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Action Comics 300

ACTION COMICS #300

Cover Date: May 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-03-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Superman Under the Red Sun!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #19; exposed to red kryptonite which shrinks him; next in World's Finest Comics #133)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #69)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41/3; next in issue #301)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #41; next in issue #301)

Villain(s):

Superman Revenge Squad (Andl named; last in issue #295; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #69)

Other Character(s):

Citizens of 824,057 A.D. (first appearance of all; in flashback)
Robot duplicates (first appearance of all; Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Mister Mxyzptlk, Perry White and Supergirl)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (statue)
Lara Jor-El (statue)
Jonathan Kent (memory)
Martha Kent (memory)
Lana Lang (memory)
Chief Parker (memory)

Location(s):

Atlantis (Tritonis; as ruins in 1,000,000 AD)
Fortress of Solitude (in 1,000,000 AD)
Metropolis (also as ruins in 1,000,000 AD)
Daily Planet
Smallville (as ruins in 1,000,000 AD)

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #1/3 (September-October 1979)
Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)
Superman: Past and Future ([December] 2008)


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Second Story: "The Return of Super-Horse!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Adventure Comics #308/2; next in issue #301/2)

Guest Star(s):

Comet (in between issues #294/2 and #301/2; also in flashback to origin)

Supporting Character(s):

Edna Danvers (in between issues #298/2 and #302/2)
Fred Danvers (in between issues #298/2 and #302/2)
Lena Thorul (in between issues #298/2 and #301/2)

Villain(s):

Stacy and Grimm (first appearance of both; two bank robbers)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (voice only)

Other Character(s):

Liz Gaynor (in between issues #294/2 and #301/2)
Bonnie (first appearance; a young girl rescued from a prairie fire by Comet)
her parents (first appearance of both)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Circe (in flashback)
Lex Luthor (in a dream)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude (mentioned)
Midvale
Central / Western United States

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)


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