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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
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Credits:
Story | Leo Dorfman |
Art | Jim Mooney |
Lettering | Joe Letterese |
Editing | Mort 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
- 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.
Credits:
Story | Leo Dorfman |
Art | Jim Mooney |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
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):
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Superman (in a computer simulation)
- Jerro (in a computer simulation)
- Lori Lemaris (in a computer simulation)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Atlantis (Tritonis; in a computer simulation)
- Fortress of Solitude
- Midvale
- Supergirl's Fortress of Solitude
- Earth
- 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.