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Action Comics 340

ACTION COMICS #340

Cover Date: August 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1966-06-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Power of the Parasite!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJim Shooter
ArtAl Plastino
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #67; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #67; next in World's Finest Comics #159)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #67; next in World's Finest Comics #159)

Villain(s):

Parasite (Maxwell Jensen; first appearance; next in issue #361)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #10 (March 1981)
Best of DC #32 (January 1983)

Solicitation:

After being exposed to radioactive waste, lab worker Raymond Jensen becomes the villainous Parasite!


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Second Story: "The Supergirl Identity Hunt!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman ?
ArtJim Mooney
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #339/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #97)

Supporting Character(s):

Dick Malverne (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Fact-Finder (first appearance; a blackmailer)
Philip Raines (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
two other blackmailers (first appearance of both)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #159)

Other Character(s):

Mrs. Hart (last/next in ???)
Susan Meadows (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
Elaine Sterling (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
Cindy (first appearance; a resident of the orphanage, paired with Elaine Sterling for a treasure hunt)
Ethel Harris (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
Janice Tyler (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
Sally King (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
Dr. Small (first appearance; a former resident of the orphanage)
Sharon (first appearance; a resident of the orphanage, paired with Linda Danvers for a treasure hunt)
Captain Jerry Hawes (first appearance; an astronaut)
Major Wood, USAF (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
The Moon

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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