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ACTION COMICS #289
Cover Date: June 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-04-26
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Lettering | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Justice League of America #12; next in the second story in this issue)
supporting_characters =
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #61/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #154)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #61/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #154)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #61/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #154)
Villain(s):
- Avenue Ten Mobsters (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- Mr. Willis (first appearance; one of the Daily Planet's biggest stockholders)
- Dexter Willis (first appearance; his nephew, an annoying practical joker sent to learn to become a reporter)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in issue #288/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #154/2)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #126)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (the "Adult" Legion, 10 years after the time Superman and Supergirl regularly visit)
- Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox)
- Chameleon Man (Reep Daggle)
- Cosmic Man (Rokk Krinn)
- Duo Damsel (Luornu Durgo)
- Lightning Man (Garth Ranzz)
- Phantom Woman (Tinya Wazzo)
- Saturn Woman (Imra Ardeen-Ranzz)
- Sun Man (Dirk Morgna)
Supporting Character(s):
- Fred Danvers (next in issue #291/2)
- Edna Danvers
Villain(s):
- Patronius (first appearance)
- Rhondous (first appearance)
- a Minotaur (first appearance)
- a Unicorn (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Luma Lynai (first appearance)
- Helen of Troy
- citizens of ancient Troy
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Fortress of Solitude
- Troy (in ancient times)
- Midvale
- Metropolis (in the 30th Century; circa 2972, around Christmas)
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Staryl (first appearance)
- The Timestream
Comment(s):
- The "present day" portion of the story occurs in 1962.
Story Reprinted in:
- Adventure Comics #390 (March-April 1970) [retitled]
- Adventure Comics #496 (February 1983)
- Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 ([January 1992])
- Superman in the Sixties([September] 1999)
- Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
- Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
- Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)
- Legion of Super Heroes: The Silver Age #1 (2018)