Actions
 Unofficial Action Comics Index

Action Comics 261

ACTION COMICS #261

Cover Date: February 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-12-31

< PREV
TITLE INDEX
NEXT >

Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman's Fortresses of Solitude!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #15; next in Brave and the Bold #28; also in flashback in between the flashback in World's Finest Comics #105 and the flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #176/2)

Villain(s):

Anti-Superman Gang (first appearance of "Big Bob" Krueger and a "welder")
Urko the Terrible (first appearance; in flashback; dies)
Fire-People (in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Kandorians (Mars-Ol and Ra-Ho)
visitors to the Fortress (Alvin, a young boy identified)
the Mayor of Metropolis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jimmy Olsen (wax statue; in flashback)
Lois Lane (was statue; in flashback)
Perry White (wax statue; in flashback)
Jor-El (wax statue; in flashback)
Jonathan Kent (wax statue; in flashback)
Martha Kent (wax statue; in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude (also in flashbacks when it was at different locations)
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #187 (June 1966)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)
Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude ([April] 2012)


2

Second Story: "Congorilla's Last Stand!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla (next in Adventure Comics #270/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy

Villain(s):

ivory smugglers (first appearance; Harry named)
river pirates (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Congo River police
a freighter crew
spectators and officials at the Congo River Dam (first appearance of all

Location(s):

the Congo River, Africa

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #151/2 (August 1965)


3

Third Story: "Supergirl's Super Pet!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl

Other Character(s):

Streaky (first appearance; next in #266/2)
a milkman
Miss Hart (last in issue #254/3)
children at the orphanage

Location(s):

Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Comment(s):

First appearance of X-Kryptonite.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #334/4 (March 1966)
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)


4