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Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1959-03-31
Editing: Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 Edit Cover
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The Supergirl from Krypton!
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Supergirl; Superman / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Great guns! A girl, flying!
  • Keywords:spacecraft
Characters:
Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
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Indexer Notes

DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics #252 and Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 credit this cover to Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #9 and copyright registration.

Secondary sequences added by Ed Boner.

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page

The Menace of Metallo!
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Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (unnamed); Edith; Sherry Blair
Synopsis:
Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

[Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park]
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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page

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Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Goodbye, Mrs. Ellis...
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Pete; Mrs. Ellis
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Coming Super-Attractions
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!
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Congorilla / comic story / 5.67 pages

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  • Genre:jungle; superhero; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Usually, the only “war” a gorilla fights is the war of survival against hostile hunters!
  • Keywords:Fort Devaux; oasis
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Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy; Rupert; Sgt. Hallix; Gabin
Synopsis:
While leading an expedition through the desert, Congo Bill stops at an apparently deserted oasis. But the water has been drugged, and the expedition passes out. When they awaken they find they are prisoners inside a nearby outpost that has been taken over by renegades. Bill, who is imprisoned separately from the others, rubs his magic ring and soon Congorilla is attacking the fort and freeing the expedition.
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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page

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typeset
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Superman
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Indexer Notes

Letters by Alvin Manuel, Edward Abramson, Bruce Barrington, Mae Rogers, Roy Steacy, Eddie Goldstein, Mal Dodson, Mona Krantz, and John McGeehan.

The Supergirl from Krypton!
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Supergirl / comic story / 7.67 pages

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Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction, flashback); Miss Hart (introduction); Superboy (on a poster); Alura (unnamed, flashback)
Synopsis:
Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.
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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Supergirl from Krypton!
    Supergirl; Superman
  2. ["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!"]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  3. The Menace of Metallo!
    Superman
  4. ["A great circus clown they call Andy..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. [Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  6. ["Goodbye, Mrs. Ellis..."]
    Little Pete
  7. Coming Super-Attractions
    Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; Superboy
  8. Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!
    Congorilla
  9. ["I’m a pole-vaulting champ named O’Dwyer and each day I try leaping higher!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  11. The Supergirl from Krypton!
    Supergirl
  12. ["A young baseball player named Paul, had a count of two strikes and a ball..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  13. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamps
  14. ["Do you want spending money?"]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  15. ["In 15 minutes I’ll prove you can have a rugged, virile, he-man body!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  16. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
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