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Action Comics 254

ACTION COMICS #254

Cover Date: July 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-05-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Battle with Bizarro!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #11/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #11/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #39/2)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #11/3)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #11/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #39/2)

Villain(s):

Bizarro (first appearance as an adult version of Superman)
an imperfect duplicate of Bizarro (first appearance)
Lex Luthor (also under the guise of "Professor Clyde;" last behind the scenes in Superman Vol. 1 #128/2; next in World's Finest Comics #104)
Vekko (first appearance; Luthor's assistant)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
an unidentified island

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #6 (January 1965)
Superman in the Fifties ([September] 2002)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "Congorilla Goes Wild!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla

Villain(s):

an unidentified thief (first appearance; steals Congo Bill's ring to become Congorilla)

Other Character(s):

police officers
a wax sculptor

Cameo Appearance(s):

Eric the Red (as a wax statue)
Marco Polo (as a wax statue)

Location(s):

Cape Town, South Africa


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Third Story: "Supergirl's Foster Parents!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #130; next in issue #255/3)

Villain(s):

Mr. Dale (first appearance; sells a fake super-strength tonic)
Mrs. Dale (first appearance; sells a fake super-strength tonic)

Other Character(s):

Miss Hart (next in issue #261/3)
kids at the orphanage
Todd (first appearance; a chemist)

Location(s):

Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl Archives #1 (2001)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (2017)


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