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ACTION COMICS #272

Cover Date: January 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-11-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "Superman's Rival, Mental Man!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Lettering	Joe Letterese
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #143)

Guest Star(s):

Aquaman (also poses as "Mental Man;" last in Justice League of America #2; next in Adventure Comics #280/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #23)

Lana Lang (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #22/2 and #23)

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #143)

Lucy Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #23/2)

Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #143)

Villain(s):

Ace Ruggles and his gang (first appearance of all)

Guest Appearance(s):

Aqualad (in between Adventure Comics #279/3 and #280/3)

Krypto (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #50 and #51)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #68 (September-October 1966)

Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)

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Second Story: "The Second Supergirl!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #23)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between issues #273 and #273/2)

Other Character(s):

children and staff at Midvale Orphanage

a Linda Lee robot

Marvel Maid of Terra (Lea Lindy; first appearance; also in flashbacks to origin)

Marvel Man of Terra (Ken Clark; first appearance; also in flashbacks to origin)

Perry Waite of Terra (first appearance)

Jaal-Kor and his wife (first appearance of both; parents of Mighty Maid; both in flashback; both die)

Mr. and Mrs. Lindy of Terra (first appearance of both; foster parents of Mighty Maid; both in flashback)

Cynthia of Terra (first appearance; a young girl)

her mother (first appearance)

a prison warden and a doctor on Terra (first appearance of both)

other citizens of Terra (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude

Midvale

Midvale Orphanage

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Terra (first appearance; also in flashbacks)

Fortress of Marvels

Macropolis

an unidentified "prehistoric" planet (first appearance; on a view screen)

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)

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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