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Action Comics 257

ACTION COMICS #257

Cover Date: October 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-08-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Reporter of Steel!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #40/3; next in Adventure Comics #265)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #40; next in Superman Vol. 1 #133)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #40/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #133)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in World's Finest Comics #104; next in Batman Vol. 1 #130/3)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
a Superman robot

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jimmy Olsen

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "The Man-Ape Skin Diver!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy

Villain(s):

foreign agents (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

driver and test crew for an experimental nuclear tank (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

an unspecified location, presumably in Africa


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Third Story: "The Three Magic Wishes" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #40/2)

Other Character(s):

kids at the Midvale Orphanage (Peggy named)
Tom Baxter (first appearance; an older boy who doesn't believe in fairy tales until Supergirl decides to prove him wrong)

Location(s):

Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #178/3 (August-September 1976)
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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