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Action Comics 263

ACTION COMICS #263

Cover Date: April 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-03-01

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The World of Bizarros!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/3; next in issue #264)

Guest Star(s):

Bizarro (in between issues #255 and #264)
Bizarro-Lois (in between issues #255 and #264)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/3; next in issue #264)

Other Character(s):

Bizarros (first appearance and origin of Bizarros and Bizarro Loises)
a Clark Kent robot

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Htrae (first appearance)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story is continued in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Darkest Day!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44; next in issue #264/2)

Villain(s):

Prime Minster Zoxxo of Korvia (first appearance; frames Prince Valzorr for the alleged death of the King and Queen of Korvia)

Other Character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. Peabody (first appearance of both)
Mr. and Mrs. Trent (first appearance of both)
Prince Valzorr of Korvia (first appearance; given the name "Johnny Blank" while on Earth; also in flashback)
the King and Queen of Korvia (first appearance of both; uncle and aunt of Prince Valzorr)
Miss Hart
Mr. Dixon
children at Midvale Orphanage (Vera named)
a ship captain and a crew member (first appearance of both)
a Linda Lee robot

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
a forested area in the United States
Unidentified Space Sector
Korvia (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #347 (March-April 1967); re-titled "The Boy Who Could See in the Dark!"
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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