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Action Comics 316

ACTION COMICS #316

Cover Date: September 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1964-07-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Zigi and Zagi's Trap for Superman!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in World's Finest Comics #144)

Villain(s):

"Slash" Sabre
Dynamex (first appearance; a robot)

Other Character(s):

Zigi
Zagi
Zyra (first appearance; Zigi and Zagi's older sister)
their parents (first appearance of both)
Zarthur (first appearance)
The Krobs (first appearance; a deceased alien race)
the warden of Metropolis Prison

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
an unnamed world in Alpha Centauri
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Krob Graveyard World (first appearance)
an unidentified water world (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-38 (October-November 1975)

Solicitation:

Superman tracks Zigi and Zagi back to their homeworld, where the two boys attempt to play matchmaker for Superman and their aunt Zyra.


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Choice of Doom!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl

Supporting Character(s):

Fred Danvers
Edna Danvers
Alura Zor-El
Zor-El
Dick Malverne
Lena Thorul (last in issue #314/2)

Villain(s):

The Zygor (first appearance; in a computer simulation, later as a skeleton)

Other Character(s):

Kandorians

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman (in a computer simulation)
Jerro (in a computer simulation)
Lori Lemaris (in a computer simulation)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Argo City (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Atlantis (Tritonis; in a computer simulation)
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Midvale
Supergirl's Fortress of Solitude
Phantom Zone (mentioned)

Comment(s):

Zor-El and Alura return to Kandor to allow Fred and Edna Danvers to return to Midvale with Supergirl.
Story continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

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

Solicitation:

Zor-El has Supergirl use a Kryptonian supercomputer to project a simulation of what their future will be like if he and Alura remain on Earth.


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