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Action Comics 279

ACTION COMICS #279

Cover Date: August 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-06-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Rivals!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang
Lois Lane
Perry White

Other Character(s):

Hercules
Samson
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Earth
Ancient Greece
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This is an Imaginary Story.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Secret Enemy!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between the previous issue and the next issue)

Guest Star(s):

Streaky (last in issue #277/2 next in Adventure Comics #293; also in flashback)
Superman (in between the previous issue and the next issue; also in flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Fred Danvers (first appearance; husband of Edna; adopts Linda Lee; next in issue #282/2)
Edna Danvers (first appearance; wife of Fred; adopts Linda Lee)

Villain(s):

Lesla-Lar (first appearance; also in flashback; an accomplished scientist in Kandor jealous of the potential fame Supergirl will receive when her existence is made public to Earth; secretly switches places with Supergirl)
Lex Luthor (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #28/3)
a scientist convicted of illegally working on a "Z-Bomb" experiment (first appearance; sentenced to 20 years in the Phantom Zone)

Other Character(s):

children at the Midvale Orphanage
Miss Hart
the warden of Metropolis Prison
Kandorians

Cameo Appearance(s):

Brainiac (picture)
Koko (picture)
Jor-El (statue)
Lori Lemaris (on a view screen, in flashback)
Jerro (on a view screen, in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Hall of Heroes
Hall of Villains
Hall of Sleepers
Metropolis
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
Phantom Zone

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #360/2 (March-April 1968)
Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 (2017)


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