30th Century)
Legion Headquarters

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #147/4 (May-June 1968)
Adventure Comics #493 (November 1982)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition ([January] 2003)
Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 (2017)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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